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How to make cowboy and horse gear-  a review

10/29/2013

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I received this book as a gift from my father in law when I told him I was building whips.  He is an avid reader and has books on every subject you can imagine.

How to make cowboy gear by Bruce Grant was published in 1953...  and looking at this book, I think Glen has had it in his possession that long.  The book is yellow and a bit crunchy.  Duct tape holds the spine together and it has the distinct smell of vanilla that only really old books have.

I almost didn't dare open this book for fear that it would fall apart.  I'm so glad I did look at it though.  It is full of practical things like how to make hobbles, reins and riding crops.  It also tells in detail how to build a saddle from the "tree" up. 

The very best thing about this book is the many pages on decorative knots.  There is a really cool one called the Lonestar knot that I want to use on my whips as soon as I can make it look right.   There are ring knots and button knots and all kinds of hard and cool things.  I'm excited to learn all this new information.  Maybe make some copies so the book won't fall apart while I'm concentrating. 

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Dan
4/19/2014 11:44:07 am

Just reading through some archives, and came across this.

Does the Lonestar knot you're talking about create a star pattern when you look at it on-end? Joe Strain had a line of whips that used a knot like that on the them, (aptly dubbed his LoneStar bullwhip.)

Tom mentions these exact whips from Strain in his book as the best fitting for LyD outside of the incomparable Mr. Jack, (at least at the time of publication. If he ever does a second edition, yours would surely make the revisions ;) )

A much longer one that Tom's shown here:

http://northernwhipco.com/bullwhip,_8_foot_brandy_ls.htm

(Incidentally, that whip in the picture was one that Joe made back in December of 2004 or 2005, and was my first kangaroo bullwhip.)

Cheers!

-D

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Bobbi!
4/19/2014 12:31:50 pm

Its a very lovely whip you have there!

Yes, the lonestar knot makes a 5 pointed star. I think the knot on your whip is a little fancier than that.

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