Whip making
Gold Digger (my 12th whip) is a 6 foot bull whip in chocolate brown, gold, and canary yellow. I wanted to make a lighter whip than the ones I’ve been making and I’m pretty pleased with the results. I didn’t put any shot in the core on this one, and it only has 2 internal … Continue reading Gold Digger
Last week I posted a series of photos on how to do a square start on a 16 strand diamond plait or over 1, under 1 plait, or a 16 strand round braid, or what ever you want to call it. This post is about starting the same way but with an over 2, under … Continue reading Square Start-16 plait Short Herringbone
Bernie Wojcicki was an Australian whip maker that made several thousand whips over his life time. Unfortunately I never got the chance to correspond with him as he died in 2016, a few months before I became interested in the craft. He did a series of videos over the last 10 years or so of … Continue reading Transition: 16 Strand Diamond Plait to Herringbone Plait
One of the techniques I’ve learned in the last couple of months is how to do a square start. It’s a good way to start a half wrap on a stock whip handle that you don’t want to completely cover and I’ve used it three or four times as a carapace on the first part … Continue reading Square Start
Raider is a 8 foot bullwhip in red and black and is my eleventh whip. The handle is 10 inches long with a steel rod center, the core is shot loaded to 24 inches, and it has two bellies. I usually make this length of whip a 3 belly whip but I’ve been experimenting with … Continue reading Raider
Did a couple of quick side projects this weekend, a leash for a friend and another get-back whip for a dude in Seattle. The leash is a 6 foot overall 6 strand round braid with a 6 strand flat braided handle, a long Turk’s head knot at the handle junction and a Matthew Walker knot … Continue reading Some Divergences
42 inches long from the tip of the panic snap to the skull beads. Continue reading Coral Snake Get-back Whip
