Home-made Christmas gifts for Dad

[wbyrd]

This year I decided I would make all of the Christmas gifts for my Dad. This is my first try at making things with leather and I think they came out pretty good.

This is everything I made (finger tab, hip quiver, arm guard, & back quiver).

 


Here's a close-up of the finger tab:

 


Here's the hip quiver:

 

With hand-tooled arrow head decoration:

 

[wbyrd]

Here's the arm guard with knife:

 


Close-up, I put his initials in the arrowheads:

 


I made the knife handle and buttons with an elk antler:

 


I lined the back with suede leather:

 


And here's the back quiver, the top is lined with a fox tail that I split down the middle:

 

 


And now it's time to get started on some stuff for me!

Oh, and Dad got me the KME knife sharpener!

[huntnmuleys]

wow that stuff looks amazing!  beautiful work.

[BamaBarebow]

Those are nice!! I'll PM you my address and you can make me a nice quiver too  

[ronp]

Outstanding! I would like to be able to do that stuff.

[traditional beagle]

Nice. Your dad will value those more than something you can buy. Believe me.

[Dick in Seattle]

Beautiful work.  Bet your dad is floating on air pleased and poppin' his buttons proud!

[Mark Baker]

The best gifts are those made from heart, and by hand.  Nice job!

[guspup]

Very Nice, your Dad is a lucky guy :-)

[macksdad]

Nice Work Wbyrd looks like a high quality job

[LC]

Quote "This is my first try at making things with leather and I think they came out pretty good."

I think your cutting your self a tad short! If my first leather work turned out like that I probably wouldn't be a dumb ol electrician now.

[Outwest]

Very nice.
Your dad will cherish them forever.

John

[DannyBows]

Excellent gear! Sure doesn't look like your first leather work. I want to try my hand at leather and I'd be extremely happy to make things that good. I'll bet Dad was floored by them. Good On Ya'!  

[bad arrow]

Great work, your a good son.....Phil

[GO Rogers]

What a wonderful gift..♠

[Gerardo]

wow this are amazing,

I have a back quiver in the making and you really inspired me to do it a whole lot prettier

EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!!    

[GrayRhino]

Very nice.  A labor of love, for sure.  

[rp65]

Your dad is sure to be proud!

[fujimo]

that really cool.
say, does that armguard wrap over the arm enough so that the string wont hang up on the beautiful knife handle- geuss he will just have to keep an eye on it-
cool place for a wee blade.
wayne

[Gen273]

Great job!!!