Well, I made my first quiver.

[Jon Kaw]

That's awesome!  

[Dorado]

I've got it wet formed now. Holds my arrows nicely, I can even bend down to pick something off the ground without my arrows falling out. I formed it with the mouth open as wide as I could get it. I figure it'd help getting arrows in and out. I'm still waiting on it to dry completely before I go oiling it. I tried some Extra Virgin olive oil on a scrap piece and liked the color, smelled tasty too. lol. That won't attract mice or insects will it? I'll be storing it off a peg inside my house.

I've had to order some SnoSeal, the only guy that carries it is out and won't resupply until the end of summer. But it'll be in Tuesday and I'm not in a big rush for it. I'll just play with my quiver in the mean time.

[Triphammer]

Great looking quiver!! And a first project, too. I'm impressed. Neetsfoot oil will also give a good finish probably a little darker than olive oil.

[Dorado]

Originally posted by Triphammer:
Great looking quiver!! And a first project, too. I'm impressed. Neetsfoot oil will also give a good finish probably a little darker than olive oil.

Thanks! I'm proud it came out as well as it did. Bud's Build Along was the single biggest help. I had plans for a similar one but it was just a picture of the leather cut out and some very vague instructions. Little else. Bud really enlightened me on a lot here.
When I add the SnoSeal it'll get dark. I'm thinking about either just doing a light coat of olive oil to replenish the oils in the leather then waiting on my SnoSeal to come in, or just wait for the SnoSeal to come in and see how the leather looks raw with SnoSeal. I don't want it to get too dark.

[Bladepeek]

I would assume (yeah, I know I can get in trouble doing that) you still have some scraps left. I'd play around with them trying various treatments and see what color you like best. The leather will lighten up slightly as the oil/wax soaks in and dries on the surface. Heat from a hair dryer along with the Sno Seal will darken it quite a bit more than just the Sno Seal.

[Bud B.]

Post up some pics of the progress    

[Mudd]

[Dorado]

Originally posted by Bud B.:
Post up some pics of the progress      

I will! I'm just waiting on the SnoSeal. Got a message from UPS saying it will be here Thursday. Funny, when I ordered it they said Tuesday. lol Oh well.

[Dorado]

Originally posted by Mudd:
   

Thanks Mudd. I'm just glad that I can finally stop using that junky hip quiver I've been using.
But I discovered something. I'm already planning my next one. lol. I think next time I'll make it a little deeper and do a rough out quiver. Gives a nice texture to the leather and with dubbing it with SnoSeal I can get a nice flat sheen while still being water resistant.

[Bowitis]

Very nice!

[Thumper Dunker]

Looks real good.

[Gordon Jabben]

Nice!!!

[Stalker58]

Looks good.
Good job, well done.

[Dorado]

I finally had time to treat my quiver to some olive oil and SnoSeal. I tried to get a mottled look to it. Normally I'm very OCD about everything being even but thought that if I hunt with it even would stand out. So I tried to mottle the oil by putting it on thicker in someplaces than others. I kinda like the look of it. What do Y'all think??
 
I just finished applying SnoSeal to it so it's a bit shiny at the moment. I'm about to go put it out in my truck to bake a little and let the SnoSeal soak in a bit more. I coated it inside and out, all the laces and my little base insert. So, If it does get wet it should be very protected.

[Bud B.]

[Green]

I like the Buckskin color contrast that the Olive Oil gave the body and lacing.  Nice job!

[Stump Buster]

I think that looks fantsatic! Great Job and thanks for allowing us to tag along!

[brianbfree]

It looks great!

[Brian Halbleib]

Excellent work, looks great!

[Bladepeek]

Real nice job!

Bet it won't be your last one, though        

Somebody is going to want to buy that one off you. You will think of a couple of things you want to do a little different and away it will go and a new one will be started.

Don't ask how I know that. Just call it a gut feel.