This is a quiver I made this weekend for a trade with a friend that makes Native American style flutes. The quiver is made of chrome tanned leather, dyed brown with dark brown garment leather lining and hand stitched. The end has a tapered black walnut plug that is removable for cleaning and thick foam(blue) glued to the inside of the plug to accept broadheads. The rear has a horizontal divider to separate arrows to help keep them from rattling and to protect the fletching. Enjoy

Nice Job Pat.Blake

Very nice looking, that is the style that I would like to build for myself.

Nice!
I made one like this, I guess I need to post some pics.
Kris

It's pretty simple Chester. I work up a pattern on poster board and when it is right I trace it off on the leather.
 Thanks for the kind words. I owned a custom leather shop in Savannah back in the mid 70's and am trying to get back into it.

Nice lookin' quiver.  That's about the only type I use anymore.
Good job...  

Pat B.
It looks like you have everything figured out. If you decide to make those for sale I want to be first in line. Great work!
Joe

nice Pat!   I love my side stalker, about as perfect a quiver as they get.   I have added a plug on the open end with notches along the outside to accept the shafts and keep them from squashing eachother.  Cant remember if it was Dean T or Doug Campbell who did this but it's pretty dern slick!

When looking for leather to build quivers like yours, where can I find it? What size or thickness do I look for?  Also does the dye in the leather bleed?

Charlie

Better watch out...you may be getting too many orders if you start selling.  Nice quiver!

Charlie, I'm trying to locate a good supplier for leather. For quivers(side or back) I like 3-4oz oak tanned leather or latigo. I use Fiebings leather dye and it will bleed a little but not much. After you oil up the leather it sets the color pretty well.
 Joe, If I can find leather I will have leather items at the NC State Shoot at Hickory in the spring. Most of the leather I have now was left over from when I had my shop. Boy have leather prices gone up since the mid 70's.
 Dan, will you share a pic of the rear plug you are talking about? Sounds like a good idea. I use a side stalker type quiver for target shooting and 3D but prefer a GFA type(homemade) for hunting because they are totally quiet and with the side stalker I have now the arrows rattle a bit even with thick fleece at the rear to help quiet the arrows.
 Thanks Lon. You ready to buy one! d;^)

I love my homemade(by someone else), I wish he had thought of the wooden plug(broadhead tips hurt) and some way of keeping the flecthes apart.

I will need pictures to understand the "how-to's" in order to bring mine up to snuff. The printed word doesn't translate into mental image for the dyslexic.(I know)

Thanks in advance!

Great job!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing.
God bless,Mudd

That is a beautiful quiver.  I wish I had the skill to make one like this.

Thats well done ....very tasteful.....excellent job!

Mudd, I have already packed this quiver up for the mail but I may have a pic from the old one. If I can find it I will post it here. I do better with pics than words too.
 GD, With a little thought and the right tools anyone can make a quiver like this.

This is the quiver in my avatar; my target and 3-D quiver. It shows the tapered wood plug with the foam attached. I put a stitch line around the opening in the quiver to restrict the plug from sliding forward out of the opening. The plug is inserted from the inside.

Nice! He's gonna like it!

Nice!

How long does it take to hand stitch one of those?  And here I thought my hip quivers were alot of stictching!

it dont take long as there is not alot to them. first ya have the end where the arrows go into then ya have the other end where the plug goes then the strap fittings and thats about it sofar i have made 7 of these and i like them just as much as lakota Quivers. the thing that takes the most time is the stiching around the edege  but you dont have to do that. this is an old pic as this Quiver has long since been put to rest. LOL!!!