New (Old) Style Back Quiver

[Peter Darby]

Here is a quiver I just finished. (You'll notice my photographic abilities are almost right up there with a 6year old with a brownie box camera) I recently completed a Hedeby Viking style quiver and was struck by a couple of interesting things. It didn't seem to be strapped like a side quiver or a back quiver. I also remembered Art Young's quiver in his Alaskan hunting trip around the turn of the last century. When he bends over his back quiver stays upright and the bottom swings free so he doesn't spill arrows out.

So while my new quiver body is the same as most (a tube with a bottom), the strapping is unique. One d ring is near the top and the other side is closer to the top than the bottom. Worn like a shoulder bag the quiver stays upright while the arrows are easy to reach. But when I bend over the quiver stary upright . (The belt like looking thing in the mirror shot is actually a singer sewing machine between me and the mirror.)

All in all I think it will pass the usage test.

[strypes]

Looks good. have you got pics of the attachment points or the way the straps sit across your front?

[Peter Darby]

You can see the attachment points on the second picture. (keeping in mind that I am left handed.) The higher attachment goes to the center of your back. Here is a picture of the quiver in action. I used veryy soft leather on the strap to keep down the abrasion. And so far it has worked.

Edited June 26, 2014 by Peter Darby