A few days ago I posted how I currently do my strand drops and there is something that I should clarify because of the number of emails I’ve gotten. When I drop strands I DO NOT remove any of the filler when I drop the first two strands. The wider diameter of the bullwhip at [...]
Right now I’m making a 12 plait signal whip and the overlay is almost finished. I was just looking at it and admiring my strand drops in this particular whip. That got me thinking about dropping strands in a bullwhip. If you haven’t made a whip, or don’t know what a strand drop is, basically [...]
I was thinking about the 10 foot bullwhip that I’m working right now. It’s one of the whips that’s made with the look of the bullwhip in the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Besides the color one of the things that makes this bull whip different is that it ends [...]
Last night while working on th 8 foot bullwhip I broke a strand! Breaking a strand isnt’ the end of the world, but it’s a pain in the ass. I’ve got a technique that I use to drop the broken one and add in a new one. I think this technique is original to me [...]