rabbit fur

[cbCrow]

My wife got me a custom made leather side quiver for Christmas and I would like to dampen the rattle of my arrows by putting some rabbit fur in places to achieve this. Should I use Barge cement or some sort of contact cement? Do they need to be sewn in? Any help is as always appreciated.........Crow  

[Jeremy]

Barge cement is a contact cement  

It tends to be a little thick for my tastes though.  I use weldwood contact cement.  It's thinner and I can get it at nearly every hardware store in sizes from just a few onces up to a gallon (right now I'm half way through a quart).

Sewing them in would be best and is what I do when I'm making a quiver, but it's not really needed, especially for a location where it's not going to be yanked on.

[rraming]

I tried sheep skin on the top of a back quiver and it did nothing to quiet it. I read that it wouldn't work, on a leather makers website as well. You would think it would work but for me it did not.

[Jeremy]

The key to really quieting arrow rattle is getting a quiver that properly collapses on the arrows.  If they can't move around, or only do so a little, there is no noise.  That's where the fur or sheepskin can help.

I can run with most of my quivers without rattling... wheezing is a different matter!

[Running Buck]

Weldwood contact cement. Barge cement changed its formula. The new stuff comes out like a jelly roll and is a pain to work with. If you still have some arrow noise after you put the fur on,try putting a couple of inches of rice in the bottom of the quiver. This will keep the arrow points from shifting around. Oats will work too, but they don't hold up to moisture very well.