Yesterday I was in Oregon performing and visited the Oregon Leather Co: Aside from sides of leather they also had a lot of braided goods: The braided stuff they had was made in India and pretty cheap. From talking to the lady there the quality of the imported rawhide tack from India has improved greatly [...]
Right now in a hotel room in Walla Walla , WA relaxing after a long day of driving, learning and having fun! Today I was out on the road to visit the 7J Saddlery in Starbuck, WA. I was taking with Dave Jones about working with rawhide…and I took home a full hide of rawhide (hair on) [...]
Here’s some pictures of me making a four foot four plait bullwhip in kip: This four foot bullwhip shipped out a few days ago. I do have two more of these in the works. I’ve got the cores and bellies cut out. Yesterday I managed to case some of the kangaroo rawhide and cut it [...]
Last week when I was on the road I was performing in the town of Starbuck WA. Despite what the name would lead you to believe, Starbuck is the only city in the USA that doesn’t have a Starbucks! Starbuck has a population of 130, so it’s a small town. One of the businesses in [...]
Yesterday while driving from Kennewick, WA to Boise, ID I stopped in Pendleton Oregon. A long time ago Joe Strain had shown me pictures of some braided rawhide that they had on display at Hamley’s (a western store and a steakhouse). I took some pictures with my cellphone camera, so they aren’t very good: If [...]
Here’s the finished 12 plait signal whip right before it was boxed up to ship out: Yesterday I had time to make a quirt. It’s 12 plait kangaroo with a shot loaded core. This quirt is about 20 inches long (not including the fall). Louie http://bullwhips.org
Today I’ll be finishing up a 4 foot 12 plait signal whip. All that is left for me to do on it is shellac it. My next project is to make a quirt. Quirts are something that I’ve wanted to make for a while, I’ve just never done it. I remember the first time I’d [...]
Yesterday I was traveling through the Tulalip Indian Reservation (about 40 mins north or Seattle) and drove by Tulalip Tanning. I stopped in to see what they had (mostly deer and elk), but after chatting with the lady there I noticed a couple of whips on the wall. There was a bullwhip and two stockwhips, [...]