Hey just wondering where to get heavier leather like armor grade leather and good tools and such? How heavy is the leather on most back quivers?

Most back quivers are made from 7 to 8 oz. leather. Tandy has it. For really heavy stuff Tandy MAY have it, but you may also have to find and honest to goodness saddle makers supply outlet.

Tool leather ?

Tandy Leather or you could go to the Horse tack shop that is on Rt 5 not too far west of Caturugus (sp?) creek. They might know of some suppliers around there.

Make that Cattaraugus creek. For some reason I think "Stagecoach West" could be the name with an address of Silver Creek. I haven't been there in about 15 yrs though.

Tandy has saddle skirting which is really heavy, and other grades. I would only order from them if I could see it first or otherwise be satisfied. I get a lot of leather from them but I find I can only use about a third of the stuff I look at. With them you need to have a business or gold membership or buy only on sales.

I also find they have a lot of lower grade leather that is worth buying on deep sales. I use their bellies for working up patterns, as an example.

Hill style quivers are 5-6 oz for the sides, and either latigo, or bridle leather, both of which tandy has.

1/64" = 1`0z. So 8 oz is 1/8" thick, etc...

If you don't go too heavy on the body it will flex inward and hold the arrows still and quiet. But heavy is good for the strap and bottom.

Latigo leather is deep reddish in color and softer. You might prefer the more natural color and the stiffness of saddle and bridle leather. Different tanning methods. - lbg

I much prefer working with chrome tanned leather for quivers. When I make a back quiver, I usually use 8 oz. bison hide I order from the Hide House in Napa, CA.

Darren

I built a pretty nice back quiver by laminating (Weldwood cement) a tanned, split deer hide to the back of an un-split hide... Then I added a third layer (from the un- split hide) at the top and folded it over, so I guess strictly speaking it'd be 4 layers up top. Stays open nicely, and the body collapses to hang on to the arrows without rattling or falling out when I jog along the trail or bend down to get under a downed tree or whatever...

What was it.... ? Springfield leather, I think - they have all manner of interesting stuff....

Nybubba since your in NY there is a Tandy leather store opposite of the palisades mall I go to. If further upstate there's one in the Syracuse area. There are ALOT of items and options.

Springfield leather. Springfield MO. Everything to do with leather. JF

I use Zack White Leather Co in Ramseur, NC, si ce I am 12 miles from them and can hand select what I want.

I bought this white piece from their scrap box. I only bought two white laces to finish it, otherwise it was all scraps.

Zackwhite.com

I use 6/7 or 7/8 ounce veg tanned for most all of my quivers.

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I use Save More leather in Los Angeles.

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