Natural Fibre bullwhip - full tutoral

enigmata_wood · Post by **enigmata_wood** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:02 pm

Following my previous post I promised a full tutoral with pictures for making a bullwhip from natural fibres.
The instructions can be adapted to a whip of any length or colour. The example is an uncoloured ten footer.
The whole thing cost me just £13 (20-ish euros), required no special tools and can be done in two or three evenings.
The finished article is here:
http://www.freewebs.com/hersir-irminsul/bullwhip.htm
My apologies for the uneven photo quality.
Feedback is welcome. If there is anything you don't understand please PM me.
Enigmata Wood

enigmata_wood · Post by **enigmata_wood** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:12 pm

To see how the whip takes colour look here
http://s498.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... loured.jpg

rjallen70 · Post by **rjallen70** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:20 pm

Very innovative!
You sir have done more with less. Extraoridinary.
Ron

enigmata_wood · Post by **enigmata_wood** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:45 pm

thanks Rjallen and everyone for your kind comments.
I enjoy these projects, I have kind of set myself the task of finding ways for people on a tight budget like myself to get the Indy look.

Canuck Digger · Post by **Canuck Digger** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:40 pm

You know, this is the first tutorial that a newbie-non-whipmaker could follow and actually get something not half bad, and it will age well being made of natural fibres that can breathe. Sure is a lot better than some other beginer's tutorials I've seen oout there. It won't compete with a full-fledge leather bullwhip, but then I don't think it pretends to either. It's just an interesting little project that will actiually deliver a decent substitue. Good on ya mate! Next time, make one with a plaited thong (a simple 4 plait will do) and you've got yourself something there!

Post by **BullWhipBorton** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:40 am

Now that’s Very Interesting, Thanks for posting this.

enigmata_wood · Post by **enigmata_wood** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:24 am

Canuck Digger wrote:You know, this is the first tutorial that a newbie-non-whipmaker could follow and actually get something not half bad, and it will age well being made of natural fibres that can breathe. Sure is a lot better than some other beginer's tutorials I've seen oout there. It won't compete with a full-fledge leather bullwhip, but then I don't think it pretends to either. It's just an interesting little project that will actiually deliver a decent substitue.

yup, that pretty much nails my intention - to substitute money spent with time spent. And to make something that requires no more skill than to tie a simple knot.
A friend described it as the 'biggest macramé project she'd ever seen' - there are over 1200 knots in the shell. Another thing is you basically spend three evenings on upper body strength and stamina building!
I will add that the whip is as good as a leather whip in as much as it really does snap off a LOUD whipcrack.
I will, eventually, make one the same way out of much tougher nylon. I expect that, with it's smoother shell, to also have the 'twanging cable' sound as it swings round.
I have also looked into ways to get a more even taper and generally lighter whip without making things any more complicated. I'll probably update the original tutoral with that info when I get round to the next whip.
Enigmata

Natural Fibre bullwhip - full tutoral

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