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Archer quivers and bags are all hand made one by one.The
process of making a birch bark quiver this nice and
solid is slow going. One proud set of hands creates
them from harvest to shipping so don't hesitate to
be personal about your purchase :e-mail us questions
and adjustments. We consider the quiver as important
as your bow and arrows, and the craftmanship is the
same that goes into one of our bows. Scroll down this
page for more info on birch bark and quiver making
kits.
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We can design
a quiver of your choice .We can add any design of bead work
and tassles,and incorporate other material with the birch
bark like leathers, cedar bark , silk, hemp,feathers ,furs
,even rattlesnake skin.We can add to the bark with lashing
designs and some paint or stain designs.We can engrave your
name.Tell us what you have in mind, in words or drawings
and we'll quote you. Here is a few ideas on some past work.
  
 
$25
CAN (18.75 US)
We
hand make these beautiful quivers and we understand that
you would also like to make your own.
Here is a quiver
kit that include most everything you will need to realise
your piece of archery equipment:
- enough 1''
strips of dark birch bark to make a quiver , with some extra
for the trial and error process
-two circular
pieces of bark for your tough bottom
-all the leather
pieces,already cut for your bottom finishing and strap attachment
-leather piece
for your arrow entrance
-6 mm hemp cord
for your strap
-some hemp twine
for lashings
-full detailed
instructions on how to weave,what tools to use and how to
finish it.
What you will
need besides this kit is some glue, a bunch of clothes pins,
a bit of nylon thread to sew the leather and a bit of patience
and time. For your first weaving experience , it would probably
take you at least a dozen hours to finish your quiver. But
there is no doubt it will be your most precious one.
The beauty of
birch bark for quivers is unsurpassed and the flexibility
and stiffness makes for a unique material of the forest
that can be molded at will and keep its shape.We find that
birch bark suits perfectly the quiver's purpose:its stiffness
assure that your fletchings aren't squeezed together and
it is tough to bear your sharp arrow heads.
The birch bark
quivers are great hunting companions :they are very light
and can bear some hunting abuse.Our quivers are meant to
be banged on trees and thrown on the ground at times.Their
stiffness is also appreciated for target shooting ,they'll
stand up straight against a tree for a nice and easy display
of your arrows.
Birch bark has
also been used for centuries to make great many other things,
the most popular and best proof of its amazing abilities
are birch bark canoes.Our quivers ,like the canoes were,
are weatherproof for the hemp seed oil that finishes ever
single one and the glue also use is weatherproof.
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