Putting snakeskin on a quiver?

[ZaneD]

I killed a copperhead the other day and i have the skin dried and i think i am gonna put it on a target quiver. i know if you skin a bow you are supposed to spray polyacrylic over it. what about if i put it on a quiver? do i still need to put a finish on it? I was thinking glue the skin to the quiver with barge cement and then cover the exposed leather with painters tape and spray the polyacylic over the skin..

[Frank]

I've used contact cement with great results on skins and leather.

As far as treating, I have a pair of rattler skins on an old leather biker jacket, over 25 years old and they still look good.  No  treatment.

[Jason Lester]

I did this a while back with a cheep plastic quiver. I used Titebond 2 for glue after roughing up the hood of the quiver and then did it just like you would on a bow. The trick was getting the end of the quiver to look right. I did that first and then wrapped the skin around the rest. Turned out pretty good.

I ended up spraying poly on it later just for good measure.

 

[Jason Lester]

I a reread this your talking about a leather quiver. hmmm. I geuss the painters tape trick should work then.

Sorry too early and not enough coffee yet.