It’s been a little while since I’ve visited David Morgan‘s shop, and yesterday I was in his area so I stopped by. I had two shows one north of him and one south of him with an extra 30 minutes between them. When I was doing my first show all I could think about was [...]
Two days ago I got my flu shot, it’s been at least 15 years since I’ve gotten one. The whole process took about 2 hour…about 10 minutes to fill out the forms, 2 minutes for the shot and the rest of the time I spent laying on the floor after I fainted! The nurse [...]
Right now my current bullwhip project is an 8 foot Indy Bullwhip (Morgan style). The bullwhip above is with the 2nd belly attached. Right now I have the overlay attached, I just need to start plaiting it (hopefully today). I’m also working on an 8 foot 12 plait “Young Indy” style bullwhip, with a 10 [...]
Yesterday I was cleaning out the pocket of my whipbag and was amazed at how messy the pocket was. In this pocket I carry a small container of dressing, a fid, fall, crackers, and small knife. Usually I throw a handfull of crackers in there and when it starts getting empty I throw [...]
Lately it’s been very wet out here in Seattle and because of that my bullwhips haven’t gotten much use. I don’t mind using my bullwhips when the grass is a bit “dewy”, I just dry them off with a small towel I carry in my whipbag and hit them up with some pecards when I [...]
Today I made a pair of inexpensive bullwhips. They are 4 plait cowhide and 6 feet long. The knots on them are made from kangaroo and the falls are whitehide. These bullwhips aren’t horrible, but not as nice as my kangaroo bullwhips. These are for someone that wants a bullwhip to crack, but doesn’t intend [...]
ere’s some pictures of the two 8 foot bullwhips that I was working on: In the last picture you can see the differences in the handles of the two styles (how I make them). The KotCS has a thicker handle with very little taper to it and a more square knot. The Morgan style Indy [...]
Up until recently I pared my lace inside my condo, but last week I hung a hook in my carport. It’s very handy to have out there, I only pare on that hook (no braiding). The reason I put the hook outside was that paring inside the house left little bits of leather on the [...]
I’ve finished shellacing the 12 foot bullwhip and today I’ll deliver it to it’s new owner. I ended up changing the transition knot from a smaller Indy like knot to a larger turkshead. Next in my bullwhip making line are two 8 foot bullwhips. One has it’s core cut out and the other has the [...]