Yesterday I finished almost all of the matched pair of bullwhips, all that is left is to give them a coat of shellac. I’ve got a morning gig, so the shellacing will have to wait until this afternoon. Louie http://bullwhips.org
Yesterday I finished almost all of the matched pair of bullwhips, all that is left is to give them a coat of shellac. I’ve got a morning gig, so the shellacing will have to wait until this afternoon. Louie http://bullwhips.org
Yesterday I started working on a matched pair of 5 foot bullwhips. These will be made in 8 plait red colored kangaroo. I just happened to have a 72 dm kangaroo skin which is more than enough for the two whips. This matched pair of bullwhips is for Curtis Carlyle who is a juggler. [...]
This morning I’m shipping out a 6 foot Indy Bullwhip to Ireland: My current project is working on four snake whips. These will be six feet long and be four plait in cowhide. Last night I cut out six shot bags (I only need four), but the way the hide was I other two came [...]
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 [...]
When I’m making a bullwhip frequently I end up with fairly long strands that end up being cut off. I have a box full of the scrap, and instead of throwing it away, I figure I should start making things out of it. Here’s a bracelet that was made from the trimmed off ends of [...]
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 [...]
Every now and then I go on a little rant about whips being sold on ebay and usually it’s because the sell is either dumb or trying to pull one over. I’ll let you decide on this one. The person selling the bullwhip is selling a “Crystal Skull Terry Jacka Style 10 ft Bullwhip”. Now [...]
Yesterday at my mailbox was my shipment of kangaroo skins from Midwest Whips. It had two natural tan, two glazed white and two matte white skins. I’m very excited to make something out of the white kangaroo. I’ve never used good kangaroo that was white. I’ve used the chrome tanned stuff that got a coating [...]
This morning (it’s 5am!) I’m shipping out a bullwhip and a plaited hook before I head out to the Lake Chelan area (about 4 hours from Seattle) to do some shows. Last night I had three kangaroo skins come in: The next project I’m working on is a six foot 12 plait bullwhip in natural [...]