I’ve cut out and pared the belly’s and overlay’s for 8 budget bullwhips (7 eight foot bullwhips and 1 six foot bullwhip). When I was paring all that leather it felt like I was paring a mountain of leather! One tip for any aspiring whipmaker, keep your blade sharp! I think cowhide dulls your blade [...]
I was doing a little vanity search on google and found a mention of this website in a book. Here’s a quote from the book: Whipcracking may date back to the time of the dinosaurs. According to http://bullwhips.org it is possible that Apatosaurus cracked it’s 41 foot tail, weighing 3,200 pounds 2,ooo times louder than [...]
Currently I’m in the process of making some more budget bullwhips. I’ve got about seven of the in the works right now. They are for a western event ina couple of weeks and for a juggling convention in a couple of months…but I’m not opposed to selling them before those two events. The [...]
I just finished another Snakewhip, it’s 6’6 in 4 plait cowhide (like the previous one). I threw this snake whip on my deck a couple of times and it’s got a nice crack! Today I also cut up a batch of whitehide for falls and mixed up a batch of grease…it’s been a [...]
Yesterday I was cleaning and found a cowhide that I had forgotten I had. it’s about 1/2 of the hide, so I’m going to use that up to make a few budget whips. So I have about 25-30 square feet of cowhide to make budget whips out of. The snake whip started with a [...]
Over the last couple of days I’ve made a couple of budget bullwhips. These whips are different from my normal bullwhips. These whips are made from cowhide with a rolled leather core and plaited belly…normally I make my kangaroo bullwhips with a rolled leather core, two bellies and two bolsters. Below is the 8 foot [...]
I spent about 20 minutes today outside at the park learning to throw a sidearm crack with the 29 foot whip: Louie
Here’s a question about shopping for a bullwhip that was emailed to me: “Hi Louie , I’ve come across your site with interests in whips.What do you recomend for a starter ? Is a used or inexpencive whip a bad idea ? I have a double whip variety act in mind.” When you are starting [...]
I listed this Signal Whip on ebay: You can view the auction by clicking the following link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220347206879 I probably won’t be listing anymore Signal Whips on ebay for a little while, I’m getting pretty happy with my design, and I’m the experimental phase of them is pretty much over…but I imagine I’ll still be [...]
I’m having a lot of fun with the 29 foot bullwhip! I’ve have 4 sessions with it and I’ve come up with three different ways to crack it: Start with the bullwhip laid out in front of me, run forward, throw the whip, then cut it backwards Have the bullwhip laying out in front of [...]