quivers

[Peter Ellis]

I've had these pieces sitting around for awhile now. They're inspired by quivers found in Turkey and Eastern Europe all the way up to Poland from about the twelfth century or so up to the present.

The one with full surface stamping scared the heck out of me part way through the process. I had no idea just how much that amount of stamping would stretch a piece of leather, and when I matched up the stamped side with the unstamped side it was almost an inch bigger all the way around. Fortunately for me, the unstamped side stretched pretty much the same way when it was stamped and they matched up again.

One of them has a partial welt along the top seam that increases the number of arrows the quiver holds from 6 to 12. I'm going to take a friend's recommendation and make one with about a one inch wide gusset running along the top side, narrowing away to nothing as it reaches the curve at the bottom end. That should greatly increase capacity and, according to his experience, make the overall quiver very rigid.

Edited September 22, 2007 by Peter Ellis

[Spencer G]

That's very interesting, you say it's designed to attach to a saddle?

[Beaverslayer]

Good looking work there Peter. Thanks for sharing the pics.

Ken

[Peter Ellis]

Doesn't attach to the saddle, the archer wears it hanging from a belt. It keeps the arrows where they're easy to draw while riding.

Here's a link to a picture showing someone using one on foot. http://www.intlhorsearchery.org/festival_p.../Group-shot.jpg

and some more:

http://www.polishhussarsupply.com/HorseArchery.html

Can't seem to find any pictures online with a good view of the quiver when mounted - seems most of the photographers prefer the other side....