Today I got some work in on an 8 plait bullwhip. Inner Plaited belly Outer bolster I have the overlay cut out and it just needs to have the strand prep done before I can do any plaiting. Today is Wednesday and I don’t think there is anything good on TV tonight, so I might [...]
Yesterday was package day, and FedEx brought me a couple of kangaroo skins: The black kangaroo skin has a bit of funny shape to it. If you look at the bottom of the picture you will see the big “scallop” taken out of it. A lot of the right side of the scallop will probably [...]
Yesterday I got the plaiting of the Rawhide Quirt I’m working on finished. I still need to do the knots and the lash. Working on it (and it’s not the prettiest thing in the world!) has taught me a lot about working with rawhide. One of the biggest differences between rawhide and leather that I’ve [...]
Here’s some pictures of me making a four foot four plait bullwhip in kip: This four foot bullwhip shipped out a few days ago. I do have two more of these in the works. I’ve got the cores and bellies cut out. Yesterday I managed to case some of the kangaroo rawhide and cut it [...]
After my recent exposures to seeing some amazing rawhide plaiting at Hamley”s and at Davey Jones’s Saddlery my interest in plating rawhide has come back. Rawhide is fairly mysterious when it comes to preparing it for plaiting. There’s a lot more work that goes into getting it ready than a leather. I remembered I had [...]
Here a some pictures of the whips that I got to crack while I was on the road last week: and a sweet bullwhip made by Bernardo Del Carpio: Here’s a pic of Corey cracking his Del Carpio bullwhip: Louie http://bullwhips.org
Last week when I was on the road I was performing in the town of Starbuck WA. Despite what the name would lead you to believe, Starbuck is the only city in the USA that doesn’t have a Starbucks! Starbuck has a population of 130, so it’s a small town. One of the businesses in [...]
Yesterday I had someone email me with a problem they were having with making whips. They said: “Your blog has turned into a great resource for beginning (and not so beginning) whipmakers. I’ve been doing a lot of experimenting these past few months and one thing that I’m still having issues with is maintaining a [...]
Today was a rare nice day in Seattle, so my daughter and I went to the park: She’s cracking a 4 foot 16 plait bullwhip that I made for her: Louie http://bullwhips.org
Here’s a picture of me working a show last month: The flowers I use in the show are Pom Pom’s. I used to use carnations, but switched to Pom Pom’s because when you hit them they explode and visually that’s more amazing onstage…but a bigger pain in the butt to clean up after the show. [...]