Bevan

The mare is beautifull and your work is stunning mate ,,, keep it up , i know you are a female ,, but i can still call ya mate ????

Rob if you add a simple latigo hanger i am sure you will get the price you ask , $450 -$500 would be a good price , i know over here they sell for around that and yours are a fine looking piece too mate. cheers Bevan ps how long is the nose button mate? just looking at how close the hanger would be to the horses eye !

Gday folks , here is a few whips and a bosal that i have been working on for Steve halfpenny to take to the UK on his next trip, i still have a few months to get as much as i can get done before he leaves,looks like i might have to have head down bum up for awhile !!!! lol Lucky i had a week off work , now its back to 12:30 ish bed times !!!! BUGGA Cheers from downunder Bevan

well i use roo which is thin but very tuff , i splitt it to about .8 of a mm what do you want to split ??? cow , roo , ?? http://www.bwrwhips.com/index.html

You are well and truely on the right track Spence , i take the center core out off the cord then plait away ,,, cord is tuff and the roo is even tuffer , no truck will stop that puppie !!!! 8th i have plenty of roo scrapes if you want to pay or postage ??? like a 150lt esky full !!!! but i will need the esky back to cool the beers mate . Cheers Bevo psst , if ya worried about friction just use some good old plaiters soap , helps em pull up nice and tight

Hey Salva , if ya send it to me i will take a pic and post it for you , it is very nice and what did you use on the inside to line it ??

Shit mate , its taken me this long to see the good old boys , have you still got them or are they long gone ???i searched ,""Red Face Bloke" !!!! ooops sorry , storm and searched your posts ,,, love ya work mate hey before ya start !!!!! send us ya mail addy as well or at least a return address just incase i dont like what ya sent me ,,,, lol lol lol AS IF . MAKE SURE YOU PUT A RETURN TO SENDER ADDRESS. Take care big fella Bev

Very nice work mate , nice and sharp and love the colour and the studs on the bottom Cheers Bevan

Awesome work Slava cant wait to see more of your posts !! Cheers from down under Bevan

Gday Brian after watching your vid i am still not sure if the lace goes under the fence or does it just rub up against it , "the part that was meant to keep your finger from being cut "

I have never done any tooling on leather but i do plait whips and bosals and i make my own plaiting soap which i use mutton fat from around the kidneys , pure soap flakes , water, abit of kero to stop the dogs, rats , mice or what ever from having a chew then plus i add alittle eucalyptus oil just so the boss dont kick up a stink , i use this to grease my strings before plaiting , then i use a little at atime while plaiting so the strings pull up nice and tight. This does not darken the leather much at all, makes it nice and soft " smooth as a babies bum " i give a tub of this with my whips so neatsfoot oil is not used because it will darken my two tone whips back to one ! Cheers Bevan www.bwrwhips.com

Had my favorite daughter over for tea tonight, tea went well but wouldn't let me get stuck into the leather thing, so sat and talked the leg off a wooden chair then started to want want want, so I agreed and started to plait plait plait, this is the result… I am using my didgerredoo for the model because Jade had hairy legs !! OOPS sorry Boo. Before ya all start!!!!! she is my only daughter , lol sorry about the quality of the pic, only one i had other than hairy legs

I am a happy chappy, just got home and checked the mail , 3 books have arrived "Ben Hall " ye harrrrrrr so now its stay up late and read read read , bugga it I will even take em to work tomorrow and read read read , just flicked through and i like the looks , more on them later Chow for now Bye Bevan PS They r looking the goods !!! money well spent.

Hi Jim i live in South Australia not too many stumpy tails down this way more so in Queensland or NT more your cattle country. I use to have when i was in QLD, bloody pretective tho , the missus couldnt even pinch a kiss with out getting her heals nipped !!!! Cheers mate Bevan

Hi folks just finished this hanger for the Bosal i have made for Steve Halfpenny, the founder of silversand natural horsmanship, he took the bosal to a horse show over here by Buck Brennaman, Buck loved it , so now i am flat out making bosals for Steve to take some to the UK so he can hopefully sell to his students. Cheers for now Bevan

Gday mate I know when i am making whips i measure the dia of the core " 10 mm x 4.5 = 45 div by the number of strings i want to use 12 = 3.75" that is the width of the string , it dosnt matter how many strands you use , when you plait it will add 3 mm + or - alittle bit so the finished job will be about the 13 mm mark. let us know how ya go mate Cheers Bevan ps that is using roo that has been split

Fair dinkum mate that is awsome !!!! you come up with the best all the time , keep it up. I am looking foward to seeing your next piece too. Cheers Bevan

That ia a brilliant job mate , love how you guys get the colours and the tooling looking perfect, looking forward to seeing more of your work. cheers from down under Bevan

Hi there entiendo you are right they r good books once ya fix the probs , plus her lace size has to be fiddled with too mate , lucky i have a lace cutter resizer , beveller , when i cut the strings for the 16 plait overlay on the rawhide core !!! Plus there is more , i have emailed Gail to let her know about page 31. You never know i just might get a romal reins book for my services , lol Toodle poop Bevan PS So I suppose if you buy a book to help you , and the books are on how to make a bosal step by step , book by book , and back again to the one you havent got but now must buy ,i think you should have a good chance to acheive that , but if its not correct in the first place , and you have to rescorse info from others then i think those book didnt quite make the grade, for me I wont be buying anymore to see what i have to fix !!! there ya go now thats my bitch for the moment, lol but roo4u you make up your own mind i am sure all book help.