Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: Aries on November 05, 2007, 08:53:57 pm

Title: Hide to quiver?
Post by: Aries on November 05, 2007, 08:53:57 pm

Ok so i have my small hide the hide in the freezer and the design on paper.     I have made a tanning rack for this small doe hide and only have a vague idea of what to do next.  I dint really care if the methods are entirely primitive or not. (I plan to leave the fur on)   Thanks for any help or suggestions  Ty

Title: Re: Hide to quiver?
Post by: mullet on November 06, 2007, 10:22:14 pm

  The easiest way if you are going to leave the fur on is to;scrape all the meat off the skin,stretch it ou.I will take a staple gun and stretch it as far as I can while it's wet and staple it to a board.Then take 20 Mule Team Borax soap detergent and rub it into the skin side up while it is wet.Rub enough till its a thick paste.Then leave it in the sun to dry for a day or two and remove it from the board.Shake and dust the soap off and then rub it with mink oil.it will be stiff,but you kinda want that for a quiver.This is simple but it works.I've used it for a couple of quivers, including Otter skins.

Title: Re: Hide to quiver?
Post by: jamie on November 07, 2007, 11:43:02 am

im with what eddie said . i prefer a semi tanned hide. basically roughed up rawhide. that way its stiff enough to stand on its own but soft enough not to make a lot of noise when the arrows are bouncing around.

Title: Re: Hide to quiver?
Post by: Aries on November 08, 2007, 11:47:13 pm

Thanks everyone. I will start on this tomorrow  Ty

Title: Re: Hide to quiver?
Post by: Knocker on November 09, 2007, 12:33:15 am

Thanks for this thread guys.  I will try it with the next hide I get.  Maybe the Bobcat that is getting my neighbors chickens!  Mullet, do you use anything special for a scraper?

Keith

Title: Re: Hide to quiver?
Post by: mullet on November 09, 2007, 05:31:05 pm

 Yea,I have a small meat cleaver,same one I use scraping my bows.It has the handle cut off and a walnut grip on it.

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Title: Re: Hide to quiver?
Post by: Knocker on November 12, 2007, 12:44:04 am

Thanks for the photo of the scraper Mullet.  So I understand that scrapers are not supposed to be too sharp, as they will tear through the hide right?  I asked my wife to pick up some 20 Mule Team Boraxo and she returned with a box of 20 Mule Team Borax Natural Laundry Booster and Household Cleaner.  ANY idea if this is the same stuff?  I thought maybe I could compare ingredients, but all it says is "Caution - Contains sodium tetraborate decahydrate."

Title: Re: Hide to quiver?
Post by: mullet on November 12, 2007, 05:02:49 pm

  Yea, the scraper doesn't need to be sharp and your wife got the right stuff.Your in business.