Club Obi Wan

Sergei

Be careful with the type of bags you use though, stuff like Ziploc food bags don't do well for long term storage. Empty saddle soap tins work well too. I invested in one of those vacuum seal bag machines. I buy a bunch of falls, grease them and then vacuum seal them. Hmm, wouldn't a vacuum sealed b...

Sergei

I invested in one of those vacuum seal bag machines. I buy a bunch of falls, grease them and then vacuum seal them.

Sergei

Having shoulder surgery from a car accident. Be very careful. I had a torn labrum that required 7 holes drilled into my shoulder to suture and anchor in my labrum. On top of that I had a tear in my rotator cuff and a detached bicep. The recovery was led with complications from a severe frozen should...

Sergei

On the trail for me. Keeps the sun's rays off my neck and face and as well the debris from the back of the neck whilst bushwacking.

Sergei

Yeah... but the US Wings is 17J Swiss movement. Not quartz. Personally I like mechanical movement watches - they don't run out of batteries. I have been out in the field when the battery went dead. That is really, really bad when you use your watch to navigate the trails.

Sergei

I am with Dan... I love all of my whips like they are my children. It's really an unfair question. They have all their positive attributes. And you must pursuit your own style.

Sergei

It says swiss quartz under movement type.

Sergei

Bardzo dobry! You do make it look easy.

Sergei

Bernardo great job. No wonder Morgan likes you.

Sergei

Good God... gorgeous photography.

Sergei

In my experience, there are not that many places in the US that ban the use of bullwhips outdoors. When an officer drops by to see me whipcracking I make sure my attitude is parked. I am polite and courteous. When the conversation switches to the whip, I politely state that the whips in general are ...

Sergei

I have considered those too. I would still be careful. Having the whip close to a dog, cat or even field mice is tempting thing to chew on. I stow mine away in a tennis players bag. I got the very large version that can hold about 10 tennis rackets. It has two main compartments and plenty of smaller...

Sergei

Dittos to both of you. Well done.

Sergei

I used it as a drinking vessel. After a very hot, climb through a sun exposed mountain trail, I literally walked into a mountain pond and scooping water with my fedora over my face and mouth.

Sergei

Here's a sequence of shots from Raiders that shows the floppiness of the Raider fedora: http://images110.fotki.com/v576/photos/2/27947/50435/floppyhat1-vi.jpg http://images110.fotki.com/v576/photos/2/27947/50435/floppyhat2-vi.jpg http://images110.fotki.com/v576/photos/2/27947/50435/floppyhat3-vi.jpg...

Sergei

Very nice demonstration. Well done.

Sergei

I have a good luck and good service from SKT - George and Sharron Taylor.

http://skt.netc.net.au/spare_parts.htm

Sergei

Yep Dan you are right sir. White hide indeed on the raiders. It's been so long. The confusion was David switched to red hide falls for a very long time. He was biased against white hide falls due to bad batches. He sells both falls now. Bottom line, I just like the white hide falls better. The only ...

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Apparently, when they stitched the soles back on, the left shoe was done improperly leaving less room for three toes on the upper left portion of the shoe. I contacted Aldens when I found that they no longer fit well and they had me send them back. They realized that they could do nothing to resize...

Sergei

You are in good hands w/ Paul... From the looks of your braiding, you don't have far to go.

Sergei

Here is a video of me tying off a popper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svd_lfGHMMs

Here is a good thread with a diagram (one of many ways to tie a popper):
viewtopic.php?p=85937#85937

Sergei

It depends on the batch... but my luck has always been better with white hide falls. The red hide falls tend to break down faster, dry out faster, etc. But they are more SA...

Sergei

You are right... they were trying to get a more perfect line of the ark which they couldn't achieve with the prop ark. So they came out with the cutout version that created more crisp lines for the shadow shot.

Sergei

I don't think Matt Welsby is actively selling anymore...but I could be wrong. Louie That is my understanding as well. It's been awhile. If you are interested in really learning there are a few whipmakers here that have offered to do like a long weekend workshop on the basics. Over the years, there ...

Sergei

In my opinion, Khaki is close but yet far in color and drape. The desired color is the color found on "officer pinks". The drape in a wool twill weave is far from a khaki cotton. And there are the blasted pockets. Button down and scalloped. Officer pinks would be the solution from those co...

Sergei

There is a lot of temptation to dye a whip that is delivered in natural condition. But there is joy seeing it naturally age into a mahogany patina finish over time. Be patient... Just my humble opinion.

Sergei

Michaelson wrote:Mike, any reason why you can't get a standard pair of 405's and have vibram lug soles installed yourself? It's been done before, and quite successfully.

Regards! Michaelson

That's what I did...

Sergei

Here's my trip report from almost 5 years ago:
viewtopic.php?t=4729&highlight=optimo

Still going strong...

Sergei

I couldn't help it... I went to Joe's site. I haven't been there in awhile. Here's a picture of a 10 footer:

I have a 6, in fact a pair of his lone star 6's-matched, an 8 and a few 10's. Boy I am inching towards a 12.

Sergei

Helping you out Hollywood.. here is the picture in question:

Sergei

Wow.....Since this a piece of art maybe I should frame it on a wall or something and have people stare at it and pay money to see it. :... IndianaChris No need to do that... just print off your posted pictures, have Joe sign it and frame it. The actual whip deserves to be cracked. Not a wall displa...

Sergei

You know every time I see a Strain, I just can't pull my eyes away. They are all a work of art. Just look at that nice smooth taper with no visible transition points, nice straight seams... sigh...

Sergei

BullWhipBorton wrote:I just call it a broken wrist strap At least no one recommened using mink oil

Dan

Or, Neatsfoot...

Sergei

The_Edge wrote:... Look at what the oxidation has done to that wrist loop!

Kyle... some people call it oxidation and some people see the Virgin Mary.

Sergei

I backup Dan too... anytime there is dirt, grit in between the braids there is going to be potential damage to the leather. The point of cleaning this whip up is not get rid of the stain, in my opinion is to dislodge, safely anything that was picked up during a whipping session on a top layer of mac...

Sergei

agent5, well that's one of the reasons I'm here. I have not touched it, so please let me know what is the best way to treat it. I don't want it to look any different or change color. And I can't have it all dripping with oil or something, or it would have to be in it's own case away from the fedora...

Sergei

Those are good instructions Dan. AVbat you mentioned you don't have Pecards yet. Make sure you have all the ingredients in hand before you clean your whip with saddle soap. Saddle soap will dry out the whip. So I wouldn't let it be in that dry state for too long.

Sergei

Unfortunately, saddle soap and pecards is about all you can do, safely...

Sergei

viper80134 wrote:Nice AB Kaleponi Craig where was the pic taken?

The ruins of Machu Picchu. Nice shot...

Sergei

There are a slew of them on youtube. Maybe someone with ambition can package up the basic set of cracks and post?

Sergei

.. EDIT: Sergei, I basically agree with you, but 10 to 20 hats is a lot if people bought them thinking they had some connection to the films. Someone should contact White about this and get an "official" statement from him about it. Maybe I will. Well, please do that. In a respectful mann...

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The problem I see with a lot of these “Cairo Flash” (I really hate that term) techniques is that Indy does not just continue throwing the whip while spinning it over his head. Watch what really happens which is far more difficult in execution. After that initial throw, which is basically a cattlema...

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Well said...Aeris_Canon. You nailed it. I'm glad you took the time to put pen to paper. At least I know the guy and have his creation. I never bothered to ask about the claim. But frankly the claim is not his website. Clearly as the facts fall, he is not making any of his business on Indy hats. I wo...

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binkmeisterRick wrote:Sergei, I like to mix it up a bit. I wear my bag strap through my sleeve.

Hmmm...one-upmanship, you got me. I guess the next step is to tattoo a bag strap. Let's see Raiders, TOD or LC buckle?

Sergei

Binks, I thought you were going to say that you stayed for the "bag straps".

Do we wear it outside the jacket this week or inside? I forgot...

Sergei

Interesting... all I know is that the forward placement of the pockets make for a much more usable side entry to the pockets. Before, you had to be a contortionist to use those pockets. At least that was my experience.

Sergei

Here's the modification specs:

From this thread after the mod was available:
viewtopic.php?t=4992&highlight=pocket+placement

Sergei

Come to think of it, I do remember the pocket placement (more forward) on the G&B jacket. That redesign was done on board a QM summit event with Michaelson, MK and others discussing with Dave Marshall. The move forward did have a ripple effect down to Wested. Probably not US Wings.

Sergei

McMaster! Of course... I have a matched pair McMaster stock whips that were formerly used by Fiona Wilkes.

Sergei

I agree with you Satipo... that's why I chimed in. For those that are bashing, I wonder if they ever saw one. I haven't had this problem but supposedly he powders his hats. My GW fedora has been caught in some rain storms and no problem here. Maybe they were earlier version of other hats. Maybe Mich...

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