I just finished this Lakota style quiver for my good friend, John Pruitt, in Spring City, Tennessee. He's been hinting around at wanting one for a while now and I finally had the time to make one for him. Besides that, John just finished up my new flintlock turkey gun with the Colerain jug choked barrel and he thought the quiver and 4 dozen homemade cookies were suitable payment for his time and services. Both items should pass each other in the mail this week.
The body of this quiver is made from elk leather and the yellow trim is deer. The arrowheads are made from cane toad skin and the brown band of leather at the mouth is tanned carp hide. I burned the petroglyphs onto pieces of deer hide and then sewed them on. That idea was inspired by the shirts Mike Yancey is now selling at his Pine Hollow Longbows website. The strap is made from New Zealand red deer hide and I carved the buttons from deer antler. Everything was sewn by hand using artificial sinew.
I should get my new shootin' iron Friday and I plan to have it broken in on a squirrel or turkey some time Saturday.
Darren
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VERRRY Cool! :thumbsup:
That is VERY SHARP, Darren! Good luck with the flintlock.
That's awesome. The craftsmanship is incredible!
Very, very nice........
Beautiful work Darren!!
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Wow that's great! Such a wonderfully personalized, one of a kind gift.
THAT, is a work of art!!!
Hand sewn with those intricate "cross stitches"! Whoa! I didn't know they even made artificial sinew in those colors and sizes...but then I'm not leather artist either...
Beautisuckle!
wow, that is really nice work!
Very nice . :thumbsup:
That's a beautiful piece of work! You're an artist with leather! :clapper:
Bernie
Very nice quiver!!! That is a nice unique quiver you have made.
Beautiful work!
WOW! That looks nice.
Sweet.. ^5
Heirloom!!!
Beauty! :thumbsup:
Wow, well done!
You are quite the artist.
That quiver is absolutely beautiful. :notworthy:
Congratulations on the traditional smoothbore. Longbows and traditional muzzleloaders go together like bread and butter.
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Thanks, everyone, for the kind words! Ron, I couldn't agree more about longbows and smokepoles. This will be the 4th flintlock that Mr. Pruitt has made for me. I've got a 50 caliber rifle, a 20 gauge smoothbore pistol, a 12 gauge smoothbore long gun and now a 20 gauge smoothbore long gun. Ole John ain't getting any younger so I will probably have him make me a 54 caliber rifle in the near future. He can crank one out, including carving the stock, in about 2 weeks if you promise him cookies and/or venison summer sausage. His usual fee is $150 plus the cost of parts which is one heckuva deal in my book!
Darren
Beautiful work!!! All that stitching must have took a while!!
Very nice Darren. When I read the thread title, I was wondering how you were going g to mount a quiver on a muzzleloader? :biglaugh: