Quiver kit confusion

[Kajidourden]

Hey all,

First time poster here with a question.  I recently started trying to put together a quiver kit I bought a while back and have been having an issue with it.  Unfortunately the directions are pretty awful.."Lace this part first, then lace this part" with no further direction.

Anyhow...I got the main body seam (vertical) laced up just fine, but when I tried lacing on the bottom oval piece to the main body I got to a point where I had no more punches to thread on the oval piece and still several punches on the bottom on the body to thread, which of course means that I have a ton of material bunched up.
At this point i'm not sure if i'm doing this wrong or if the quiver bottom is simply too small for the body they sent me.

Wyantte leather is the company that made it, but I couldn't find a website or anything to try and find better directions or send them an email.  I figure I might try here where there are plenty of peopl who have probably made their own quivers or have experience with a quiver kit.

If need be I can add some pictures for reference, but i figure maybe this was one of those "easy fix" rooky mistakes.

[Orion]

Without a pix, I'm guessing, but I suspect you sewed the bottom two holes of the quiver body together with the lacing that goes up the quiver.  Should start that on the second hole up from the bottom on each side.  That leaves two additional holes for the bottom to be sewn to.  Hope that makes sense.  If that's the case, will need to unlace the quiver body and start over.

[Kajidourden]

Probably going to need to just take some pictures on this one.  Kind of a technical issue and hard to describe.  Thanks for the reply though!

[Kajidourden]

 

Here you can see the stitching on the main body.  I left the space on the bottom for the bottom piece to attach and (as the instructions said) the top two.

   

Here you can see the bottom piece and the main body from the under side.  I did not attempt to re-lace it out of frustration, and because I had left it laced for so long prior to thinking I would come back to it eventually that it's pretty clear at what point I was running into the issue of the bottom piece being seemingly too small.

I'm sure this is just a newbies lack of understanding, but the directions were pretty non-descript lol.

If necessary, I will attempt to re-lace it to show that as well.  Thought perhaps it would be apparent to a vet though lol

[lpcjon2]

I would think the bottom of the quiver should be smaller in diameter to the top. Maybe you need to loosen up the laced body and join the double set of two holes together to make the body cone down to a smaller bottom end. JMO

[Kajidourden]

I'll give it a shot, nothing to lose after all.  I was thinking that those holes were for the strap though, so that you could have it on either side of the body.

[lpcjon2]

Count the holes on the bottom quiver piece, and count the holes on the ends of the quiver body. What ever end has the closet amount of holes that match, adjust the bottom piece to align with the holes and if there are hole missing double lace it through the holes you used so the double stitch will be at the back of the quiver.

And check you tube for a video on lacing that brand quiver.

[Kajidourden]

Thanks!  Yeah I've tried the youtube route, and looking up the company itself...but im thinking its a third party only manufacturer, because I couldn't find a website for the make itself.  I'll just have to keep fooling with it until I figure it out I suppose.  Trial and error, it'll be a learning experience if nothing else!

[lpcjon2]

Worse case a 16 penny nail and a hammer will get you more holes...LOL

[Green]

Looks to me like you should be overlapping the leather....judging by the punched holes on each side of the ends.

[Sockrsblur]

I put one together and it went ok for me. I guess they could have given you pieces to different kits idk.

If you lace up the side less... maybe 2 or 3 stiches it will be easier to work on and tie off the bottom.
the number of holes should match up on the bottom of the body and the bottom oval piece ?
And "those holes" are for the strap... right handed and left handed carry. in your photo top left holes to lower right is for right hand carry. Hope this helps some...

[Kajidourden]

 

Herr's a picture of it totally unlaced.  Some have been suggesting overlapping.  In that first picture you can see that what I did was pulled the left side with a single set of holes over to the first set of holes on the right.  This meant that while threading I would have to pass the thread through two holes each time I was passing a hole on the left side.  I figured that was the only way to get a  single seam out of it, and in the instuctions it said to stitch it in an X pattern, so the only way to achieve that was to do what I did....at least I think.
Maybe I simply threaded the main body seam incorrectly then Sockr?

[Orion]

Hmmmmm.  I think you may have laced it in the wrong direction, i.e. what you think are the sides are actually the top and bottom. The double row of holes along the top is to roll the leather over  for a smooth edge.

[Kajidourden]

Holy frack, I think you're right.  Yeah...*derp face* gonna try that tonight >.> Thank you orion lol

[slim_grim]

   I thought it looked awfully short in the top picture. Gotta hate it when you fret over a problem for days and it turns out to be something so simple. I think we've all been there.

[Kajidourden]

I got it together!  Took some figuring out in a few spots since the directions sucked so bad, but it's done and looks good to boot!  Thanks for all the replies everyone!

[darin putman]

Kajidourden the gang loves pics how about some finished pics. Welcome to the gang!!!!

[Kajidourden]

I'm pretty stoked, been trying to get it together for about a week off and on haha.

[darin putman]

Looks nice congrats!!!!!              

[slim_grim]

Cool deal! That thing turned out pretty nice. It might ride a little better if you flip the top of the strap over so it goes up and over your shoulder.