About half an hour ago FedEx dropped off a shipment of four whiskey colored Veg Tanned Drum Stuffed Kangaroo skins. Our new puppy was very interested in the package…she had to inspect the skins to make sure they were good enough to turn into whips: The kangaroo skins were a bit smaller than I had [...]
Right now I’m working on an 8 foot Indy bullwhip. I had a couple of hides show up yesterday morning from Paul Nolan: The natural tan one is 66dm and that’s the one that I’m using for this Indy Bullwhip. I trimmed the hide: The core and wear leather are attached to the handle foundation: [...]
Yesterday was package day, and FedEx brought me a couple of kangaroo skins: The black kangaroo skin has a bit of funny shape to it. If you look at the bottom of the picture you will see the big “scallop” taken out of it. A lot of the right side of the scallop will probably [...]
One of the projects I’ve been working on is braiding over some rods, they will be part of a chandelier. Orignally the rods were supposed to be 10 feet each (4 rods), so I cut out 32 strands at about 18 feet each for a total of about 576 feet of 9mm lace! When I [...]
Yesterday I was expecting a shipment of Kangaroo from FedEx. Yesterday they stopped by but delivered some other packages, but no kangaroo. Then later that evening (about 8pm) I happened to go outside and when I opened the door there was a nice surprise waiting for me! I had seven veg tanned drum stuffed kangaroo [...]
My first attempt at an 8 plait Goat Hide overlay wasn’t successful, but I learned a lot! For starters the whip ended up a bit too thin, so I added an additional bolster to thicken it up a tad. Another (major) problem that I came across was how stretchy the goat is. I have to [...]
One of the companies I get leather from sent out an email about what leather they have that’s “Enviormentally Friendly”. Basically they said that any veg tanned leather is tanned through an eviromentally friendly process. In my kangaroo bullwhips I use veg tanned kangaroo and veg tanned kip, so those leathers are eco friendly. I [...]
FedEx just dropped off a shipment of kangaroo! I’ve got 4 veg tanned drum stuffed kangaroo skins. I’m planning on making a 10 foot bullwhip, a 12 foot bullwhip and maybe a 5 foot snakewhip. Louie http://bullwhips.org