Well, I'm still perfecting my skills. I can successfully plait up to 28 (Delay's whip is a 64-plait) and am experimenting with different techniques. I'll definately go the Ebay route first, but considering how cheap the materials are to make a good bullwhip, the possibilities are great.
Sounds like a fun enough hobby, I'm just poking a bit of fun :~D
It's pretty but way out of my price range. I think I paid 5 dollars for mine, in Mexico:') I'm working on some stuff too. My sister and I went to a fair and I saw some really nice western furniture out of junk. There were 3 things I want to try. One was a glass coffee table on a rim and a spoke. Another was one of those billard lights that had been covered in leather and horse shoes attatched. My favorite was a grandfather type clock just out of a square beam with western designs burned in. They had some bar stools with pistols for arm rests but I thought that was overdoing it:')