Yesterday I finished work on a 4 foot 16 plait signal whip. Here’s the beginning of the plaiting: I made this signal whip slightly differently than how I normally make them. I added an extra short bolster to the whip to give it a slightly larger diameter by the turkhead knot. Visually I think I [...]
Yesterday I finished putting together the insides of a signal whip and I cut out the overlay: At the very least today I should be able to do all the strand prep. There’s a low tide of -2.9 feet this afternoon, so I imagine I’ll be spending a good chunk of my day turning [...]
One thing that I had a lot of trouble with when I first started making signal whips, snake whips or any whip that had a shotbag in it. The first challenge was how to make the shotbag and the second was how to plug that shotbag. This will deal with plugging the shotbag. There are [...]
Here’s the two tone signal whip that I finished a couple of days ago: This signal whip turned out great! The strand drops on this whip are some of my best. Louie P.S. This signal whip is for sale on my IN STOCK whips page.
Today I’ll be finishing up a 4 foot 12 plait signal whip. All that is left for me to do on it is shellac it. My next project is to make a quirt. Quirts are something that I’ve wanted to make for a while, I’ve just never done it. I remember the first time I’d [...]
Yesterday I got back to making some whips after my vacation. My current project is working on a 4 foot signal whip in 12 plait black kangaroo. Yesterday the kangaroo arrived for this whip (along with another kangaroo skin): Currently the signal whip has it’s shot bag and plaited belly finished. Today I’ll work on [...]
Here’s the finished SNAKEwhip, which is actually a signal whip: Here’s a close up of the head: And here’s the underside (snake’s belly) of the whip: Louie http://bullwhips.org
Last night I finished plaiting the SNAKEwhip! I’ve got one coat of shellac on it, and I want to do a couple coats more before it’s totally done. Unfortunately today I have an early morning of gigs, so I’m not able to take pictures of it yet. I’ll do that later today and post them [...]
Today’s whip deal of the day (for 12/1/09 only) is 20% off all flexible handle whip. So that means snake whips and signal whips are 20% off. Today’s deal applies to in stock as well as custom made whips, as long as you pay today! Louie http://bullwhips.org
Here’s another budget Signal Whip that I finished yesterday: The construction of these signal whips is pretty good. It goes leather shotbag, bolster, bolster, and finally overlay. I have the seam of the bolster and the seam of the shotbag on opposite sides of the signal whip to help ensure there is no leaking of [...]