Playing with leather (Now for sale)

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Mike-dy
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Playing with leather (Now for sale)

#1 Post by Mike-dy » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:44 pm

Finished off another quiver on the weekend, and figured since I have made everything else, Bows, Arrows, Armguard etc I figured I'd give a glove a go.
Made tabs before just hate using them. A glove was the final frontier, heres the result :) :)
Cheers,
Mike
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Quiver with Water bottle holder, small pouch, matching armguard and glove
Quiver with Water bottle holder, small pouch, matching armguard and glove
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Re: Playing with leather

#2 Post by piggy » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:42 pm

WOW! Mate that looks fantastic,Is that a stubbie holder ?
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#3 Post by Mike-dy » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:57 pm

Been asked that before :D :D Just a bit big for a stubbie or can , its made to fit a common 600ml water bottle.
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#4 Post by ivorycollector » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:14 pm

Very Very nice leather work there Mike. Cheers. Siewho
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#5 Post by wal » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:22 pm

They look great mate, :D :D
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Re: Playing with leather

#6 Post by DylanK » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:55 am

Cant say I like the colour, but WOW! That leather work is absolutley awesome, well done man.
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#7 Post by stringnstik » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:22 pm

Always magic work Mike and i love the colour :) Ive had thoughts at making a glove too but so far been too chicken :lol
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#8 Post by Mike-dy » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:24 pm

stringnstik wrote:Always magic work Mike and i love the colour :) Ive had thoughts at making a glove too but so far been too chicken :lol
Really wasn't as difficult as I imagined it would be, but a decent sewing machine would make it easier :)
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#9 Post by Gringa Bows » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:35 pm

you do a neat job with the leather there Mike................Rod
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#10 Post by trikegeoff » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:45 am

mike
well done
this gear is awsome the colour makes it stand out even more. good job.
did you make the quiver from a pattern or did you come up with the idea yourself?

geoff
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#11 Post by whippet » Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:03 pm

Mike
Well done as allways your craftsmanship is great.The water bottle holder you made for me is a work of art and is always commented on
Look forward to seeing more of your stuff at the Ballarat trad shoot.And yes the woody will be making another apperance and i will have some string jigs to show off.

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#12 Post by Mike-dy » Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:28 pm

trikegeoff wrote:mike
well done
this gear is awsome the colour makes it stand out even more. good job.
did you make the quiver from a pattern or did you come up with the idea yourself?

geoff
Hi Geoff,
The quiver is one of mine based on a mates modifications to an old quiver he had, they sell in kit form through Wildwood Archery (whitehawk on Ozbow) I made a few patterns up and did a number of trial runs before settling on this design and now make them up using templates I have made. There is absolutely nothing stopping anyone buying a kit a using it as a template to make their own. It is not a commercially or freely available pattern. I did look for them but none of the ones I found suited me :D .
whippet wrote:Mike
Well done as allways your craftsmanship is great.The water bottle holder you made for me is a work of art and is always commented on
Look forward to seeing more of your stuff at the Ballarat trad shoot.And yes the woody will be making another apperance and i will have some string jigs to show off.

Whippet
Looking forward to the Ballarat shoot Graeme, Should be another fantastic weekend, See you there.

Cheers,
Mike
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#13 Post by Coach » Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:42 pm

Great work there :D Can we have a close up of the glove please ?
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#14 Post by otis.drum » Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:14 pm

nice leather work, but the blue might scare the piggies off :)
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#15 Post by Mike-dy » Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:45 pm

otis.drum wrote:nice leather work, but the blue might scare the piggies off :)
Being a back quiver, if the pigs are seeing it you won't be shooting them anyway, theyve already got downwind of ya :wink: :wink: Seriously though it wasn,t made for hunting this one.

Jeff , if I can get this bloody Kodak camera to work again I'll put the closeups up tomorrow.
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#16 Post by Coach » Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:57 pm

Thanks :)
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#17 Post by Mike-dy » Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:58 pm

Heres the glove closeups
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#18 Post by Gringa Bows » Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:06 pm

they look good to me..............Rod
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#19 Post by Coach » Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:05 am

Very well done Mike , nice and neat :wink: :)
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#20 Post by terryzac » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:23 am

Mike-dy wrote:Been asked that before :D :D Just a bit big for a stubbie or can , its made to fit a common 600ml water bottle.
Cheers,
Mike
looks the perfect size for the stubbies i drink. most people call them tallies though
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#21 Post by Mike-dy » Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:54 pm

This complete set is now for sale $300 need some extra cash now I'm another statistic of the GFC, who said its over :).
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Re: Playing with leather (Now for sale)

#22 Post by Benny Nganabbarru » Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:56 am

TTT

What line of work were you in? Adam Greentree is offering a fencing job with plenty of bowhunting over at TBGA. I don't know if that's any use to you. All the best.
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It's the stillness that fills me with peace.
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Re: Playing with leather (Now for sale)

#23 Post by Bandsaw » Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:28 pm

How thick is the leather you used for the glove???
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#24 Post by Mike-dy » Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:33 pm

1 or 1.5mm calf hide, can't recall and Its a bit hard for me to check as it is in Vic and I now live in WA.
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Re: Playing with leather (Now for sale)

#25 Post by Bandsaw » Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:38 pm

Cheers mate. I was just wondering as I am in the process of making up a pattern for an armguard and a glove.
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Re: Playing with leather (Now for sale)

#26 Post by Mike-dy » Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:58 pm

My Armguard uses the same Calf hide as the glove :)
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Re: Playing with leather (Now for sale)

#27 Post by perry » Sat May 01, 2010 2:18 am

I like the clean simple approach shown in this Quiver set :D Amazing how much bling colour adds.

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