Club Obi Wan

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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