Handmade Bullwhips by Louie
I’m trying to use up some natural tan and whiskey colored kangaroo centers that I have. I’m going to make some two tone whips using the centers as the second color. I drove up to David Morgan and picked up a black kangaroo skin for the base color for these whips.
I’m not sure what kinds of whips I’ll make, but with this veg tanned, drum stuffed skin at 82 decimeters, I have options as to what I can make!
-Louie
I’m working on a 12 plait three tone signal whip!
This single tail whip has a removable/replaceable cracker
The end of the whip h as a 4 plait point that’s back braided on itself to form a loop for the cracker. You could also put in a slapper to make it like a quirt.
All that’s left is to put the knot on the handle.
-Louie
Here’s the completed 8 foot, 8 plait bullwhip!
This bullwhip’s 8 plait overlay is veg tanned, drum stuffed kangaroo. It’s got a great crack to it!
It’s off in the mail to it’s new owner!
-Louie
My current project is an 8 foot bullwhip. Here’s the inner belly and bolster:
And with the outer belly attached, but not plaited:
This bullwhip will be finished today or tomorrow and then it’ll be off to it’s new owner!
-Louie
Today I’m starting work on an 8 foot bullwhip. This will have an eight plait overlay. I cut out the core:
And cut out the two bellies:
The next step will be attaching the core and getting started working on the plaited bellies and bolsters.
-Louie
Here’s an 8 plait horse whip that I just finished:
It’s two tone in black and whiskey colored tannery dyed kangaroo.
This horse whip is off to its new owner!
I finished the six whips, and my hands are sore! They came out great, here are the stock whips:
And here’s all six of the whips:
It always amazes me how much time is saves to make things production line style. Cutting out three of every thing at the same time and doing the same physical action three times in a row really make a project like this go quickly.
-Louie
I’ve got six whips to make, three stock whips and three bullwhips. All of them are going to be made from veg tanned drum stuffed kangaroo in natural tan color.
The three bullwhips are going to be more labor than the stockwhips, so I’m getting started on those first.
Hoping to bust my butt and get all six whips done in a couple of days.
-Louie
The person who ordered the hunt whip thong from me a bit ago liked it and just ordered another one. This one is five feet long, where the previous one was six feet. Here’s the core before it’s cut out:
And the core after it’s cut out:
This whip will have a little bit of a swell belly, so you can see that in the core’s shape. Here’s the completed interior layers:
Finally work get started on the outside:
This whip will have an 8 plait whiskey colored kangaroo overlay:
I’m glad the customer liked the first one enough to order a second one!
-Louie
For about a decade I’ve wanted to make a bullwhip that had a human bone for a handle. A while ago I found a fibula that would be perfect for the handle of a short bullwhip. This whip internally has a core, bolster and plaited belly.
Here’s the overlay:
I started braiding in the middle of the bone handle so that I could get the plaiting nice and tight where it was going to start on the finished whip. I also lashed it down tightly with string.
And here’s the finished whip:
Here’s a close up of the handle:
This whip has a great crack and I think it’s a cool functional piece of art!
You can order it on my IN STOCK WHIPS page!