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Title: Leather Question
Post by: ks_jon on January 22, 2011, 11:10:00 PM
Wanting to try my hand at making a leather back quiver, and had a question. How heavy do I need the leather to be to make a durable quiver? Or what is best?
Title: Re: Leather Question
Post by: rdoggsilva on January 23, 2011, 12:25:00 AM
I would use no lighter then a 7oz. It would be better to use a 8 to 9 oz weight.
Title: Re: Leather Question
Post by: thunder1 on January 23, 2011, 02:23:00 AM
That depends on a couple of things. DO you want a stiff quiver then use heavy leather. Your arrows will move around a lot. Some like a thinner leather so it collapses on the arrows so they don't move around much. Will you be putting a fur lining in it? That helps stiffen a thin one up, muffles sound and helps keeps arrows from moving all over. You can put a strap in your quiver to help hold arrows in place. If your just using it for practice then heavy and open will serve you fine.
Title: Re: Leather Question
Post by: ks_jon on January 23, 2011, 09:49:00 AM
Thanks for the responses. Guess I didn't think all the options through. Thinking I will look for 6 or 7 and add a liner.