G'day Maeve. The belly looks good on the stock whip, just the shape it should be. For a tutorial on how to make a bull whip you might like to to try my site at this page http://www.em-brand-whips.com/bulltutorial.htm I have a 4 page tutorial there.Hope this helps. Thanks, Bernie!!!! WHEW! I'm breat...

Nice shots of your work Maeve. 7 1/2' for your belly? That's about what I had for my bullwhip with the overlay still to go and I was planning on an 8 footer. How long do you plan on the finished whip to be? Handle length? Well looks good to me, I hope you're being compensated for all this fine work...

One of my favorite books is now out of print, but you can still get it~ Whipmaking: A Beginner's Guide by Dennis Rush. It's very simple to understand & shows a bullwhip & stockwhip design. Good luck & thanks for the pics! Steve. Thanks! I found it tonight and ordered it! I'll look forwa...

Well thank you again!! :) And thanks for the book recommendations! I was hoping that this wouldn't cost me an arm and a leg to learn to do this! After all .. it is for one whip for a friend! LOL! Famous last words, eh?? I'm feeling a bit guilty about all of this. I have a TON of orders for stuff ......

Thank you, again, for the warm welcome! Yes, the ROLLING part of the core is what I do not understand. I will post a picture of the belly that I did on Saturday ... along with an arrow to show a spot that made me VERY unhappy! I am used to splitting my strings to dead level! And I don't know if I sh...

Welcome to the board. Since it sounds like you have an extensive background in braiding, I doubt you're 'dying' while making this whip. First, thank you, both, for the welcome! It's always scary "testing the waters" in places! :) But yes, I do have to say that I AM dying here for all of t...

I just wanted to introduce myself a little and say HI! I am a horsehair hitcher and braider. And I have to say that I AM impressed with this group! I have been braiding and hitching for a number of years. My interest in whips came from a horse friend of mine. She asked if I could braid bullwhips. I ...