Want to Make a Quiver...Tube or Plains Style...Anyone Else Tried?

[Nala]

Hey all,

I've been thinking of trying to make a quiver to use this year hunting pigs.  Right now I have a cheapo compound quiver that I rigged with a strap for my shoulder to use like a Asbell Style Quiver.

I thought I'd either try a Tube Style quiver or one of the side quivers that looks like leather folded over with a hole cut out of the side and can be used either on the side or put on your back.

Both of them look pretty easy to make.  The leather would probably be the toughest because I'd have to go out and find the leather to use.  Depending on where I got it, it could also turn out pretty expensive which I don't want.

So, I thought I'd ask and see who else has made a quiver to use.  If so, how about some tips or a link to a plan or instructions?  That would help out a lot for someone like me that's never really made anything like that before.  Of course if you have pics of your homemade quiver, I'd really like to see that too.

Oh, one more thing, which one of these styles do you think would work the best?

Any help and advice you can give would be great.

Thanks for everything.

Nalajr

[juneaulongbow]

I made this one. It's for sell in the Sponsor Classifieds.

Tandy has plenty of stuff at decent prices.

I buy leather at Springfield Leather now.

 

[PeteA]

Email sent

[britt]

I make tube quivers out of cardboard carpet tubes. My main one has lasted 15yrs. Asked a local carpet store for 4-6in. tube. I wrap them with camo material, burlap, leather,or even plaid material, and fleece. For the strap, I bye old belts for theft stores. I might have $5.00 in each tube quiver. They are very light also.

[Green]

If you do a search here and on that internet video website, you'll get plenty of how-to info.

[Roadkill]

go to a carpet store and get some scraps.  Play with carpet scraps to get what you want before forking over $ for leather.  I used and old phillips screwdriver, heat up the point to punch the holes-lace up with shoelaces.  hard part is getting the balance just right.  you might even like the carpet quiver=my friends laugh and call mine casino, as it is the bright green from a local casino.

[Frank V]

Double tap, sorry   :(

[Frank V]

Originally posted by Frank V:
I have built three back quivers. They are not too difficult, what took me the most time was getting the shoulder strap in the position I like & one quiver has a couple of extra sets of holes from my trying different positions.
   Cut a pattern out of paper first. I'd use butcher paper as it's tougher than newspaper. I used newspaper & it tears easily. Cut out your parts onto paper patterns & you can staple them together to get the look & size you want. You can use boot laces to lace them together.
   One tip I didscovered when my leather punch wouldn't reach some areas I wanted a hole to stich. I used my cordless portable drill, works fantasticaly!    just put some backing behind it that you don't mind a hole in!  
    Sorry I'm not picture litterate.    :(    
  Good luck, it's actually a lot of fun.

[recurvericky]

I made several tube quivers that are very light weight, but extremely durable. The tube is made of Plastic Canvas from a hobby store. It comes in square sheets and several other shapes. You can make this as a semi rigid tube or a tube that will form to your back. The tube can be lined with felt to make it quiet and the outside can be covered with any material. There is a video online that does something similar. If I can find it, I will post it.

[Nala]

WOW!!  Thanks for the tips.

Juneaulongbo, that is GORGEOUS!  I couldn't make something like that in a MILLION years.  Wish I could though.

I had never thought of the cardboard carpet tubes.  I thought I would use some of the gray PVC type tube form Lowes as a Tube Quiver.  The white PVC would be too heavy I think.

As for the leather type side quiver, I was trying to come up with something to use as a substitute to make a mock-up to make sure I had the design right and it fit well with the hole cut in the right place before I buy leather and start cutting on it.  What do you all think would work as a substitute for this project?

C'mon guys...we gotta see some pics of these quivers.  I'd especially like to see some of those carpet tube quivers.

Nalajr

[Nala]

Roadkill, sorry for forgetting that you posted what I could use to try the design on the leather side quiver.

I like this quiver and would like to make one like it.

  http://www.3riversarchery.com/Bow+Mate+Elite+Side+Quiver_i6224-01_baseitem.html  

Of course there are others like it as you can see on that page at 3 Rivers.  The Dawgware, Arrow Tuff, and so on.  I don't know whether a rigid type or a flexible type in this style would be better.  Thoughts?

Here is the leather type of what I am also talking about.

 http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=211796


This style, that you can see in these 2 links I posted, and the tube style from PVC, Carpet Tubes or other stuff are the 2 kinds of quivers I am thinking about.  I don't know which would work best for me.  By the way you guys are talking it wouldn't be much money at all to make both styles and that way I can try each of them.  I think I'll give it a try.  Shouldn't be that hard.

Nalajr

[hogless]

I made one out of thin wall PVC used for gutters I got it at lowes and a pair of camo pants I got At a flea market and some spay adhesive at lowes and dimensions off of trad gang they turned out nice . I left the cargo pockets on and the front pocket and don't put adhesive around the pocket area because it makes them to tight to any thing in them

[seabound]

I've tried a few back quivers and was never satisfied with the cumbersome removal of arrows at quick draw. Then I found the tube-style side quiver! I'll never go back.

Here's one my Grandfather made for me after showing him a few examples of what I wanted.

It's 37" long and 3.5" in diameter. As you can see it holds a ton of arrows.

The only improvements I would add to this is 1) line the inside with fleece, and 2) drill small holes in the bottom to drain rain water.