Back Quiver additions and a thanks

[Dorado]

On Akbowbender's post about back quivers I ended up talking to Bladepeek about his quiver. Sorry Chuck, didn't mean to hijack your thread. Anyways Bladepeek inspired me to add to my back quiver. So, I'd like to hear what y'all think about it. I added a pouch to my quiver. It was a pain in the @$$ to stitch, especially when you consider I don't have a punch to make nice clean holes. I used a probe that's meant to line up bolt holes. Took three days for me to sew it up. That's all my hands could take. I'm gonna get me a nice punch set before I start on my next one.
Oh well. Here are the pictures.

 
   
 

I think I figured out how to do a good mottled texture when I oil my leather.
The antler button I made from an antler chew I bought at a pet store. It should age real nice once I clean it up a bit more.
I just noticed that the pouch looks crooked. It's just the way the picture came out. I had to hold the quiver up as it wouldn't stand on it's own. Everything's straight. Next one I make I'll move the main seam of the quiver to one side and I'll have an actual punch to make stitch holes.

Again I'd like to thank Bladepeek for inspiring me to get off my butt and make stuff.

[Killdeer]

Beautiful work!
Bladepeek's good people.
Killdeer

[slowbowjoe]

Sure looks good to me.

[Wannabe1]

Nice work and quiver!  

[cmh]

Looks fantastic !! Great job  

[Dorado]

Thanks everyone.
I made it just big enough for my armguard to fit inside, and deep enough to hold everything I'd need, bow wise, for a day in the field. I should have more than enough room in it for all my spare things, extras, and I'll see about getting me some paracord and stashing some in there. It'd be real helpful for either a drag or to lift my bow up a tree.
By the way, stitching through 3 layers of 6/7oz leather is quite difficult. I broke 9 of the 10 needles I had, 4 of them just on the lid. I'm just glad I decided to make a cardboard one first before I started with leather. I left the bottom corners unstitched. I wanted to leave some place for moisture to drain out.

[ron w]

Pretty nice job.........  

[akbowbender]

That looks pretty darn nice! Good job, Dorado!

Now you are motivating me to make use of the leftover leather I have from making my quivers.

[Ric O'Shay]

Looks pretty darn good to me too!

[Dorado]

Originally posted by akbowbender:
That looks pretty darn nice! Good job, Dorado!

Now you are motivating me to make use of the leftover leather I have from making my quivers.

I hope you have a good hole punch cause it's been 2-3 hours and my hands still hurt.
I've just about used up all of my leftover leather. I do have enough to redo my strap. I don't like the way it turned out. I may work on that if I can figure out how I'd like it.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

That looks Great! Nice work.

[akbowbender]

I bought a chisel 4-prong punch. I should have thought about it more, as the 4-prong may not work well if I have a curve to go around. Should romp on the straight stretches!

I'll look to see if they have a 2 or 3 prong to add to my growing leather tool collection.

[Dorado]

A 4 prong and a 2 prong would be a great match. 4 for straight, 2 for curves. Next time I order leather I'm going to be getting me a pair of them. I've got a lot of stamps and carving tools but I'm not any good at carving. I need to see if they'll trade.

[fmscan]

That pouch just changes the whole quiver... Looks classy and will be handy too!

[Green]

Very nicely done!

[njloco]

I think it looks good, nice job, just see if you can darken the sides where you cut the leather, sorry it just bugs me, but if it doesn't bother you, leave it.

[Overspined]

Not only a punch, but also nice to use a groover to recess the stitches, and edge coat to finish the leather edges.  They don't wear and look professional.  Nice work!

[Bladepeek]

Dorado, your pouch puts mine to shame. Really turned out well! I used very light leather and just bunched mine up in a pleat instead of using separate side panels. Your way came out much nicer.

A punch works, but you can also get a stitching awl. They are very inexpensive and I can go through about 1/4" with one. Beyond that, I cheat and use the drill press.

The awl's point has a diamond shaped cross section and believe me, it's sharp! You line up the diamond so the long axis of the diamond is at an angle to the stitching line and not lined up with it. This makes the front and back of the hole square with the stitch. Makes the hole much more resistant to tearing if you horse the thread up a little too tight by accident.

Before you get too many tools, stop by a Tandy leather store and pick up a leather stitching book(or order it on line if you don't have a leather store close). That may help prioritize which tools you buy first.

[akbowbender]

Dorado:

I was just going to let you know that I used the forked punch to make a couple of broadhead sheaths, when Bladepeek's post came up.

The punch works, but I think I'll do what Bladepeek is suggesting and get a book. The sheaths are functional, but not very pretty. I guess they will be hidden in the quiver, so that doesn't matter too much!

I do have 1/16" punch, so I may do one with it just  to see what it looks like. I'm sure a groover would make the stitching look much better with the punches and the awl.

[tim roberts]

Nice looking quiver.