The Armour Archive

I've started to lay out the patterns for an upcoming crossbow and got to looking at ideas for quivers. I haven't seen many around other than the line drawings from Die Armbrust and one or two at distance from the Bildindex. They look to be covered in fur but i'm unsure of the base material. Some designs would probably turn out quite well in leather while others in wood covered in hide/skin. Does anyone have any information on what they are actually made from? I'm aiming for a high fidelity Xbow and accessories so plastic is somewhat out

This is the kind i mean, for claritys(sp?) sake

Wasn't sure if these were the "one or two" you'd seen on Bildindex ...

Two 15th century bolt-quivers made of leather-covered wood; closer photo; profile photo of one of them (a caption indicates that it is made of wood and pigskin and ivory)

15th century bolt-quiver made of wood and leather

Not exactly what you're looking for, I think, but there's also this 16th century Turkish quiver there too.

I do have those, should have said sorry, though that is the type i am looking for. i mean to come back and post the ones i had but the computer is dead (again). I have an idea of what they are made of but the construction method/techniques are what puzzle me

Karen Larsdatter wrote:Wasn't sure if these were the "one or two" you'd seen on Bildindex ...

Two 15th century bolt-quivers made of leather-covered wood; closer photo; profile photo of one of them (a caption indicates that it is made of wood and pigskin and ivory)

15th century bolt-quiver made of wood and leather

Not exactly what you're looking for, I think, but there's also this 16th century Turkish quiver there too.

Looking at the one with the ivory, I would Really like a look down inside there. I'm suspecting that what you have is a wooden collar piece, possibly bored and chiseled out, the leather bag fitted to it - fastened in one of a number of ways, and then the ivory work mounted over that seam. Perhaps the high back rim of the wooden collar also extends downward and gives support for the leather when the quiver is set to stand on its own.

It also looks like these quivers are designed to stand on their own, which opens up another round of questions in my mind about how far down the wood needs to go, and just how these quivers were used.

sigh.. need exploded diagrams

Gavin

see what i mean, they really could be made in a number of ways