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8 Foot Bullwhip Bellies and Bolsters

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