Club Obi Wan

I am doing whips again!

It has been 3 years since I have made my last bullwhip (and that one took quit forever to make, I have to admit) .

I was quit shure I'll never make another one since my last Indy bullwhip (whip No. 14). Since I have been asked to give a course on whipmaking in Germany I thought I give it a go and get into whipmaking again

Helpful as always, whiskyman helped me reactivating my memory a bit (meaning many cups of tea and even more bottles of beer).

In the end, I ended up making a nice 7ft. I quit like. The course starts in 2 weeks and I can't wait to start

Here are a few pics of the process and the result, enjoy

*EDIT* I removed a few pics since I forgot you're not supposed to post more than 6 or so


core and bellie construction



top to bottom: core, 1st belly, 1st bolster, 2nd belly, 2nd bolster


cutting the overlay

and here the result, enjoy

Well done! Still think you should've added a wristloop...

Wow, that's cool. I had never seen the inner workings of a whip before! Amazing talent you have there!!

Charybdis wrote:Wow, that's cool. I had never seen the inner workings of a whip before! Amazing talent you have there!!

You can also look at this : ( I just added this yesterday )

http://jmwhips.com/index.php/construction" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Got the chance to crack it this afternoon - very nice!

Excellent post, and beautiful work! It must take a very steady hand to cut the overlay.

@Weston: thank you. Actually, sometimes my hands are not steady at all when I am off work and I even tend to be a bit clumsy every now and then. What you really need is patience, staying focused and especcialy practice. Hope I will continue making them once in a while, there is still a quit bit more to learn on that craft