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!
Horse whip
6 Foot Bullwhip!
I love coming across whips while I travel around performing. Here’s a whip that belongs to Scotty and Katrine. They got it 20+ years ago from Western Stage Props and it was probably made by Joe Strain.
This bullwhip is 6 feet and made in 12 plait kangaroo. When people say that whips are expensive, I tell them a well made whip will last decades and poorly made one will last a year or two. That’s the huge difference, in the long run, cheap whips will cost you more.
Swivel Handle Bullwhip
I had a bullwhip come in that needed a new point:
This is an older style swivel handle bullwhip, and I put a more modern Aussie Style Fall onto it
I took it out and gave it some test cracks and it works great! It also got a coat of leather dressing before I shipped back to it’s owner.
Mini bullwhip
Sometimes I have time for a fun project. This is a mini bullwhip that measures approx 14 inches from the butt of the handle to the end of the fall hitch:
It’s a 12 plait kangaroo whip made in the style of the Indiana Jones whips. Internally it’s got a plaited belly and the 12 plait overlay ends with a 6 plait point.
This little whips are challenging and fun to make!
This whip is listed for sale on my IN STOCK whips page
-Louie
Working on a Whip…
Working on a 6 foot bullwhip while watching a documentary that’s projected on the wall by my plaiting hook.
This allows me to watch the movie with my periphery vision while keeping the plaiting as my main focus
-Louie
Keeper and Some Knots Repaired
Here’s a whip that came in for a repair. I needed a new keeper and some knots taken out of the fall:
I started by removing the old keeper and string:
and a new keeper was put on the end of the stockwhip handle
then it was a simple task to untie the knots from the end of the fall:
Now this whip is back in cracking shape!
Finished Six Whips
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
Six Whips!
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
Veg Tanned Kangaroo!
One of the nice things about living in the Seattle area is that I can visit the crew up at David Morgan!
They are my main source for the veg tanned, drum stuffed kangaroo that I use for my whips. The cool thing is that they let me dig through their stock, so I can find exactly what I need for the whip I’m planning on making!
If you ever get a chance to swing by their shop, the “shop bullwhip” is one of the best looking Indiana Jones style bullwhip I’ve ever seen!
It makes sense that their Indy Bullwhip is amazing as David made them for the movies.
-Louie
Bull whip Repair
Here’s a swivel handled bullwhip that recently came in for a repair. The first thing is needed was to have some Pecard Leather Dressing put on it as it was pretty dry. Once the bullwhip had drank that up, I could start to deal with the reason it was sent it, it needed a new point and fall.
I also n0ticed that the heel knot was non-existent and it was just the knot foundation leather, so I got the OK from the owner to replace that as well.
Here’s the whip with the new fall hitch and redhide fall attached:
And finally here’s the bullwhip with the new heel knot:
This whip just needed a little bit of love (aka maintenance) and it’s back out there cracking!
-Louie