I received sad news recently that Joe Akerman Jr. passed away. I was given this news on Facebook by his son Mark.

Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Akerman wrote the book Florida Cowman. Florida Cowman was a book that I read as a sophomore in high school and used as a source for a term paper in history class. Florida Cowman is, in my opinion, one of the best on the subject of Florida’s great cattle raising history.

The cover of my whipmaking DVD is actually one of the many sketches that Joe made as illustrations for Florida Cowman. I was granted permission by Mark Akerman on behalf of his father to use the piece. For that I remain ever grateful to Mark and Joe.

Mr. Akerman’s obituary can be found here.

-Rhett

I regret to say that I am not accepting whip orders for a while. My waiting list is still so long I cannot get a handle on it. However, I am still accepting DVD orders and orders for handles, poppers, and piggin’ strings.

In the meantime, please visit my friend Diamond Whip Co. if you need a whip quickly.

Thanks!

Rhett

I mentioned on an earlier blog post that I was going to be offering gift certificates. I have 2 options for those. You can contact me directly and purchase an old fashioned paper certificate for any amount you desire, or you can use the Paypal option below and purchase them online in $25.00 increments. I will be getting my main site updated with the paypal option very soon. These are redeemable for any of the items I sell and do not expire until the day I die.

My recent whipmaking DVD sale has been such a great success that I am going to extend the $67.00 sale price until New Year’s Day!

I also have gift certificates available in whatever amount you need that are redeemable for any of the products that we make!

Email rhettswhips @ yahoo.com for details!

Because I’m already too far behind on orders, I won’t be accepting new whip or cow whip handle orders until sometime in early 2011.

I am still shipping out several whipmaking DVDs each week, so if you’re interested in one of those, please let me know.

I will have some more news maybe later this week or next week.

Thanks!

Rhett

In case you missed it in the previous post, I want to repost a message to let everyone know that I am not accepting any new whip orders until the the end of November or beginning of December.

I will continue to accept orders for handles and accessories. I will also be using this time to work on my recently announced whipmaking tutorial DVD project.

Thanks,

Rhett

I just wanted to make everyone aware that I have a YouTube channel. Please stop by and check it out. I’ve uploaded some simple videos and I hope to utilize my wife’s new camcorder to get some more stuff for you all.

Here’s a sample: