I wanted to design a quiver that protected the arrows and was smooth to draw and that could hold my bow while I hiked around.  As you can see the arrows are point up and you grasp the nock. They don’t fall out for 2 reasons: 1 there is a lip holding the nocks from falling out and 2 there is an adjustable bungie that can be slid down toward mid arrow to keep them back against the quiver, and from rattling.  Additionally I can add a flap to close off the arrows and use it as an arrow carrier. 

For the bow I struggled for a while to figure out how to hold it securely. Eventually I realized I could use the tension of the bow string as a sort of spring that held the bow in place. It’s actually accommodates many sizes of bows, however I tuned it for my current favorite- this short Turkish bow. It’s really amazingly smooth and fast with little or no hand shock. At my draw it’s only like 28lbs but great for practicing.  I use a Slavic draw and add a bit of Khatra to get the bow out of the way and append the shot a bit.  With the slavic draw I find it’s a smoother draw and release than a thumb ring, though I do need to pay attention to my release. 

With some practice I can shoot pretty fast and smooth and I’m not waving my arm above my head line a regular shoulder quiver. Also I can just “dump” my arrows back in.  All my arrows are fletched with 2 feathers.

Lastly I’m finding I don’t worry as much about arrow spine, length or weight (other than distance) because there is no bow to bend around at release.  So I am starting to fill my quiver will all sorts of different arrows and taking the very long but interesting route of instinctive shooting.  I do t really aim, just sort of look at what I want to hit.  I’m not actually very accurate so far, but this journey holds me way more that compounds or even my really nice recurves.  

FYI the bow weighs 10oz. I’m thinking of ordering a 40lb one in the near future for flatter flights at longer ranges. 

Thanks for reading!!

Here’s a video of the quiver in use:

https://vimeo.com/1154141717?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

If you are curious the quiver is just an ABS tube and caps covered in vinyl.  The bow supports are wood but could be 3d printed too. 

Short Turkish bow:

https://youtu.be/UmGHjaNYv\\\_E?si=O8GToZ8nPB-cJwa1

I designed a custom inverted quiver and bow holder