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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: Allen7 on March 11, 2010, 03:59:35 am

Title: A Couple Quivers
Post by: Allen7 on March 11, 2010, 03:59:35 am

I have made many types of quivers over the years.  Some really fancy carved and dyed, some basic, some primtive.  Here are a couple of my primitive style quivers. 

First one: an old plains style made of 6 oz leather, dyed brown, and rimmed with wild rabbit fur, stiched with waxed nylon.  I used this hunting for many years.  I was using it in a snowstorm when I took my last cow elk with an arrow.   Made about 18 years ago.

Second one:  another plains style I made out of buckskin from one of my archery harvested deer.  Moscow hide and fur tanned the hide for me.   Has some coyote leg dangles and coyote fur around rim of quiver.  Includes a bow sock for my home made stick bows.    This is my most recent quiver, about 4 years old.

Third one:  A grey fox back quiver which is lined with elk skin, a buckskin strap,  and decorated with couple turkey feathers.  This has a special feature - the front legs were pushed inside and down towards the face forming a tube between the fox hide and elkskin liner.  It provides a convenient place for two arrows, such as flu flu arrows.  You can see this in the last photo.  It's about 11 years old, but has a new strap.

Allen Minton - Happy Knapper



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Title: Re: A Couple Quivers
Post by: medicinewheel on March 11, 2010, 05:34:01 am

Nice quivers Allen!

Title: Re: A Couple Quivers
Post by: Pappy on March 11, 2010, 06:56:58 am

Very nice work,I like them all. :)
   Pappy

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Post by: HoBow on March 11, 2010, 07:21:19 am

WOW!

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Post by: faltenhemd on March 11, 2010, 07:37:43 am

those are some mighty fine looking quivers!
i really would love to see some of your "really fancy carved" ones. please :)

Title: Re: A Couple Quivers
Post by: AndrewS on March 11, 2010, 07:55:24 am

Great quivers!

"Full of life"  ;)

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Post by: Pat B on March 11, 2010, 10:51:28 am

Very nice quivers and they look like they have been fully tested. ;)

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Post by: DanaM on March 11, 2010, 10:56:58 am

Great quivers Allen thanks for sharing eh :)

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Post by: Josh on March 11, 2010, 10:58:49 am

your quivers look awesome Allen.  You do great work   :)

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Post by: Cromm on March 11, 2010, 12:32:37 pm

Great work.

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Post by: Pennhawk on March 11, 2010, 10:19:57 pm

Beautiful quivers, A true craftsman.

Title: Re: A Couple Quivers
Post by: Allen7 on March 12, 2010, 03:24:19 am

Thanks guys.  I used to do a lot of leather work and stitching.  Last six years I have focused more on horseback archery and flintknapping.   I still ocassionally make something from leather, buckskin, or fur.  That first old hunting plains quiver has a two inch plug of target foam in the bottom to stick the broadheads into.  That has kept my broadhead or Obsidian tipped arrows in place - they do not fall out.    The buckskin plains and fox backquiver are all natural materials.  Used buckskin lacing.  The stiffener on the buckskin quiver is an oceanspray stick . 

Happy Knapper

Title: Re: A Couple Quivers
Post by: Rickd on March 12, 2010, 07:52:46 am

Very nice

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Post by: Grunt on March 12, 2010, 11:52:54 pm

Nice quiet quivers. good attention to detail. Loads of animal "spirit"

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Post by: Tsalagi on March 13, 2010, 12:37:07 am

Excellent craftsmanship!!

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Post by: Lombard on March 28, 2010, 08:02:06 pm

Very nice!

Title: Re: A Couple Quivers
Post by: AncientArcher76 on April 19, 2010, 10:40:10 pm

Beautiful quivers Allen!  I havent yet made one for myself and want to learn how!  Ihave a big piece of tanned buffolo hide or maybemake one from an animal pelt butI need to make one non the less.  Again great work Allen I'd be intrested in learning to make one asgood as yours!

Cheers,
Russ

Title: Re: A Couple Quivers
Post by: Jake Levi on April 23, 2010, 09:27:33 pm

Hi Allen

Great looking quivers,

good to see you here,

Hows the Kigers ??

Jake