Here’s the completed overlay of the six foot bullwhip that I’ve been working on: I made this bullwhip slightly differently from how I normally do them. I think this has a more “vintage morgan” look to it with a slimmer profile at the transition. I’ve made them like this in the past, but I went [...]
Today was an exciting day, right after I had started plaiting the overlay for a six foot bullwhip there were two huge booms that shook my condo! We didn’t know what they were, my wife thought someone had crashed a car into the building. We noticed a lot of neighbors milling around outside, so we [...]
Over the weekend I started work on a 6 foot 12 plait bullwhip. Currently I have all the insides finished: And the overlay cut out and ready to braid: I should have time to get a lot of the braiding done tomorrow. Oh, here’s a lunge whip that I picked up, I plan on redoing [...]
Here are some pictures of the Indy style bullwhip that I finished yesterday: e This bullwhip shipped out yesterday to it’s new owner in Texas. Today I’m working on a 20 plait bosal…and I might try to squeeze in a bit of time to bang out a budget bullwhip. Louie http://bullwhips.org
When I was on my road trip I found a Riding Crop at a junk shop. It’s 4 plait with a steel lined cane core. This riding crop when I found it was severely dried out and missing the heel knot. The wrist loop is about to fall off. The slapper is securely attached. When [...]
Here’s the progress of the 8 foot Indy style bullwhip: I’ve got about 5 1/2 – 6 feet of the overlay’s plaiting finished. The first half of the bullwhip’s plaiting goes pretty fast because the strands are wider and each pull covers more ground…and it’s easier to plait over a plaited belly than it is [...]
I wasn’t going to do any work on this bullwhip today…but I managed to sneak in a bit of plaiting. I also started a bit of work on another bosal. It’s got a rawhide core and a 20 plait overlay. Cutting out the 20 2mm kangaroo strands was a pain to do, but I’ve about [...]
Today I manged to braid the overlay of a 4 plait budget bullwhip and tie it’s knot: I also shellac’d the 4.5 foot 12 plait kangaroo bullwhip: This four and a half foot bullwhip’s got a nice crack to it! At first I wasn’t sure about how much I liked how it starts out as [...]
Two days ago I finished the overlay of a 12 plait bullwhip that’s 4 1/2 feet long. I did the overly in two tone, but had the red end about 2/3′s or the way down the whip’s thong. That gives the whip an interesting look…I’m not sure how much I like this look, but it’s [...]
the weather has been pretty nice the last few days here in the Seattle area, and today I got some whip cracking in. Aside from working on my two handed bullwhip cracking, I did some test cracks of the 12 foot bullwhip that I finished today: Louie http://bullwhips.org