Comments for Bullwhips - Handmade by Louie http://bullwhips.org bull whip cracking and whipmaking by Louie Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:42:22 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Karen Quest’s bullwhips by KQ http://bullwhips.org/?p=394#comment-3963 KQ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:42:22 +0000 http://bullwhips.org/how-make-bull-whip/?p=394#comment-3963 Hi Louie! I just found this. Gee, thanks for your kind words! Hope all is well with you. Your pal, KQ Hi Louie!

I just found this. Gee, thanks for your kind words!
Hope all is well with you.

Your pal,
KQ

]]> Comment on Summer of Bullwhips by admin http://bullwhips.org/?p=3746#comment-3935 admin Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:57:32 +0000 http://bullwhips.org/?p=3746#comment-3935 Bullwhips have been becoming more main stream. However I'm in a strange position, when I meet people and they ask what I do, I say "magician...with a hobby business of making bullwhips". Fortunately for me I run in circles of show people, so it's not uncommon for me to meet a professional jump roper or something like that at a party. Also whips right now are getting very popular with variety performers, so the general public is getting exposed to them in a more positive light. Bullwhips have been becoming more main stream. However I’m in a strange position, when I meet people and they ask what I do, I say “magician…with a hobby business of making bullwhips”.

Fortunately for me I run in circles of show people, so it’s not uncommon for me to meet a professional jump roper or something like that at a party.

Also whips right now are getting very popular with variety performers, so the general public is getting exposed to them in a more positive light.

]]> Comment on Summer of Bullwhips by Don Miller http://bullwhips.org/?p=3746#comment-3933 Don Miller Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:31:28 +0000 http://bullwhips.org/?p=3746#comment-3933 You & I both (a whip nerd). It's always difficult to explain your interests to someone when they just don't get it. When the subject comes up, I play it cool and say in general terms that I'm a leathercrafter, with interests in braiding. This usually goes over well with most people. Otherwise, the first thing that people think is bondage & sex toys, or wonder why I waste my time on such things. You & I both (a whip nerd). It’s always difficult to explain your interests to someone when they just don’t get it. When the subject comes up, I play it cool and say in general terms that I’m a leathercrafter, with interests in braiding. This usually goes over well with most people. Otherwise, the first thing that people think is bondage & sex toys, or wonder why I waste my time on such things.

]]> Comment on 16 Foot Bullwhip Progress by admin http://bullwhips.org/?p=3750#comment-3929 admin Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:07:52 +0000 http://bullwhips.org/?p=3750#comment-3929 Jeff, Sandwich bags is a good idea! The Tamales work...they are still slower than braiding shorter strands...but much faster than untangling the whole length of the strand. I think my issue with the tamales is in my head it should be as fast as plaiting a shorter strand (which is a dream). Louie Jeff,

Sandwich bags is a good idea! The Tamales work…they are still slower than braiding shorter strands…but much faster than untangling the whole length of the strand. I think my issue with the tamales is in my head it should be as fast as plaiting a shorter strand (which is a dream).

Louie

]]> Comment on 16 Foot Bullwhip Progress by Jeff Roseborough http://bullwhips.org/?p=3750#comment-3925 Jeff Roseborough Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:27:49 +0000 http://bullwhips.org/?p=3750#comment-3925 Louie, How about trying sandwich bags? Fold up each strand and put it into a ziplog bag. Pull out just enough to do 2 feet or so. Strands might not tangle up as much I would think. Louie, How about trying sandwich bags? Fold up each strand and put it into a ziplog bag. Pull out just enough to do 2 feet or so. Strands might not tangle up as much I would think.

]]> Comment on Finished Pair of Bullwhips by Plaited kangaroo bracelet | Bullwhips - Handmade by Louie http://bullwhips.org/?p=3583#comment-3812 Plaited kangaroo bracelet | Bullwhips - Handmade by Louie Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:07:39 +0000 http://bullwhips.org/?p=3583#comment-3812 [...] making things out of it.  Here’s a bracelet that was made from the trimmed off ends of the pair of seven foot bullwhips that I recently [...] [...] making things out of it.  Here’s a bracelet that was made from the trimmed off ends of the pair of seven foot bullwhips that I recently [...]

]]> Comment on Seriously????? by admin http://bullwhips.org/?p=3698#comment-3809 admin Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:19:19 +0000 http://bullwhips.org/?p=3698#comment-3809 Ha! The sad thing is someone will probably end up buying it for $500. Louie Ha!

The sad thing is someone will probably end up buying it for $500.

Louie

]]> Comment on Seriously????? by Don Miller http://bullwhips.org/?p=3698#comment-3807 Don Miller Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:40:15 +0000 http://bullwhips.org/?p=3698#comment-3807 Oh God..... would someone just please "make him happy and take it off his hands"?? Oh God….. would someone just please “make him happy and take it off his hands”??

]]> Comment on More Kangaroo Arrives! by Franco http://bullwhips.org/?p=3689#comment-3777 Franco Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:21:40 +0000 http://bullwhips.org/?p=3689#comment-3777 I've worked with a white skin from Paul once last year, or was it this year? Anyway, it was very nice leather! BUT If you are planing on doing two-tone work with it, be sure to really stretch ALL your strands (not just the white ones) very well a few times, because I used black along with it and the black stretched a lot more than the white during plaiting and I was forced to re-size all the strands part way through the whip because the plaiting kept on spriralling around the whip. I would have thought that the white would stretch more, but it was very stable. Just keep in mind that in order to get the leather white in veg tan, I believe they tan it twice, so the leather itself is tanned differently than your normal colors, which I guess accounts for the difference in stretch... Anyway they are lovely hides aren't they? I’ve worked with a white skin from Paul once last year, or was it this year? Anyway, it was very nice leather!

BUT

If you are planing on doing two-tone work with it, be sure to really stretch ALL your strands (not just the white ones) very well a few times, because I used black along with it and the black stretched a lot more than the white during plaiting and I was forced to re-size all the strands part way through the whip because the plaiting kept on spriralling around the whip. I would have thought that the white would stretch more, but it was very stable. Just keep in mind that in order to get the leather white in veg tan, I believe they tan it twice, so the leather itself is tanned differently than your normal colors, which I guess accounts for the difference in stretch…

Anyway they are lovely hides aren’t they?

]]> Comment on Crackin’ with Daren and Spencer by Daren Wilkerson http://bullwhips.org/?p=3662#comment-3775 Daren Wilkerson Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:47:42 +0000 http://bullwhips.org/?p=3662#comment-3775 I was the lucky one! Thank you, Louie, for getting together with me. You are a very talented entertainer, and one heck of a whip cracker as well as whip maker. Spencer and I both enjoyed ourselves a lot, and it was a great learning experience for me. And yes, I did make it up to David Morgan's shop. I met the whole gang, I stepped up and bought a couple of hats, and (gasp!) I even bought a whip! A cherry little 6' bullwhip in natural tan. Got some fun pics with David, and he cracked my 10' 2001 whip for me. Everyone there was so friendly and accomodating. I got to see the whole shop and see what Alex and Megan were up to, and they were very happy to show me their work. The 6' whip I bought had been made by Alex and Megan and had been hanging on the peg for a few months. I cracked it out of curiosity and decided that I would give it a good home. Hope our paths cross again real soon! Daren I was the lucky one! Thank you, Louie, for getting together with me. You are a very talented entertainer, and one heck of a whip cracker as well as whip maker. Spencer and I both enjoyed ourselves a lot, and it was a great learning experience for me.

And yes, I did make it up to David Morgan’s shop. I met the whole gang, I stepped up and bought a couple of hats, and (gasp!) I even bought a whip! A cherry little 6′ bullwhip in natural tan. Got some fun pics with David, and he cracked my 10′ 2001 whip for me. Everyone there was so friendly and accomodating. I got to see the whole shop and see what Alex and Megan were up to, and they were very happy to show me their work. The 6′ whip I bought had been made by Alex and Megan and had been hanging on the peg for a few months. I cracked it out of curiosity and decided that I would give it a good home.

Hope our paths cross again real soon!

Daren

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