I am happy to announce that my newest son, Vance, was born on Thursday. He and my wife are now home and doing well. For those keeping track, this is child #5 for us. Vance is my 4th son. With the new addition, I am scheduled to be on leave from my job for about [...]
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New Son, Working Hard to Catch Up
Posted by RBK on August 22, 2010
http://rhettswhips.com/2010/08/22/new-son-working-hard-to-catch-up/
Out of Action Due to Injury
It doesn’t happen often for a nylon plaiter, but today I drew blood! I was making handles for my son and the end of the handle I was drilling out split apart allowing the rotating wood bit to make contact with my left hand that was holding the piece. It chewed up the end of [...]
Posted by RBK on July 17, 2010
http://rhettswhips.com/2010/07/17/out-of-action-due-to-injury/
An Explanation of New Price Structure
Before I begin accepting orders again, I want to post a brief explanation of my new price schedule. For years I have tried to be somewhat of a “low price leader” among nylon whipmakers. (I guess working for Walmart Logistics for 14+ years has had an effect on my business philosophy.) While my prices have [...]
Posted by RBK on June 7, 2010
http://rhettswhips.com/2010/06/07/an-explanation-of-new-price-structure/
Ordering Update
Again this month I will not be accepting any new orders for whips… Things are still very busy with working my job, EMT school, and trying to get through the orders I already have on my list. (not to mention family, church, and needing some free time!) However, I am accepting orders for piggin’ strings, [...]
Posted by RBK on May 8, 2010
http://rhettswhips.com/2010/05/08/ordering-update/
Order Book is Closed for April, But….
I’ve decided to use this time to promote some other whipmakers. I have come to know a few plaiters who are just starting out and/or have little or no web presence. These are guys you may not have heard about before, but they enjoy making whips and would be willing to take some orders while [...]
Posted by RBK on March 30, 2010
http://rhettswhips.com/2010/03/30/order-book-is-closed-for-april-but/
Odds and Ends
The last two months have been very busy. Work picked up at my job, so now I have returned to being a “part-time whipmaker.” With that, I have gotten behind schedule on my orders. I am currently working on orders from early July. I hope to be done with the July orders by the first [...]
Posted by RBK on November 14, 2009
http://rhettswhips.com/2009/11/14/odds-and-ends/
Cowwhips.com Online Again!
At long last Cowwhips.com is back up and running again! The outage lasted much longer than I had anticipated and I hope it will not be too detrimental to my business. The good thing about the outage is that it happened during a time I was not taking on new orders. I”m running way behind [...]
Posted by RBK on October 28, 2009
http://rhettswhips.com/2009/10/28/cowwhips-com-online-again/
Update
The Summer months have brought me a tremendous increase in ordering volume. That combined with the normal unexptected things of life, has brought me to the place where my waiting list was just getting out of hand. Therefore, I have decided to stop taking new orders until I get some of the existing back-log caught up. This [...]
Posted by RBK on September 18, 2009
http://rhettswhips.com/2009/09/18/update-2/
Beating the Waiting Lists
One of the hardest things for me to do is tell an excited whip buyer that he/she will have to wait three months for a whip. Yet, this is something that I have to tell people quite frequently. In the past, I’ve been a far as 7 months behind on orders. Right now, I’m running [...]
Posted by RBK on June 21, 2009
http://rhettswhips.com/2009/06/21/beating-the-waiting-lists/
Waiting List, Leather Update, and Christmas Deadline
My current turn-around time on new whip orders is about 12 weeks +/-. This is just an estimate. I should be off work next week and getting in plenty of quality plaiting time, so maybe I can knock a nice dent in that backlog. My deer hide is still soaking in the tanning solution. I [...]
Posted by RBK on June 10, 2009
http://rhettswhips.com/2009/06/10/waiting-list-leather-update-and-christmas-deadline/
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