This Quiver is for my Son Josh. It goes with the Longbow I made for him (see laminated longbow thread). He does not like back quivers and thinks a hip quiver is ok but when I explained this quiver to him, he thought he would like it.
I made a pattern from a piece of padding from when I installed hardwood floors in my dinning room. It is about as thick as the leather I am using but a bit more flexible. It makes a good prototype material.
My biggest concern with having such a big opening in the side of the quiver is that, over time, as the leather softens, it will fold or collapse. I will reinforce the quiver to prevent that from happening.
I am making the quiver out of 8 Oz. tooling leather.
In order to stiffen the sides of the quiver, I stitched long strips of leather to the inside of the quiver.
I left one end open so I could insert 3/32 dia. music wire the entire length of the quiver.
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the next step is to at a bit if stiffness and decoration to the opening.
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I stitched this piece of 5 Oz. leather to the quiver while flat (before shaping.
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