This is Memorial Day Weekend......and this Mr. along with his son, 3 of his brothers, and his father before him, served in the armed forces...all but one in the Navy. That brother just got married so we wish him all the best and thank them all for their service, even though two are deceased. It is amazing how so many people, and the younger generation especially, come up to the Mr. when we are out and about, to thank him for his service. Much, much different from the time the 4 brothers served during the Viet Nam war. The draft was still in force and most young men were called to service...and enlisted or were drafted. It was serving your country like your fathers.
A niece who has become close to her uncle, the Mr., has asked him if he would make her a quiver for her arrows.
He is very talented and has done a considerable amount of leather work. She sent him a drafted pattern and left the design details to him. I will post the progress as it is a rather involved process. The first photo shows the leather in the first stage as a solid piece of hide. This piece will be the bottom of the quiver. He fashioned a piece of wood per the pattern first and then cut and stretched a wet piece of hide, tacked down, to the wood to dry.
The tacks were then removed, and re tacked in a few places, to scribe the area which will be the stitching line.
There will be more to come as this piece evolves..and is trimmed.
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