Today I was in Idaho city (I’m still on the road) and at the Idaho City Museum they had a couple of old snake whips. These were old snakewhips that has sewn covers. I’ve never seen one of these in person until today: Here’s a close up of the top one: Here’s a close up [...]
Here’s a heads up that I’ll be out of town for a few days, so if you email or call don’t expect me to get back to you until after the Memorial Day holiday. Congrats to Joe Strain for winning the Braided Leather award at the World Leather Debut with an amazing 24 plait 10 [...]
I’m still working on the 16 plait bullwhip. Yesterday I got the final bolster finished, the overlay cut out, strand prep finished and about 2 inches of the handle plaited. For the handle I’ve gone with the chevron pattern (U2 O2), which is a pattern that’s very common with rawhide braiding. See Me Work the [...]
Right now I’m working on a 6 foot bullwhip. Currently I have both plaited bellies finished. Today I have some morning shows and should be able to at least get the outer bolster cut out and attached. Realistically I’ll probably be able to get the overlay cut out today. While I was making the bellies [...]
Yesterday I finished work on a 4 foot 16 plait signal whip. Here’s the beginning of the plaiting: I made this signal whip slightly differently than how I normally make them. I added an extra short bolster to the whip to give it a slightly larger diameter by the turkhead knot. Visually I think I [...]
Today I did a fall replacement on a bullwhip that I made awhile ago. It’s one that was made with no bolsters, but 4 plaited bellies (I think it was four…but it might have been three). Here’s the bullwhip with the old fall: And the new fall: This bullwhip already on its way back [...]
Yesterday I did all the strand prep for the overlay for the kangaroo signal whip that I’m working on. The roo hide that I’m using is brandy in color, but it was a dry hide (not drum stuffed) so I had to grease it up. There are several ways to grease up a skin [...]
Yesterday I finished putting together the insides of a signal whip and I cut out the overlay: At the very least today I should be able to do all the strand prep. There’s a low tide of -2.9 feet this afternoon, so I imagine I’ll be spending a good chunk of my day turning [...]
Yesterday I did the overlay for another budget bullwhip. I’ve got enough leather for 2 or three more of these, the I probably won’t be making many more of them until the fall. I’ve made this budget bullwhip a “Beginners Whip Kit” and it comes with the Whip Cracking Made Easy DVD #1. It’s listed [...]
Sorry I haven’t posted much lately, I’ve been busy performing, fishing and living life. today I did a bit of work on the bosal that I’ve been working on: The nose button is finished and I’m debating whether to leave the black knots black or to cover them with red knots to match the rest [...]