Yesterday I got an order for 4 foot black 12 plait kangaroo bullwhip, so that puts my stockwhip back onto the back burner while I make that bullwhip. I’ll probably cut out enough strands for two bullwhips at the same time. That way I’m halfway finished by the time I get another order. I’ll post [...]
Usually September is a lazy month for me as far as peforming and other business goes. This month has been very busy with last minute gigs, and projects appearing. Thursday I ended up taking on / helping out some one that got a used book collection. You may or may not know that my “day job” [...]
Yesterday I cut out the overlay for the 8 plait stockwhip and currentlyhave about 1 1/2 feet of it plaited. This attempt at a stock whip is turning out much better than my last one. We’ll see how this turns out, with any luck it won’t rain today and I’ll be able to finish the [...]
One thing that Morgan mentioned to me was that the Polypro Crackers that I use were too heavy for my falls on the pair of whips that I use. Based on how I make my crackers, there was no way to make them lighter….until today. I took the strand of polypro string and split it [...]
Well here’s what I have done and what I have in the hopper with my bullwhip making. Yesterday I put the knots on a 4 foot “Neo Indy” bullwhip that I had started last week, but got put on the back burner while I made that two tone 5 foot whip. The 4 foot whip [...]
Learning to use both hands at once; louie http://bullwhips.org
I just got back from the park and test cracking the 5 foot two tone bullwhip. It cracked well, since I’m used to a 6 foot whip, it’s a bit faster than what I normally use…but that’s to be expected. Here are some pics of the whip: Here a quick video of me test cracking [...]
Last night I finished the two tone bullwhip. As I predicted it’s a very subtle two tone with the black and brandy colors. the contrast between the two really doesn’t photograph well. Below is a picture of it halfway finished. This whip was a bit of a challenge because of the two different thickeness of [...]
Earlier today I cut out the set for the 2nd belly of a 5 foot two tone bullwhip. Here’s the completed 2nd belly. The next step is to cut out the 2nd bolster. The two colors of the overlay will be black and Brandy. It’ll be a very subtle two tone. Louie http://bullwhips.org
Lately I’ve been working on my two handed whip cracking. Yesterday I managed to get in three 15 minute sessions. the first session was normal, and the second one I was kickin’ butt really making progress. But the third session I was having trouble doing things that weren’t hard. I’ve talked a bit about that [...]