How to Make Whips

Author: Ron Edwards
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
ISBN: 9780870335136
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ron Edwards was born in Australia in 1930 and brought up in the country where small farmers still plowed with horses and harvested their half acres with sickles and scythes, and larger properties relied on the annual visit of the steam-driven threshing machines. By the 1940s all this had vanished, and Edwards had realized that the country's traditional crafts also were disappearing. He began making drawings and notes of them and published these materials in his native country. How to Make Whips is the American edition of his ninth book. The first section gives instructions for a basic eight-strand whip; the second deals with the making of fine kangaroo hide whips. Other chapters explain the making of bullwhips, snake whips, and whips made from precut lace. Also included are instructions on plaiting names in whips and using plaiting designs for whip handles.

Whips of the West

Author: David W. Morgan
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press
ISBN: 0870335898
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 90

Book Description
This book is designed to bring together and record the development of whips in the United States. It covers the production of buggy whips in Westfield MA, a center for the growth of the Industrial Revolution in New England and carries on to the Diamond Whip Company in Chicago and the handcrafted whips of the far West. The book is liberally illustrated and records essential historical documentation in the appendices.

Leather Braiding

Author: Bruce Grant
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780870330391
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Leather Braiding has stood for more than forty years as the definitive book in its field. Grant's clearly written guide to the art of leather braiding contains detailed illustrations, step-by-step instructions, and a wealth of incidental, fascinating information. It makes accessible, to even the novice, serviceable and recreational uses of leather, from the simple but clever braided button to the elaborate results of thong appliqu . The book includes a historical perspective of leather and its function in society, a chapter on leather braiding tools, and a glossary of terms.

Braiding Fine Leather

Author: David W. Morgan
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
"Designed to help the beginning leather braider acquire basic skills in a straightforward manner, this book shows readers how to braid simple projects fairly quickly. With close attention to detail and a little practice using the methods described here, novices can produce attractive and enduring items from either precut lace or from a skin or side of leather.Leather braiding was developed in Australia in whipmaking shops. The craft had been carried to Australia by thongmakers from England, who were familiar with the thongs used on finely braided carriage whips. Kangaroo leather, one of the finest leathers available for braiding, provided the material for high-quality work, and a large and discriminating market in Australia led to improvements in techniques. Using these highly refined techniques and providing complete instructions and clear closeup photographs showing each step in the process, David Morgan has created an excellent book for those who want to learn to braid leather.A metallurgical engineer by training and occupation, in the 1960s Morgan became interested in Australian braided work made from kangaroo hide. With his wife he set up a part-time mail-order business selling a variety of Australian imports. In the 1980s he made the whips for the Indiana Jones movies, and he has been making them ever since. By 1990 he had abandoned metallurgy to run the mail-order business full time. He is now following an interest in the historical aspects of cattle-working whips."--Wheelers.co.nz.

Whips in the Dungeon: Singletail Techniques for Play

Author: Dex
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781791776756
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Whips in the Dungeon: Singletail Techniques for Play explores the edgy and sensuous art of throwing and receiving the power of a singletail whip in the dungeon. Though beginner and advanced techniques are covered, the author guides the novice whip thrower through the basics, using an education learning theory that will get the whip out of the toybag and into dungeon play easier and quicker than might be expected. The author includes descriptions of various types of whips and their construction; deciphers whip cracks; offers valuable tips for targeting; and provides an in-depth look at safety concerns and consent issues. Beyond the basics, the whip thrower will learn about blending their whip scenes with the dungeon environment and dynamic throwing and footwork. There is a discussion of energy and the woo of the bullwhip, and something the experienced whip thrower will recognize: bullwhip magick. A variety of whip catchers candidly discuss intimate and detailed memories of their whip experiences on the receiving end.

Female Husbands

Author: Jen Manion
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108483801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355

Book Description
A timely and comprehensive history of female husbands in Anglo-America from the eighteenth through the turn of the twentieth century.

The Vee-Boers

Author: Captain Mayne Reid
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732679268
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Vee-Boers by Captain Mayne Reid

Thoughts Upon Slavery

Author: John Wesley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slavery
Languages : cs
Pages : 32

Book Description

Bigger Bolder Baking

Author: Gemma Stafford
Publisher: Harvest
ISBN: 1328546322
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 323

Book Description
More than 100 sweet and simple recipes for cakes, cookies, pies, puddings, and more--all using a few common ingredients and kitchen tools.

Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding

Author: Bruce Grant
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
ISBN: 9780870331619
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 528

Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding is the definitive work on the subject and results from the late Bruce Grants many years of interest and experience as a braider and writer on the subject. It combines most of the material published in Leather Braiding and How to Make Cowboy Horse Gear with a mass of completely new material. The books more than 350 illustrations are arranged so that the step-by-step instructions face the picture being described, making it very easy to follow. While the book is primarily for those interested in leathercraft, in nearly all cases the methods of braiding are applicable to many other materials, such as silk, cotton, plastic, catgut, or horsehair. Braidwork takes many forms, and its applications are practical as well as decorative. The combination of beauty and utility lends itself to an array of itemspersonal gear or clothing, working or show gear for a horse, decoration of plain, carved, or tooled leather work. Truly a book to be used as well as read, Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding provides all the information needed for this satisfying pastime.