These quivers are made from vegetable tanned calf skin and they are stitched entirely by hand. The design for them is based on a number of period illustrations and some surviving fragments found on the wreck of the Mary Rose. They have a folding top that will protect the arrow flights when not being used and the bottom is reinforced with a double layer of leather to stop arrows heads piercing the bottom of the bag. There are two versions are available. One has a leather spacer stitched into the top part of the bag that has 20 holes (the holes are 12mm in diameter) punched in it which keeps the flights of the arrows apart so that they don't become crushed and change the flight of the arrow. The second simplier version has no spacer and is more suitable for broardhead arrows and battle field blunts.
They are 36 inches (91cm)long when close and 23 inches (58cm) long when the top is folded down.
Surviving quiver spacer on the wreck of the Mary Rose
Karl Robinson - Leatherworker
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Shropshire SY4 5DZ
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