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Great looking ebook cover! Awakened my interest in such a laser-machine. But ist price made me hyperventilating!

Beautiful! Looks like a time-honored piece out of "Packing Iron"!

Sheilajeanne, the picture shows that you are shooting a horsebow, so I'll direct my missionary zeal () at you suggesting thumb release., which could entail another small leatherwork project: My first thumbring was a simple leather strip with a bulge for thumb protection and a tapered end which I threaded through a small hole on the other end. Because of the friction no closure was required. Cyberwolfe, that's a clever trick (starting out with the bow held horizontally), but needs more elbow room than there usually is indoors Stormdevil, ME TOO! ... Meaning that I was first thinking of hooks, but in the arts and crafts shop around the corner they had only dees. I'll have to order some (less shiny) hooks (and dees)from Tandy. I think that I'll also experiment a little with buttons and/or conchos.

Sheilajeanne, to read about how your love affair with leather started, makes my fingers hurt! And, yes, the string tends to hit exactly where the arm guard ends!

Thank you all for the kind words! Sam & Sheilajeanne: I can't say exactly why, but since I switched to the thumbring technique I didn't hit my forearm with the bowstring anymore . I wear the arm guard merely because everybody else does, and for showing off my leatherwork. DJole: Metal rings are more comfortable. The paracord pinches a little where it passes through simple holes. The cord stopper holds both kinds of guards securely in place.

About a year ago my son and I discovered trad archery. I made arm guards and quivers for us, and the pals in our club recently expressed desire to purchase similar pieces from me. This is what I came up with so far. Comments, critique and advice welcome.

Great idea for last Minute presents! The tag is fed through a T-shaped incision, I guess from looking at the pics.

Admirable precision! Perfectly aligned design!

Thanks for the info! Your work prompts me to have another stab at figure carving!

Absolutely gorgeous! Is there repoussé work involved? Which thickness is the leather?

After botching an Ottoman style quiver (punching lacing holes into a purely decorative line 1 cm from the edge) I felt that I had to overcome the resulting Trauma, immediately making something else out cowhide. Now, after regaining hózhó and walking in beauty again, I think that 1 cm isn't that much...

I admire People who are able to let the basket weave flow around a medallion! Very nice work, Dad will love it!

I also found that Ghormley's John Wayne holster houses the 1911 nicely. I liked the idea of mimicking an early 20th century improvisation. Then I modified the template just cutting it down some .

Beautiful work! Great workmanship! A very becoming piece of clothing, great alternative to jeans!

I've given away a finished holster of the type in question without taking pictures. However I found an example surfing the web: https://www.etsy.com/listing/263101865/cheyenne-double-loop-holster-55 It seems that the maker used the Tandy-pattern. As I said: I like the oval roundness of the skirt and of the loops, but that's subject to personal preference of course.

Once I bought a Cheyenne style Tandy kit. I hated the large lacing holes and the wide slits on the skirt. I only used the kit as a pattern and as such it is not bad at all. The skirt has the shape of an oval and the typical "Cheyenne-hump" sits between the loops. Both might improve the looks of your holster which, by the way, is nicely done. I just searched the Tandy website for said kit but they don't seem to sell it anymore. One more thing: I'd also move up the "Cheyenne-hump" a bit.

I agree with Bikermutt! Tooled leather like this rather should envelop rare autographed first editions! Super clean basket weave. I tried to locate errors and signs of inconsistency ... couldn't find any (JEALOUS, because I can't do without broken lines)! Hey (RELIEVED)! I finally did find something to carp at: The basket pattern is slightly off the right angle. Forget the unasked-for critique, it's very nice work!

Serious talent meets its genuine material...

Thank you Gentlemen!

So THAT's how it is done! Really and truly a beauty!

Thank you all for the nice comments! I think I'll return to the characteristic double-humped design with two dees and two cords or narrow leather straps for attachment. Compartments for single arrows didn't prove to be as practical as I'd thought. Surfing the worldwide web for asian quivers I realized that at least some of them were stuffed with folded soft cloth that - so I imagine - holds the arrows securely in place, prevents them from rattling and releases them readily.

Recently I started to play with a horsebow and made an "orientalizing" hip quiver. The arabic writing boasts that my arrows are "faster than lightning". It's a prototype that will be tested tomorrow. In the future I'd replace the chicago screws by stitching. Critique, comments and advice as always most welcome.

Very impressive work! I like the inverted corners!

Female features carved into leather are easy to botch, I guess. You sure met the challenge expertly!

Excellent carving! I like especially the roundness of the stems, the matching rhythm of basket stamp and border and how you negotiated the corner of the basket band. I would have needed a miter joint, I guess. And I agree of course: The bottle cover is too good to be used on mere water!