Primitive River Cane Hunting Quiver - Pt 3

Softening the weavers and ribs and adding the rawhide base.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Primitive
• quiver
• river cane
• archery
• bow hunting
• cane arrows
• cane
• bows
• Native American
• hunting
• weaving
• basket weaving

[dkoriss1]

Nice job.

What is the way you secure the end of the row hide when you finish the base, in order to stay in place and before you go on with the rest?

[ShinBone5000]

@dkoriss1 - I just leave a short piece of the top end of the rawhide inside the quiver. I bend it back in the opposite direction and hold it there until it dries. When it dries it is hard and doesn't move around.

[MrSokitumi0007]

That hardest part maybe cheat and glue it to start just to hold them all in place to get started even a natural pine sap glue =P

[ShinBone5000]

@MrSokitumi0007 - Awww, it's not that hard. As long as you've got six fingers on each hand it's easy :)

[58lucinda]

What was it you added to the boiling water to soften the cane?

[ShinBone5000]

@58lucinda - Just regular water. The river cane is a plant so by boiling it, it starts to soften the fibers. I only leave it in long enought to bring the water to a boil, or close to a boil, then shut it down. I think over boiling could damage the cane.

[dkoriss1]

@ShinBone5000

Thanks for your reply.

Nice quiver indeed.

[Pyromaniac1801]

@ShinBone5000 alright, thanks alot , will definitely try making my own, thanks for posting the video :)

[ShinBone5000]

@Pyromaniac1801 - Shape the 9th rib kind of like a fish hook with a long shank. Add the 9th rib last on top of the first eight with the curved end "on top" of one of the ribs on one side and the long shank side coming up "between" two ribs on the other side. Once you start weaving with the rawhide, it will hold the 9th rib in place.

[Pyromaniac1801]

im a little confused as to what you did with the 9th reed at 3:24, how did you incorperate it?