I’ve been meaning to order the book: Luis Ortega’s Rawhide Artistry even since Meagan Baldwin mentioned it to me a few months ago. Well I finally got off my duff and ordered it, Meagan says that Ortega’s work is amazing! I ordered the paperback edition (the hardback was a little “too rich for my blood”) [...]
Today I continued work on the Matched Pair of Bullwhips that I started yesterday: You’ll notice in the pictures above I “punch” the yokes of my bellies. I do that by taking a leather punch and putting a hole at the start of the strand. The reason I do that is when they are braided [...]
Yesterday I started a bit of work on two bullwhips. They both are 7 foot 12 plait kangaroo bulllwhips. I’m making them as a matched pair even though they are going to two different people. The main reason I’m making them as a matched pair is more for fun and to make it a bit [...]
About half an hour ago FedEx dropped off a shipment of four whiskey colored Veg Tanned Drum Stuffed Kangaroo skins. Our new puppy was very interested in the package…she had to inspect the skins to make sure they were good enough to turn into whips: The kangaroo skins were a bit smaller than I had [...]
Well I really under estimated how much work this bullwhip would be. It seems like I’ve been working on it forever and I sort of have, well not actually working on it…but it’s been I’ve been working on for a while. This project has had to compete for time with performing (It’s the busy summer [...]
Yesterday while I was trimming some of the stretchy area on a kangaroo skin that will be part of the overlay of the 16 foot bullwhip, I cut a few strands for a dog leash. Now this is great timing because we have a new puppy around my house. It’s a simple 4 plait leash [...]
You may or may not know that my full time job is as a Professional Magician, and I perform over 300 shows a year! I’ve been thinking a lot about performing with a bullwhip and recently saw where an “expert” recommends being yourself and not a character. Being yourself not exactly the best advice if [...]
July has been a very busy “whip cracking month” for me and yesterday was no exception! James Maxwell and Chris were in town and we managed to meet up briefly to do some whip cracking: Unfortunately we only had about 30 or 40 minutes to crack before I had to head off to a gig. [...]
Alex green is a person that I only knew through reputation and his videos Whip Cracking Made Easy vol 1 & 2 that he was in with Mark Allen. However based on what I’ve heard of him the whip world (and western arts world) has lost a legend! Paul Nolan has put up a bunch [...]
Right now I’m working on a few bullwhips. I’ve got a 16 foot 12 plait bullwhip in the works and so far I have the two bellies finished, but still need to do the last bolster and overlay: A bit ago I just finished a 4 plait bullwhips: Tomorrow I’ll start work on the final [...]