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Bardoon

Unfortunately, I need the money more than I need an AB so I had to cancel my order. I'm just waiting for Steve to get back to me, he hasn't replied to my e-mail I sent last week and a recent PM. Hopefully I can get one again in the near future. I was a late order, April 2008...so I doubt he has even...

Bardoon

Great looking hat Steve!

Steve, hate to bring this in here but I sent you an e-mail regarding my AB order and was wondering if you got it. Name on it is "Darren"

Bardoon

Keep in mind too that with an 80's fit you can't wear much thick clothing under it. It fits quite snug to the body so the most you could wear is a long sleeve sweater/t-shirt if it isn't too puffy. I keep my 80's fit for the Fall-like weather and use my Standard (which i can fit a fleece or somethin...

Bardoon

I wanted to give a huge thumbs up to Wade and his excellent products AND service. :) I ordered a Raiders belt and a ToD belt & holder from Wade and they came to me looking fantastic and extremely durable as well! I had an issue with the Raiders gunbelt and Wade was very polite and great in makin...

Bardoon

I have two Westeds...one is a Special offer "Screen Accurate" Raiders and the other is my Goatskin "Street Wearable" Raiders. My screen accurate is getting plenty of wear right now as we have cooler, autumn weather but I will switch to my Goatskin as it gets colder and I can wear...

Bardoon

If I didn't know better I would've said that YOU were the stunt Indy in those photos!

Bardoon

My intention? My original intention of this post was just to start a discussion. and for that, i think it has blossomed very well. Beyond that, it matters very little to me what anyone considers a whip or not.... thats the great thing about this hobby and any other like it.... its a very personal h...

Bardoon

I've done this crack before, or something very similar. It's one of my common ones that includes a variation of an overhead crack. Anything that I do that follow essentially the same motion as the overhead, I essentially call it "a variation". I've done ones where I would start the motion ...

Bardoon

Very nice!!! :D They look fairly brand new, did you just get all three of them recently? Saddle Tan is such a beautiful color, I might have to get that color next time around. You have a very nice collection there, and those whips are all gorgeous. I'm actually showing off some of the exact same whi...

Bardoon

Gus uses cowhide on his whips correct?

It looks fantastic and cowhide can take a little more effort to get a crack out of it at first!

Bardoon

BOTH WHIPS WITH 9 FT. STRAIN 'RAIDERS' (my first whip) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/DMital/IMG_0438.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/DMital/IMG_0439.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/DMital/IMG_0441.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/DMital/IMG_0444.jpg You can see h...

Bardoon

Just got this puppy in over the weekend! Unfortunately I could only crack it on Sunday (we had Hurricane Hanna bringing down A LOT of rain here in Virginia on Sat.) and it works like a dream. I know this is one that we've all seen many times before but what the heck, show them off right? An 8 foot. ...

Bardoon

I've spoken about this before but you can clearly notice the difference in the handles from the Morgan to the Jacka. I actually prefer the Morgan-style handle because the Turk's head knot is a natural flow from the handle to the tear-drop shape. When I grip my Joe Strain RAIDERS' whips, I feel a muc...

Bardoon

Blueskyz, I hope you can get your situation worked out and bob up there is giving you some additional ammo right there to fire off to G&B. Save those photos of his and e-mail them along with yours for a comparison! These leather jackets are EXPENSIVE and for what we all pay for them we should GE...

Bardoon

1. You have a JOE STRAIN WHIP, this is most important. He is the man and one of the best whipmakers around today. RESPECT THAT WHIP. 2. Like it was mentioned before, practice on grass...rough ground and gravel is NOT good for the whip as it will damage the leather. 3. If you didn't buy a whipcrackin...

Bardoon

Looks great! Adding the foam is a good idea as well!

I might have to get you to build one for me!

Bardoon

I have 2 Westeds. 1 Special offer Lambskin RAIDERS (with the big 6.5 x 8 pockets...but I like them) and 1 Goatskin RAIDERS that is currently back with Wested getting the pockets altered to a size I like better. I wish Wested would keep a "news" section on their site when they make alterati...

Bardoon

wrong thread to sell things, put this in the bazaar.

looks nice though.

Bardoon

Glad to hear you are keeping your Strain! My fall looks the same way with less "scarring" though because I got Pecards right when I got my whip. I've been applying it to the fall every other cracking session. Don't worry about it though as the fall is supposed to go through this type of be...

Bardoon

Hey Shag, great videos with a beautiful and unique whip!

Just out of curiousity, have you shown your fellow instructors and students your whipwork? What is their opinion on it all?

Bardoon

Don't get that whip dirty!

Aren't you selling it for a Morgan!?

Bardoon

You actually might want to call Wested and ask them. They have been changing pocket sizes recently. I ordered an OTR Special Offer Raiders in April. Got it around May...the pockets were about 6'' x 8''. I then ordered a custom Standard Goatskin Raiders and asked for the Special Offer pockets. When t...

Bardoon

A very unique and creative idea Shag and well, well, WELL done by Lauren!!! It looks beautiful and amazing!!! A very cool twist on a whip and mixing it with a Katana's handle. I love it!!!! Can't wait to see some videos of this baby in action, perhaps a Katana too to go with it? 8) Is that a 6 footer?

Bardoon

Adam you are the man, please stop making these videos cause you make us all look bad!

Spectacular work and the best #### whipcracking artistry I've ever seen!

Bardoon

When you look on the inside of some leather jackets, there are strips of leather that run down along the INSIDE of the jacket parallel right next to the zipper. These are the inside leather facings. Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but the main purpose is to protect the cotton (or whateve...

Bardoon

I think you might be using too much Pecards. I usually apply Pecards on the fall about every other whip-cracking session. And it's only AFTER I'm done and then I let it sit and dry.

Bardoon

Bardon. I understand your concern, but SA aside: Do you like the jacket? If you do then why worry about SA. I love my jacket, but if a Indy Jacket teqnition got hold of my jacket; I am sure that they would say this is wrong, this is perfect. I am just happy that I have an Indy Jacket; as I have sai...

Bardoon

I can see the "wet noodle" idea behind it but it does seem to flow out very nicely! Thanks for posting the video BWB!

Bardoon

The pockets on my new Wested custom standard (40R) are 6" wide by 6.5" long. The pockers on my Special Offer Wested (40R) are 6.5" wide by 8.5" long. I understand you may like the PLATON pocket style, Holt, but I somewhat prefer the larger pockets. I can even see the small holes...

Bardoon

Looks beautiful BWB!!!

Though I love the coloration of the KotCS Bullwhip (I have one of my own), I have to admit I much prefer the design specs of the Raiders whip.

Bardoon

The pockets on my new Wested custom standard (40R) are 6" wide by 6.5" long. The pockers on my Special Offer Wested (40R) are 6.5" wide by 8" long. I understand you may like the PLATON pocket style, Holt, but I somewhat prefer the larger pockets. I can even see the small holes on...

Bardoon

Just got in my Custom RAIDERS Standard (Goatskin) from Wested. Beautiful jacket and it's perfect with everything I asked...excepppptttt..... The pockets are like a quarter-to-half the size they're supposed to be. I've noticed a few other people mention this in other threads. They almost look like PL...

Bardoon

From my short experience, any tricks that keep the whip close to the ground will be more difficult to perform. Keeping the whip in the air is very important to a lot of the cracks. Of course there's also the fact you have longer "hangtime" as the whip moves through the air. If you're a tal...

Bardoon

Congratz on your whip Shag!!! It looks beautiful and Mr. Joe Strain DOES NOT DISAPPOINT!!!!!!!!!

Bardoon

Ok, it seems no one has caught it yet, so ill point out something funny in this video........ Notice what falls off the first "dummy" to get hit... :-) Nice video Shag! I like seeing the whip being implemented in this way, its much more unique than the cracking videos we usually see. Is t...

Bardoon

That 10 ft. KotCS is beautiful!!!! Congratulations on finally getting your own!

I love the little 14 incher too, good job Lauren!!!

Have you tried cracking the 10-footer yet Paul? Any consideration to perhaps try getting a 8 footer in the future?

Bardoon

Did you have a Raiders "Special Offer"? That has the 80's cut that people mentioned before and will indeed be tighter around the upper arms/shoulder area. I'm a lean but muscular guy (about 5' 9'',5' 10'') and I have big shoulders and I certainly feel some of the tightness in my Raiders Sp...

Bardoon

My advice is that you've lost it. 8) :lol: I would never EVER give up a Strain for a Morgan. Maybe that's just me but Joe Strain's work is art and you are getting a whip that I would say is vastly superior to what Morgan's shop puts out nowadays (for half the price too!). If having a whip with that ...

Bardoon

Mannie, stick with a 8 foot whip.

It's almost like a car, once you get it...you wish you got that extra feature you were debating to get.

Bardoon

Congratulations Shag!!! You will NOT be disappointed at all.

I'll be eager to hear a review since you're going from a 8-footer to a 9-footer while I did the opposite.

You might find some of your tricks harder to do!

Post more pics once you get it!

Bardoon

Beautiful whip and coloration! It looks aged to perfection with the way the darker leather came out from Bernardo.

If you hadn't mentioned it was new, I really would've thought the whip was several years old.

Bardoon

What does he use as the handle core on the KotCS? I don't know :? Maybe Bernardo will grace us here and answer that! Okay, I'm going to speak on the design and shape of the handle and that Turk's head knot. I know some of this has been brought up before in previous discussions. This is by NO means ...

Bardoon

Congratulations!!! It looks fantastic and you're lucky to have an actual Jacka whip!!!

It looks beautiful, enjoy your cracking!

Bardoon

Upcoming 2009 Whip movie: CASTLEVANIA ...based off the video game which you could say the whip plays a BIG part in its story (more so than Indiana Jones) as is imbued with magic to destroy vampires and other monsters and has been passed on through generations in the Belmont family. Any 80's kids/vid...

Bardoon

Thanks Shane! And thank you for your advice as well once again. I have the flick down now thanks to you! It's much easier to do a Figure-8 with a 8 ft. Bullwhip as well. That extra foot on my Raiders was hard to keep in the air (though some of my overhead variation cracks look spectacular on my long...

Bardoon

Just got this in this past Saturday! Beautiful whip by Bernardo with a lovely whiskey color and black knots just like in "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". It handles extremely well and I can assure you that in my backyard you would still think it's 4th of July when I'm swinging away. http://...

Bardoon

Bernardo said he was finishing up my whip last week and shipping it out Wednesday, hopefully I'll get it by the end of the week!!!!!!! He must have been working on yours right before mine - he said mine was going to be shipped on Friday until I reminded him it was a Holiday. So it should ship this ...

Bardoon

Looks like the hat Indy would wear if he was a Pimp!

Bardoon

I have a 9 ft. RAIDERS Replica by Joe Strain and it is amazing! It handles well and is just now straight to break in since I got it back in late May/early June and I've been cracking it consistently. I also have a Del Carpio on the way (8 ft. KotCS) and I am eager to compare the work. However, I can...

Bardoon

I followed some advice from my fellow whip-crackers here and on MOST of my cracks I go AGAINST the curve. Especially on the flicks and I feel it produces a louder crack because it is the OPPOSITE of where the whips want to go, perhaps giving it that extra resistance when the whip is flicked out and ...

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