Ever since I visiting Paul and Lauren at Midwest Whips and got to crack some stockwhips, I’ve wanted one…and when Adam Winrich was in town it reinforced it! This evening I made a simple stock whip from Red Latigo. The plan of this whip was pretty simple, a 4 plait latigo overlay and with tear [...]
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 [...]
Last night I started working on an Red Latigo bullwhip that is 8 plait. I’ve got the overlay cut out and it’s already had one trip through the splitter. I’m thinking because this started at 4mm thick and after the first round of splitting it’s about 3.2 mm, it will still need to be thinned [...]
Here’s a red latigo bullwhip that I finished earlier today: This is listed for sale on my IN STOCK whips page. Louie http://bullwhips.org
Currently I have a Red Latigo bullwhip in the works. This stuff is fairly thick at about 3.8 mm and very dense when compared to something like kip. Here’s the bullwhip I’m currently working on: I made one whip where I only thinned down the leather near the point so that I could get a [...]
Yesterday I braided the overlay of a bullwhip made from Red Latigo: The hide that I made this out of was a bit thicker than I wanted. I had ordered 8 / 10 ounce and the invoice is marked 9 / 11 ounce. While they are basically the same thickness, the slight bit thinner would [...]
Yesterday UPS delivered a side of Red Latigo: This side of Red Latigo is huge! I was going to try to make some 4 plait bullwhips out of it. If I do that I’ll probably have to thin it down a bit, it’s pretty thick. Yesterday I also finished making an 8 foot budget bullwhip: [...]
I’m cleaning out my closet of one of a kind whips that I made as fun projects and I just listed my 29 foot 2 inch bullwhip on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220619008201#ht_2176wt_943 Here’s a couple of pics of it that I took today: This was a fun whip to make and learn to crack, but I don’t [...]
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 [...]
Here’s how I make my whitehide bullwhip falls in ten steps: Step One: cut out 5-12 falls leaving a yoke at the point end. Step Two: Punch a hole in the yoke. Step Three: Hang the falls on a hook near your plaiting hook. Step Four: Pare the bottom right and top left sides of [...]