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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Cromm on February 23, 2008, 08:33:14 pm
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Hi, If you use a Indian style quiver (like the one from T.B.B.1) do you have it on your left side or right side? I'm right handed so do i have the quiver on my left same as my bow? I will be making one out of hair on deer skin. What do you do? Thanks for your time.
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I'm finishing up an otter hide quiver similar to that style and plan on wearing it on the right.
I tried using it placed to the left but didn't feel quite right to me....
my suggestion is that you try both ways and use it whichever way works for you.
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Hey, Cromm, are you getting started with your quiver now?
I'm pretty sure the Indians on the great plains wore it on the left side. I've used both, and I don't think it matters much.
Sean
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Hi again, yes I'm about to start cutting it out today, but because it has hair on the skin i can only wear it one way or the other because it gets all turned around, so i was seeing what everyone else wears theirs, before i start sewing the bits together. How you doing?
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Hey I use a plains style quiver also and I am right handed and I wear it on the right side. When I am walking through the brush I can drop right hand down and cover any exposed fletches or direct the quiver through tight spots all the while maintaining bow in left hand, Can also withdraw an arrow out of it without having to hold bow out at arms length. Its different when sitting on horse back though trying to direct horse with reins ect
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as kayakfisher says: walking through the bush to your right (when right handed) or sitting on horseback to your left.
i have on with foxfur and buckskin with a stick and that is great to carry it through bush.
frank
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nice quiver Medicinewhl one of these days when I Get enough fur going to make one out of fur
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I really like plains style quivers. I feel most comfortable having the quiver on my left. When moving fast, or in brush I can move my bow hand to the top of the quiver and hold both bow and quiver. Just what feels best to me. If your quiver has droppers on the end of the strap or a pouch added you are right to pick left or right before you assemble the quiver.
Ron
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i design mine so i can wear them on both sides. i used to wear mine on the left for the most part but once in a while i feel like wearing it on the right. here some examples of simple designs that can be worn on both sides.
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awesome quivers guys. i have come to like this style. it can be used as plains or back. i carry it over my left shoulder and remove the arra from the base. its excellent for stalking. most of the time i dont use a quiver though and just do one on the bow two in the hand
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/quivers/Picture010.jpg)
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jamie, i like those side-stalkers too ;D i've been experimenting with different designs but haven't found the right one yet. i was pleasantly surprised by the one i made for the community bow project (my first one of that kind) it was pleasant to wear and easy to get the arrow out without a lot of motion. i'll have to make one for myself one day ;D
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Jamie, That looks like what I want to make for my next project. Could you post some specks? Does it completely cover the fletching or do they sick out of the top? Any numbers or measurments would be great.
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Here's what a Mr. Laubin has to say on the subject:
"The English tradition is to wear the quiver over the right shoulder, and this is the tradition that modern archers carry on to this day. To me it is a clumsy arrangement, especially with the long arrows most people prefer. Plains quivers, carried over the left shoulder, could be quickly pulled around to the front so that the arrows either projected under the left arm, or they were pulled around still farther so that the quiver sling hung on the back of the neck and the arrows were at the waist with their nocks on the right-hand side, where they could be quickly reached while riding. Either way is far more convenient than the English method." (Laubin, Reginald. American Indian Archery. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980. p. 127)
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just saw the replies. fletchings stick out of the top on this one. but could easily be made so that they are covered. theres no real specs just make it so you can put the arras in and take em out with ease
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I shoot two styles of quiver, my plains style quiver I wear the quiver on the right side while stalking and in the left while riding a horse. my back quiver I wear high on my back so i can easily draw and shoot arrows rapidly.... but for stalking it is too noisy to draw and shoot from so i use the plains style quiver .... Mike
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Hi guys,
While we are talking about the subject... I have 2 questions which I'm hoping somebody will be able to help me with... I have heard that back quivers can be noisy and easy to dull broadheads, how does this translate to the indian style quiver (same problem)? Also, how do I go about getting detailed instructions on how to make them? I have noticed the Bowyers bible has a little section describing them, but not on how to make them.
Cheers,
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Hi guys,
While we are talking about the subject... I have 2 questions which I'm hoping somebody will be able to help me with... I have heard that back quivers can be noisy and easy to dull broadheads, how does this translate to the indian style quiver (same problem)?
With the back quivers they are more open (like a box) so when you move about the arrows can rattle around making noise and rub against each other dulling the broadheads....With the Indian style quiver the arrows are in lying down so there is less if none movement of the arrows,only the pulling out and putting back in. So no noise and the heads do not dull........
Also, how do I go about getting detailed instructions on how to make them? I have noticed the Bowyers bible has a little section describing them, but not on how to make them.
Have a look on here at the "How to do" or arrow posts....I will post some of the things i do when making one and some info why.....
Thanks for your time.
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I'm right handed and i prefer wearing them on the right side. Just a preference, though.
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I am right handed and wear it on the right. I had some string contact issues on the left..
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I am right handed and wear it on the right. I had some string contact issues on the left..
If you pull it in directly in front of you when shooting, that should be no problem.
Sean
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Right, What Sean said! One of the things I like best is the fact that you can slide the quiver to the front or the back, or hold it quiet by your side. Ron
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http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,10909.0/topicseen.html
Here's some info on how i make a Indian-Style Quiver.
Let me know if it helps you out or if you would like some more photos?????
Thanks for your time.