Leather quiver material question

[Robyn Hode]

I have a leather couch that still has good leather on it and was wondering if I could make a quiver out of it or is the leather too thin?

What if I doubled the thickness?

If the leather is too thin what ounce should I use for a quiver and arm guard?

Thanks in advance,
Bill

[mahantango]

Upholstery leather is very light weight, like 3-4 oz. I like 8-10 oz. for arm guards and side or hip quivers, and 6-8 oz. for back quivers.

[Roy from Pa]

Ya better ask the wife first..  

[wood carver 2]

I made some arm guards and a hip quiver from thin leather by first gluing two pieces together back to back with TB3.
Maybe not the right way, but it worked for me.      
If you cut from the back of the sofa, she may not notice.      
Dave.

[Pat B]

What kind of quiver do you want to build?  You can glue two pieces together to get the right thickness if needed. Contact cement works best for this.

[Archer Dave]

Yeah man it will work. I cut the leather out of the seat from my Lexus to make archery tackle. It worked great. The wife got mad though.  :D

[Robyn Hode]

That's why this is a DTW (Don't Tell Wife) project.      

I'm going to try gluing two pieces together with contact cement. I just hate throwing out all that leather. The sofa is falling apart but the leather is still good.

[Archer Dave]

One thing you could do is to sew two pieces of leather with some thin plastic between them. This would stiffen it up and still allow you to use the leather.

You might be able to use some thick canvas wall tent material as well if you wanted it to be more flexible.

[fujimo]

make a nice satchel- or as you guys say here , haversack!   :D

[Roy from Pa]

So fujioboy, ya make yourself a purse?

[Pat B]

Gluing the two pieces together will stiffen up the quiver quite a bit so adding plastic between the two pieces is not necessary.

[fujimo]