One of the most important things when starting to make a bullwhip is picking out the right hide for the job. Picking a hide to small won’t work and picking a hide too big will leave you with a ton of leftover kangaroo. Another consideration is what you are making. If you [...]
The 8 foot 12 plait bullwhip is finished and I think it’s my best work to date! The last 4 or 5 whips I’ve made have turned out very well…or I’m consistantly making better whips, so as a result of that my prices will be going up in early May…so if you’ve been thinking about [...]
This bullwhip seems like it’s taking me forever to make. Usually I’d do the overlay in one day, or maybe two evenings. I think the reason it’s taking me soo long is that I currently don’t have a wait list. I’m making this bullwhip because I enjoy making them and there is no one waiting [...]
One of the most important things when making a bullwhip is how you prepare the strands. Here’s the process that I use: Stretch: This takes out some stretch from the strands and also straghtens out the strands. Pare: This evens out the width of the strands and the angle that you pare at will give [...]
Yesterday I got a couple of layers finished on the 8 foot 12 plait bullwhip that I’m working on. Here’s the inner plaited belly: And here’s the bullwhip with the inner bolster and outer plaited belly attached: I’m hoping to find time today to work on braiding the final belly on this bullwhip…and [...]
Yesterday I was traveling through the Tulalip Indian Reservation (about 40 mins north or Seattle) and drove by Tulalip Tanning. I stopped in to see what they had (mostly deer and elk), but after chatting with the lady there I noticed a couple of whips on the wall. There was a bullwhip and two stockwhips, [...]
Here’s a picture of the 4 foot 4 plait bullwhip that I made a few weeks ago. It’s made out of the same construction as the 4 foot 8 plait bullwhips that I’ve been making, just it’s 4 plait. Louie http://bullwhips.org
I just finished rounding a batch of falls. I still don’t like making them, but I’m getting much faster at it. So far I’m liking the new side of whitehide I got from my new supplier. I still need to start cutting up the Indian Tan Latigo side. The thing about matching my [...]
It’s finally finished and I’m very happy with how this bullwhip has turned out! Yesterday morning finished the overlay: Then I tied the knots on this bullwhip: I wasn’t happy with this set of knots. I was sort of experimenting and I didn’t like the results, so I untied them, cut a new [...]
This weekend I got very little bullwhip work done, I was a busy boy. However I did manage to inch along the plaiting on the 8 foot bullwith with the rawhide core. I’ve got about 6 feet of the overlay finished: I’m doing a new thing when I’m making a bullwhip when I have [...]