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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: swamp monkey on August 30, 2012, 11:24:00 am

Title: Plains style quiver - coyote hide
Post by: swamp monkey on August 30, 2012, 11:24:00 am

I crafted a plains style quiver with a coyote pelt, some home tanned deer leather and some commercial grade cow hide for a core.  Green flannel and art sinew were used also.

The leather core was a bit too stiff and arrows fell out when I bent over.  So I asked the PA audience about this and they did not disappoint.  I have since placed a wadded piece of buck skin in the base of the quiver and the arrows behave nicely.  I also am more mindful of squatting rather than bending over when I have the quiver on.

I wanted a strike a light bag but wanted to use the coyote face.  So the bag grew in size.  It is almost a possibles bag!  Extra string, pine pitch, a knife... who knows what I will put in there. 

Over all a comfortable quiver. 

Title: Re: Plains style quiver - coyote hide
Post by: Ifrit617 on August 30, 2012, 07:59:18 pm

Man that is gorgeous.. Would like to do one like that some day.

Jon

Title: Re: Plains style quiver - coyote hide
Post by: sadiejane on August 30, 2012, 08:28:35 pm

sweeeet!
love a nicely done plains style quiver
and love them old yote hides

Title: Re: Plains style quiver - coyote hide
Post by: spyder1958 on August 31, 2012, 03:30:07 am

Looks great brother, I'm wanting to turn a cased skinned fox into one, but not sure on the way I want to go. I want to keep the head in Org. place. Do you have  location for patterns?
Thanks, Spyder

Title: Re: Plains style quiver - coyote hide
Post by: swamp monkey on August 31, 2012, 03:04:31 pm

Spider,  jimm Hamm has a great book that I referred to.  I think it is "north american bows, arrows and quivers.".  I also picked up some tips in the most recent issue of PA.  Oh, one more is the encyclopedia of bows arrows and quivers by Jim Hamm and Steve Alelley.  It has good details on quivers that can be found in museum collections.

Best of luck and enjoy.

Title: Re: Plains style quiver - coyote hide
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on August 31, 2012, 05:55:52 pm

Nice work on that quiver. Its very pretty.

Title: Re: Plains style quiver - coyote hide
Post by: swamp yeti on September 01, 2012, 09:15:15 am

I like em coyote skins too,that is one nice quiver.

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Post by: Badly Bent on September 01, 2012, 11:41:55 am

Sweet quiver, I love it.

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Post by: iowabow on September 01, 2012, 12:23:29 pm

Thanks for postin this it looks great!

Title: Re: Plains style quiver - coyote hide
Post by: Pat B on September 01, 2012, 03:28:04 pm

Very nice work, SM. I've made a few  coyote Plains style quivers. I prefer to set it up so the the quiver faces forward even though the originals were made the way you did it. Jackcrafty(Patrick) has a great build along in the How To section. That's where I got all my ideas for working with hair on hides. He also does them the original way.

Title: Re: Plains style quiver - coyote hide
Post by: swamp monkey on September 03, 2012, 03:06:54 pm

thanks for the kind words and I appreciate ya lookin'.

Title: Re: Plains style quiver - coyote hide
Post by: beetlebailey1977 on September 03, 2012, 05:32:47 pm

That is a fine piece of work......I really like the green flannel.  Accents it very well. :)

Title: Re: Plains style quiver - coyote hide
Post by: Pappy on September 04, 2012, 10:02:05 am

Sweet quiver,very nice job on that one. :)
Pappy

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Post by: Patches on September 05, 2012, 03:11:37 pm

Nice quiver buddy! 

Title: Re: Plains style quiver - coyote hide
Post by: longbowarrow on September 10, 2012, 01:56:30 pm

Now that is a great looking Quiver. Great Job!!!!!!!
JR