Yesterday I managed to finish the pair of bullwhips: My next whip project is an 8 foot 12 plait bullwhip. Louie http://bullwhips.org
Yesterday I managed to finish the pair of bullwhips: My next whip project is an 8 foot 12 plait bullwhip. Louie http://bullwhips.org
I’ve seen several of these in museums in rural areas where I live and I’ve always wanted to try to make a black jack. This one is a bit different from the ones that I’ve seen mainly because of my whip making background. In the final picture, I still haven’t rolled the whip or cleaned [...]
Here’s how I make the heel knot foundation on my bullwhips. Now all that’s left is to tie the turkshead. Louie http://bullwhips.org
Today I finished the second of two budget bullwhips. These aren’t a matched pair, just two bullwhips that I made back to back. These have 8 inch lead loaded handles. I don’t put lead in the budget bullwhips that have 12 inch handles because the extra 4 inches of handle adds weight (and leverage). I [...]
This morning I got an email from someone asking about when to load the butt of a bullwhip. There are two ways that I’ve done it: Add the lead directly to the handle foundation (so it’s the first thing you do before adding any leather) Add the lead after you’ve finished the overlay (so it’s [...]
Yesterday I finished work on two more budget bullwhips: I changed my design a bit with these two bullwhips. I added more lead to the butt of them. Originally my budget whips had no lead in the butt…recently I added a little bit and now my current batch has about double the lead [...]