Here’s a couple of pictures of the 8 foot bullwhip that I shipped out yesterday (before shellacing it). The butt knot on this bullwhip is more Morgan-esque than what I was making about 3 months ago. It seems that my new method for doing the butt is working. My next thing to do work on [...]
One of the most mysterious things about making bullwhips are the bolsters. There’s not much written about them in any of the handful of bullwhip making books. Here’s what I know about what they do: Increase the diameter of the bullwhip. Add weight to the bullwhip. Smooth out the bullwhip’s profile. Move weight further out [...]
I’ve got an 8 foot Morgan Style Indy Bullwhip that I’m working on right now. I’ve got about 5 feet of the overlay plaited. I’ve notice my braiding time seems to be getting faster, I’m going to need to time myself again to see if that’s true. Currently I’m averaging about an hour per foot [...]
Last night I finished tying the knots on an 8 foot KotCS bullwhip and all I need to do is shellac it and it’s ready to ship out to Iowa! Last night I also started an 8 foot Morgan Style Indy bullwhip. I cut out the core and both bellies and plaited the first belly: [...]
Yesterday I got a bit more plaiting in on an 8 foot KotCS bullwhip. I didn’t think I’d get any of the overlay worked on during the weekend, but I got it all done and I also gave this bullwhip it’s first roll (I’ll roll it again after the knots are put on). This bullwhip [...]
Here’s a video clip of Harrison Ford on Conan O’brien being asked question about the original Indiana Jones Bullwhip: Yesterday I did a bit more of the plaiting on the 8 foot bullwhip that I’m working on. It’s just past the 4 foot 6 inch mark. Louie
Here are pictures of the Snakewhip and the 8 foot KotCS style bullwhip after shellacing. Louie
Yesterday I had some leftover kangaroo hide and banged out a 3 foot 8 plait pocket snake whip. This snake whip turned out pretty well and cracks nicely. It has a shotbag, bolster, and the overlay. It ended up being a bit skinny, but I was trying out a new (to me) technique for making [...]
Yesterday I got a bit of work done on another 8 foot KotCS style bullwhip. I cut out the kangaroo bellies and the core and first boslter. Below is a picture of the first plaited belly. Then I cut the bolster and attached that. I used to use a thin kip for my bolsters, but [...]
Today I got some work in on an 8 foot KotCS style bullwhip. I finished up the overlay, plaited and attached the wrist loop, tied the knots and rolled everything. So all that is left is for me to shellac it and it’s finished! Above is the bullwhip before rolling it and bellow is after [...]