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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Christian on October 27, 2011, 07:23:11 pm

Title: Quiver project
Post by: Christian on October 27, 2011, 07:23:11 pm

Just finished braintanning my first deer hide and desided to try making a double quiver for my bow and arrows.

Braintanning is amazingly messy and cutting fringes is absolutely horrible, but still...  = Loving it ;D

Still got a good deal of stiching to go (all with sinewthread from moose) and even more fringes to cut  ::) 

but this is what I have so far:

(http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu330/Barnehagefanden/322925_10150794583620314_844165313_20688726_1947647843_o.jpg)

(http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu330/Barnehagefanden/indikogger4.jpg)

(http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu330/Barnehagefanden/indikogger3.jpg)


Parts layed out
(http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu330/Barnehagefanden/indikogger.jpg)

Shoulder strap with fringes and wannabeindian decorations ;)
(http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu330/Barnehagefanden/indikoggerstropp.jpg)

Title: Re: Quiver project
Post by: Dazv on October 27, 2011, 08:28:15 pm

its looking great i just finished a hide today i just have to smoke it! What bow is the sleeve made for?

Title: Re: Quiver project
Post by: bubby on October 27, 2011, 09:35:32 pm

look's good, can't weight to see it finished, Bub

Title: Re: Quiver project
Post by: Scowler on October 28, 2011, 12:01:00 pm

Looking real good.   ;)

Title: Re: Quiver project
Post by: medicinewheel on October 30, 2011, 05:11:39 am

Looking foreward to see the progress!

Title: Re: Quiver project
Post by: bowtarist on October 31, 2011, 10:39:45 am

Lookin good, my wife uses a rotary cutter for cutting fringe on the bags she makes.  Looks easier than using scissores.  Don't know what you used, but this might be an idea.  Keep up the good work.

Title: Re: Quiver project
Post by: JW_Halverson on October 31, 2011, 03:26:53 pm

Did you skip smoking the hide to keep it so white?

Title: Re: Quiver project
Post by: Christian on November 01, 2011, 04:37:20 pm

I could say yes, make everybody belive that I planned for it to happen ;) but alas, I must confess: I have no idea what I'm doing :P

As I said, this was my first time tanning and I probably did everything backwards and in the wrong order ;)  Like putting a dry hide in the brains, smoking a wet hide and so on...  So it has been smoked, but then I rebrained it a couple of times, scraped the grain off,  etc.   Definately a learning prosess ;) But I realy liked it, and I look forward to the next hide 8)

The most amusing part however is that i smoked it in the Lavvo (Sapmi version of tipi) at work. I just hung it in the rafters and left it hanging there over night as I would be back in the Lavvo with the children first thing next morning. Long story short: A little girl opened the door, tok one step into the Lavvo and screamed her lungs out!    THERE'S A GHOOOOST IN HERE!!!  :laugh:    made my day 8)