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I have had a few 12 ft Morgans, most of them from the 1990s. One of them has finer cut strands like your whip, probably necessary to get the whole whip from one kangaroo hide. As far as I know, David did almost all of the cutting out for the whips before 2007, and a lot of the braiding. Bernardo del...

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I've been using paracord core string poppers on some of my whips for a while. Aside from tangling slightly easier than poly crackers I've found it works really well and lasts longer than poly string. I didn't find that they tangled any more than other nylon crackers that I've used. I used to use nyl...

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Gorak, I'll admit I haven't spent a whole lot of time playing with snake whips, though the chainmail bullwhip I use in my shows handles a lot like one. Since there's no handle it can be difficult to change the direction of the whip, making the flick one of the better cracks for a snake. I'd recommen...

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Right now I'm on my way to Japan for some sight seeing and a whip workshop. On the way I spent a few days with Will and David Morgan talking whips, making whips, and visiting Joe Strain. Will, David, and I first took a road trip from Seattle to Spokane to meet Joe Strain and his family. Joe is a gre...

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I think this topic has come up in the past, but I thought I would bring it back up as I've had a couple experiences with Indy and kangaroo whips that have sat around for a long time in the past year. As near as I can tell, if you've got a good kangaroo whip, it can stand years and years of being sto...

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Yay! I got a mention in the video.

I was watching Anthony Delongis's DVD this morning, and he's definitely the man when it comes to bullwhip cracking.

-Adam

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOcRZrESYCI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Here's a link to the video instructions. To make this whip more Indy, you can paint it brown after you make it, or to make it Young Indy, get a red tennis racquet grip and use black athletic tape to m...

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Restita DeJesus mentioned also doing a course with students on making a beginner whip. Here's used rope, PVC, and duct tape. I've thought about doing that before, but I felt the disadvantage was that rope and tape by itself isn't very dense, at least not as dense as leather. With the 5 minute whip, ...

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A link below to pics of the 5 minute whip: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4104056037358&set=a.1777979406896.2103010.1161713165&type=1&ref=nf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; At the moment I'm in the UK, and last week I was in Holland. While I was in Holla...

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As far as I know there was only one Hassett's 4 Corners. I've talked with Charlie Hassett and he said there's been a few timing variations throughout the years, changing which crack gets the accent, but it's still 4 cracks in the overhead plane. With John Brady's '4-corners', he was basically doing ...

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Thanks for the kind words everybody. It was a lot of fun. Conan liked what I did with the can and he mentioned that they might try to get me back on the show. If I do go back, I think it'll just be so Conan can see my girlfriend again

-Adam

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Great videos!

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Great trick Chris! I was hoping for more Chris Camp-style patter, but that's just me.

I hope the Illinois State Fair went well

-Adam

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Well.. my brother saw me watching this video, I just finished making him a nylon stockwhip, I came outside to crack my bullwhip, to see him swinging on it. I specifically told him not to, but he's been kinda deaf today. He ruined the thing, plaiting was nice, uniform and firm, now it's all separate...

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I figured more people must've tried this considering once I really tried it I didn't find it that hard. The only hard part, if you can call it hard, was messing around with the design of the fall so that it would be long enough to wrap and hold, and strong enough to hold my weight. I talked with Joe...

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I've been wanting to try this for a while now. There's no cable in the whip, just parachute cord with the core left in and a really beefy fall.

-Adam

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T. Rex, You inspired me to get off my butt and put together a video about some of the whip tossing routines that I've been working on. I'm a little rusty with some of them since I haven't worked on them for a couple months, but I think most of it came out looking all right. http://www.youtube.com/wa...

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That's some really smooth cracking!

With one whip, you can also mess around with tossing it under the leg and around the neck. This spring I was messing around with catching the whip behind my back.

-Adam

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Above is a trick I've been working on the past few weeks. I recall seeing a video where Clark Bynum did a trick similar to this, so I thought I'd start working on it.

-Adam

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Thanks Dan! That was quite a reply :TOH: You got me thinking about the whip lengths I worked with when I was training to compete in Australia. When I met Ben Hughes, he had a pair of 6 ft stock whips, a pair of 5 footers, and a pair of 3 1/2 footers and changed whips depending on the routines. The 6...

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Nick, I agree with you, the trick that's going to be done should really determine the length of the whip, though I've never had anyone be that specific. In regards to length, there's one trick I've wanted to work on with a long whip where you throw the whip at the target, throw the handle on the gro...

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So, I get this question a lot: "I'm 5' 10", what length whip should I get?" Well, the heights actually vary each time I get asked, but anyway.... Any thoughts on this? Is there a specific length someone should get based on height? Any idea of where this question originates? Like, golf...

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For personal whip instruction in LA, I'd recommend getting lessons from Delongis himself. He lives just north of LA.

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I didn't make it. My guess was Louie Foxx.

-Adam

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I have no idea who this guy is. Looks like he too the bio off of my DVD and posted links to my YouTube videos. Though, he doesn't say that I'm recommending the whips at all, and the YouTube videos are out there for everyone.

-Adam

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I've got a VHS copy of Part 2 and I really like the one-handed multiple cracking that Alex goes through in the second half of the video. I learned most of my multiple cracking with a stock whip, which allows for more moves, but many of them don't translate well to a bullwhip. Recently I've been work...

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I totally endorse learning to crack a whip softly. If you can get a whip to crack softly with consistency, then you've learned some good control. It also saves wear and tear on the whip as well as your shoulders, arms, and hearing. After a hard weekend of performing I usually practice softly as I fe...

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I find that thicker crackers, with longer tassels, tend to crack quieter when I crack during regular practice. Also, some whips I have are quieter than others. I was practicing in a park last year that was filled with trees and had apartment buildings on either side. I was doing some quiet practice ...

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I just got the newspaper article about my attempt today, so now I can send in everything to get this record made official.

Thanks for posting the video Bob!

-Adam

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Thanks for the list, _! I don't think that was my last trip to Seattle, so I'm sure the suggestions will come in handy soon. -Adam PS: Sorry for no pics with this post. The only pic I have from the trip is my picture taken with David. Will said that some day they hope to put together a coffee table ...

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Here's a quick rundown of the trip: -I got to talk a lot with Will Morgan and Megan Baldwin, as well as David, about whips and the philosphy behind David's methods of whip construction. -I looked through pretty much all of David's collection and helped him clean many of the whips that had this white...

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I've always wanted to meet David Morgan, so I bit the bullet and bought a plane ticket to Seattle so I can finally do it \:D/ . I'll leave Monday, July 19th and fly back that Thursday. I figured buying the ticket was the first step, and now I've got to plan everything else. Do you rent a car in Seat...

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I didn't see any posts about this, so I thought I'd post something: The UK Whip Cracking Convention will be Saturday, July 3rd, in Wolverhampton, UK, www.ukwhipconvention.com. There should be a pretty good turn out of whip crackers. There'll be some targeting competitions, some beginner's workshops,...

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Hey Louie, I've already been told several times that I'm a skill act that is funny. Though the goal with ren fair shows is to eventually be a funny guy that has a skill, so the character and comedy take up most of the time in the show. The main reason is that if a ren fair performer ends up with a s...

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Chris definitely has his whip comedy down, and his act has great broad appeal. Another thing to consider is your audience. If you're doing a talent show in front of your classmates at school, you should plan to aim your humor at them. There's a video out there of me with an IOAB bullwhip doing a rou...

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As a whip performer, I'd tell you that it's really best to write your own jokes, or have someone help you write your own material. Using other people's material (especially without permission) is not a good way to go. It may help to answer a few basic questions for your audience, such as why does a ...

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Bob, I'd say that all of the Henderson whips are in good enough condition to be cracked without falling apart, but I think they're all to rare, valuable, and old to be used regularly. If you want one for using, I'd recommend having a reproduction made. I myself have been planning on getting one or t...

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Naw, I didn't make it. Working with chainmail is totally different than working with leather or nylon. A guy named Michael Deveny made it.

-Adam

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Thanks for posting the video Gus! I just wish I had been at my best that day. I think there are a few other videos of can cutting on YouTube that show what I can do a little better. One problem that day is that no one at the Whip Enthusiasts weekend wanted to let me use a full, unopened can of pop/s...

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I made a couple IOAB whips this past winter, though the performance season has started again so I'm not making any whips at the moment, just doing lots of whip cracking.

I have no idea when I'll get a chance to make whips again, so I don't have a waiting list or anything.

-Adam

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I got to crack one of the WSP 8 ft nylon bullwhips a couple weeks ago, and compared to their 6 ft whips I thought the 8 footer was made way heavier than it needed to be. And the fall cord they use on those whips isn't very heavy duty, so I can totally see that fall getting trashed with solid overhea...

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The woman that wrote that article emailed me while I was in Australia, and she then interviewed me on the phone for the article. She found me through my YouTube videos and had me give a rundown of how to do the cattleman's crack. She specifically asked me how to wrap a remote controll with a whip, b...

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On my latest trip to Australia I helped Chris and Kerri Barr with a whip making class they held out in Alice Springs. We got a little coverage on the radio (btw, fast two-handed whip cracking sounds like popping pop corn on the radio) and the also put the above article up on the net. It was a good t...

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http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/winrichwhips/DSCN0458.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/winrichwhips/DSCN0462.jpg Here are some pics of the whip I made. It's a 4-plait latigo bullock whip. The handle may look big, and it is--it's also 5 feet long. This type of whip is a two-handed w...

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The stuff I'm using is pretty soft. Where do you get this stuff? The paraffin wax I have is as hard, or harder than most candles. ST http://www.natural-craft-supply.com/shop/page/category/Category/6d2131580e873b1ce47a81affca0293e.html They sell a variety. I just bought something with a low melting ...

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Don't worry Bob, I am indeed using an electric roaster, with no open flames! I knew that I had to control the heat of the wax because too high of a temperature can weaken nylon.

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Well, I completed a 9 ft latigo whip where I dipped all the laces in wax before braiding them. Nothing seems stiff or brittle, and I think the whip plaited up tighter than if I had left the strands dry. The whole thing also feels more dense. Now I really want to try making a latigo swivel-handled bu...

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Well, I think how much the leather hardens has to do with how hard the wax is. The stuff I'm using is pretty soft. I know with drum-stuffed kangaroo the hides are heated in revolving drums with oil put in with them. Would dipping in wax be doing something similar? I'm working on a experiment with la...

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I've been messing around with making a few nylon whips, and to that end I bought a bunch of wax and a roaster to melt it. Since dipping nylon in wax gives a little extra weight, I was wondering what would happen if I dipped leather in wax. Has anyone done this? Anyone think anything really bad will ...

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I know we can't post links to online auctions that aren't are own, but are we still free to comment on online auctions that have just ended? Some of you may have been following a couple of auctions on that famous auction site for two David Morgan bullwhips from the mid 90s: an 8 ft 16-plait performe...

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