Quiver and bow case

[ChuckBurrows]

Still dealing with some chronic health issues (and other things) that have slowed me way down over the last couple of years, but I finally got something done....

This is a pre-1850 quiver and bow case made of heavy brain tanned elk with early Cheyenne style pound bead work. Other deco includes fringe, brass beads, tin cones, horse and human hair. The base of the quiver is made of 5/16" thick neck hide the arrow points from dulling with an outer cover of rawhide to keep the points from poking through.

While not a direct copy it is based on several originals







A belated Christmas gift it's a companion piece to this SW style knife and sheath and Cheyenne style pipe bag ---

[Marshal Will Wingam]

That's cool, Chuck. I love your bead work. As always, it's very impressive. Thanks for sharing with us.

[Slye]

Very nice bead work, great job

so long

rio

[Slowhand Bob]

NAAAA, you do not fool me, you found this in some quaint little north western museum some place and photographed it.  Any info on the rifle?  Your work is always absolutely beautiful, as always you remain my hero!
 
Chuck, I have been fighting some heavy health issues for awhile myself and it became unavoidably time for action late last year.  Lifestyle changes have been extremely hard, at my age,  but losing 30lbs has helped turn around many problems that can be helped and I am hoping to lose another 40lbs over the next year.  No doubt I became my own worst enemy over the last twenty five years or so.   

[WaddWatsonEllis]

Hi,

Outstanding ....

Each time I sigh and think, 'He will never touch this one  ...'

And then you go and do it!

TTFN,

[GunClick Rick]

That must be the one you made me for christmas this year~ Just perfect!

I wanna know who made the rule when ya hit 57 that you get sick and stay sick! Man since July  last year year it'sbeen a battle off and on    I look like my dad and talk like my grandpa!

[ChuckBurrows]

Glad ya'll enjoyed the look see and thanks for the kind comments.......

And yep Bob and Rick getting old tain't for sissies as Betty Davis once said. I too lost a bunch of weight - 50 lbs last year although I gained back about 10 this winter - plan on getting rid of that and hopefully more once it cools down a bit . Actually other than my 30 year old back injury (3 discs in my low back and 2 in my neck) which was due to an industrial accent most of the rest is my own fault for not taking proper precautions with the chemicals I've come into contact while working as a carpenter/cabinet maker, heavy equipment operator, and leather crafter - long term exposure damaged my immune system and that has led to systemic problems that can be controlled but not cured, so I live with the wages of "sin" so to speak.

As for my beaded Indian/Scout/mtn man gear, funny thing is about 10 years ago I came close to quitting doing any frontier gear with bead work which had always been my first love since age 8 (I'm 59) - I had gone off in another more modern direction for a while with my leather work and then on top of that my brother in-law got invalided and I gave him my beading stuff for therapy. A couple months after that though I got some longhorn beef stew bones from a neighbor and after boiling the meat down I found a hock bone that just sort of screamed war club to me. I asked a friend, knife maker Gib Guignard, if he wanted to forge a blade for me and then we decided to do a companion knife and sheath. That re-fired my 40+ year passion for "frontier" gear - due to my back issues I also found it was easier on my bod then the heavy stamping and tooling work I had gotten into and now I prefer doing this type work more than anything else and so far the fire in my gut is still burning bright - it was my first love and looks like it will stay that way.

Here's the set Gib (RIP mi amigo) collaborated on -

I added a piece of deer antler to the hock bone for a handle and made it into a quirt/club. The knife has deer leg bone handle with a piece of deer antler for a bolster. The bead work is in the pre-1850 Absaroka style.funny thing is about 10 years ago I came close to quitting doing any bead work - had gone off in another more modern direction for a while with my leather work and then my brother in-law got invalided and I gave him my beading stuff for therapy. A couple months after that though I got some longhorn beef stew bones from a neighbor and after boiling the meat down I found a hock bone that just sort of screamed war club to me. I asked a friend, knife maker Gib Guignard, if he wanted to forge a blade for me and then we decided to do a companion knife and sheath. That re-fired my 40+ year passion for "frontier" gear - due to my health I also found it was easier on my bod then the heavy stamping and tooling work I had gotten into and now I prefer doing this type work more than anything else and so far the fire in the gut is still burning bright for doing this type work....

[GunClick Rick]

Awsome awsome stuff!! Man i go to the big redwoos as much as i can and would see all kinds of bones and never knew or thought of to pick them up.Next time i go up which takes about an hour,i'm gonna keep my eyes peeled and bring back what i can,bear bones,deer bones,coyote,I have a bear skull here right now,but i paintedi it a lousy color exsperimentin with it..I have a couple of nice spike elf antlers here too.I can't figure out what to do with it,and i don't want to mess them up~

[Marshal Will Wingam]

More outstanding stuff, Chuck. I love your bead work. The soft colors really work. Thanks for the looksee.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

            More beautiful work Chuck, thanks for sharing with us.

                   tEN wOLVES 

[Mogorilla]

Hey GCR, how long are the tines?   Look nice and straight, perfect for a quirt.   (depends on whether those are 4" tile, 6" tile, or 12" tile)

[ChurchandSon]

Very nice Chuck...
I had the pleasure of examining a "Cactus Rose" a while back.
The pictures do not do them justice.....awfully impressive.....

[ChuckBurrows]

Randy - do you know which one it was (i.e. by number or style or ?)

and yep as good as I can get my photos at times the real thing is sooooo much better IMO

[GunClick Rick]

Hey GCR, how long are the tines?   Look nice and straight, perfect for a quirt.   (depends on whether those are 4" tile, 6" tile, or 12" tile)

One has a decent fork,one has a real small one    l/  l,

[ChurchandSon]

Hey Chuck,
It was this one...Didn't get to keep it, just slobbered on it awhile.......