A 8ft bullwhip I'm very proud of (made by me)

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:59 am

I finished my 11th bullwhip last week. It is the first bullwhip which I'm going to keep for myself since I'm quit satisfied how it looks and acts. It was also a real joy to make it. ANd it really has the "Indy-feel" I wanted

I did my very best to make some nice pictures, but this one is the best so far. I'll try to post some more details later. I'm looking forward to see your comments

giovanniceleste · Post by **giovanniceleste** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:09 pm

It looks wery nice!!!
my compliments
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Greatdane · Post by **Greatdane** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:22 pm

Dude you have talent

That looks really good!

Congratulations.

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:28 pm

Really nice. It has a great long belly.

McFly · Post by **McFly** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:06 pm

Wow! That's great!

Keep up the good work, Breindeer!

What did you use to learn? The David Morgan books?

Shane

whiskyman · Post by **whiskyman** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:13 pm

That's a nice whip - I've tried it out and it cracks effortlessly.
I'm so pleased to see IndyBreineder produce a proper Indy bullwhip after mostly making snake whips. Some of you may remember that he and I actually made our first whips together during a weekend at my in-laws', some years ago. There was a lot of trial an error involved at that point!! Since then, Dan hasn't put quite as much time into whipmaking as I did - he was busy enough with his other wonderful leather goods. He's made up for lost time recently though and this latest whip shows that he'll soon be putting out terrific Indy whips.

Come on Dan, no slacking - where's teh next one

Gaucho · Post by **Gaucho** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:01 pm

My friend

You sell any whips?

Regards.

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:30 pm

I just made some more pictures. Unfortunaly I don't get the actual collour of the whip, so the pictures apear slightly too yellow:

handle

knots

butt knot

serial number (the number "11" can't be seen very good here)

Thank you for your kind comments! I really like it myself, though there are still some little improvements to make.
On my homepage you can find a whip section with some info on whips and previous whips I made:

http://www.lederhandwerk.net/index.php? ... &Itemid=19

and yes, sometimes I even sell them aswell

I haven't manage to set up my homepage bilingual yet, so you have to let speak the pictures for themself

whiskyman wrote: Come on Dan, no slacking - where's teh next one

I'm working on it, I'm working on it!

DanielJones · Post by **DanielJones** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:59 pm

Look great!

Good job indeed!

Cheers!

Dan

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:11 pm

McFly wrote:Wow! That's great! Keep up the good work, Breindeer!

What did you use to learn? The David Morgan books?

Shane

I used Ron Edwards book "how to make whips" to get started, along with some really helpful tips about Indy whip making by Nick "Pagey", I also had "braiding fine leather" by David Morgan.
But the main thing was that I could watch Nick getting on with his whips, seeing the development of many of his craft and also listened to the hints he recived from fellow whipmakers all over the world.

but beeing a scout saved some time in learning knots of course

Weston · Post by **Weston** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:52 am

That is some fine work! I've loved the snakewhips you've posted in the past, this one in particular:

viewtopic.php?t=19240&highlight=snakewhip

You have some real talent! It amazes me the skill you guys have here.

Weston

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:21 am

all i have to say is WOW!!! that is VERY impressive!! I think i am finally going to give whip making a try. I highly doubt mine will turn out even close to what yours looks like.

Nibs

gsolideogloria · Post by **gsolideogloria** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:44 am

nice looking whip - your plaiting looks great. keep up the good work, and congratulations.

happy cracking,

ryan

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:06 pm

I kinda liked this 8ft. snakewhip myself, thank you

Since I'm going to keep this whip here, I need to let another whip go. I'm selling a 7ft. bullwhip in the bazzar if any one is interessted.

Indiana County Jr. · Post by **Indiana County Jr.** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:35 pm

BreinederIndy,

That is a work of art! Very beautiful and smooth transitions!

Keep up the fantastic work,

Crack On!

Allen

Cracker · Post by **Cracker** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:00 pm

Great job on the whip BreinederIndy

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:07 pm

I have to say it looks fantastic my friend!

scot2525 · Post by **scot2525** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:15 pm

Heckuva of a whip you have there. It "SCREAMS" Indy to me. You definitely have some talent.

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:33 am

Thank you again for all your kind comments, I appriciate that very much!

I would also welcome constructive critics of course. F.e. would you change anything of the optic of the whip which would make it even more "Indy"? Is there something from the wristloop to the hitch you don't really like?

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:38 am

HONESTLY Daniel, there is nothing I could think of complaining about this whip!

A 8ft bullwhip I'm very proud of (made by me)

A 8ft bullwhip I'm very proud of (made by me)

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