NICKAMMANN

Hello,

My name is Nick Ammann, I am 32 years old and I am a self taught Whip Maker and have been braiding Leather for over 6 years now. I have always liked the arts and crafts and have been into various arts throughout my entire school career but I had never imagined that I would ever be making what I handcraft now. It was all because of 1 movie... yes Indiana Jones - (Raiders of The Lost Ark). I remember seeing this movie when I was very young but at the time I was too young to know what a bullwhip was but for some reason I always wanted to have one. The years went by and I had the oppurtunity to purchase an Indiana Jones style bullwhip from a professional whipmaker back in 2005 and it all started from there. I was curious on how the thing was made, so instead of taking apart this beautiful creation I found a couple books on the subject and luckily enough the books were enough for me to figure out what made these things crack. I started off with a basic 4 plait redhide stock whip kit that was all ready to piece together and with the help of the books which included full diagrams I was able to make my very first whip, of course my hands and fingers did'nt forgive me for a couple weeks after that! But I couldn't stop I guess it sort of became my obsession in a way. So anyway for the past 14 years I have worked various jobs for other individuals and for the past 6 years I have been also teaching myself everything I could learn on the whipmaking and leather braiding subject so that I may become a great and succesful business owner and teach others about the Art of whipmaking and leather braiding.

Take care,

Nick