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Leather for back quiver

Messages posted to thread:
Coyote 01-Feb-25
Corax_latrans 01-Feb-25
Skeets 01-Feb-25
fdp 01-Feb-25
Skeets 01-Feb-25
Ugly Coyote 02-Feb-25
soap creek 02-Feb-25
CStyles 02-Feb-25
Ryan Rothhaar 02-Feb-25
Leathercutter 02-Feb-25
Coyote 03-Feb-25
Corax_latrans 03-Feb-25
M60gunner 03-Feb-25
soap creek 03-Feb-25
wooddamon1 05-Feb-25
From: Coyote
Date: 01-Feb-25




I'm looking at making a back quiver. I want to use latigo leather but can't remember the weight I've used before.

5 to 7 oz is 2 to 2.8 mm thick. (1/10" +/-)

8 to 12 oz is 3.2mm to 4.5 mm. (2/16 to 3/16")

Can someone steer me right???

From: Corax_latrans
Date: 01-Feb-25




I’d go with the heavier — probably try to find 12 oz.

My quiver is one layer of split (garment weight) buckskin laminated (Weldwood) to a layer of un-split. You can always soften, or “break in” or reform a quiver that’s initially Too Stiff, but you can’t just call Substance into being….

We have guys here who have made a lot of quivers and who can probably tell you exactly what to get and where to get it…. if you’re looking to create a professional quality product… but if this is your first attempt, you might prefer to go with a more economical supplier, and I’m gonna guess you’ll be more likely to be disappointed if you opt for the thinner stock…..

From: Skeets
Date: 01-Feb-25




You might look up Soap Creek's quiver build along thread on this LW.

From: fdp
Date: 01-Feb-25




8-10 ounce is what the standard. 12ou be is too stiff to flex and conform well.

From: Skeets
Date: 01-Feb-25




Funniest thing: I just asked that question on "chat gpt". It had an answer of 7-8 oz! Close, but I like fdp's answer better,

From: Ugly Coyote
Date: 02-Feb-25




As many of you know, actor Guy Madison was a friend and hunting partner of Howard Hill. Also a friend of Hugh Rich. With help from Guy, Hugh drew up the plans for making the hill style quiver. He noted that the leather for the main body was 6-7 ounce Latigo leather. Howard liked the quiver to conform to his body and the lighter weight leather allowed for that.

Somewhere I have a couple of Howard Hill Archery catalogs. I'll try to locate them tomorrow and see what info they reveal.

From: soap creek
Date: 02-Feb-25




I make most of my quivers from 6/7oz vegetable tanned leather. I have made them with 5/6oz and 7/8oz, I prefer 6/7oz. I've never worked with Latigo leather so I can't comment on it.

From: CStyles
Date: 02-Feb-25




I like 6-7oz, conformal, but stiff enough so the quiver stands on its own. No more than 10 oz. 12 oz will be bulletproof.

From: Ryan Rothhaar Professional Bowhunters Society - Qualified Member Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 02-Feb-25




From: Leathercutter
Date: 02-Feb-25




6 - 7 is my preference , I have used 8 but it is heavy and stiff. Just not comfortable to carry all day.

From: Coyote
Date: 03-Feb-25




Thank you gentlemen.

From: Corax_latrans
Date: 03-Feb-25




Guess I’m overruled!

Would you guys be rolling the top over to create a stiff, double layer to keep the top open wide for ease of use??

That’s what I did with the 2-layer buckskin — added a third to the inside and rolled it over so that the “mouth” is always open wide…

From: M60gunner
Date: 03-Feb-25




IMO Latigo leather likes to bleed the color onto what shirt I was wearing .

From: soap creek
Date: 03-Feb-25

soap creek's embedded Photo



I had that same problem with Latigo leather. I bought a side stalker quiver made from Latigo leather and it stained my shirt. Vegetable tanned leather won't. I treat my quivers with oil only. They will turn a nice acorn color with exposure to sunlight. These 2 quivers are both made with the exact same Vegetable tanned leather. Only difference is time in the sun.

From: wooddamon1 Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 05-Feb-25




I stopped into a Tandy leather store the other day, if you have one nearby it's a great store. I was just looking for bow grip material, but I was daydreaming about all the leather goodies I could make if I knew what I was doing ;)

Well worth the hour drive.





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