I'm getting ready to buy a spool or two to make my own crackers. Does anyone have any experience with other sizes of nylon other than 138 or experience with Polypropylene Thread? And are there different sizes of the polypro thread? If so, which is the best for crackers? And why?

Thanks,
Joe

My guess is that when the whip is delivered, it will be coiled with the curve (whipmakers can correct me if necessary). It will be pretty easy to find. As I stated in a previous post, it's only after I've been working with it a while that it sometimes takes me a little while to find it (and by that ...

Joe, Give it time, learn to "feel" where the whip wants to go to crack. All of my whips handle completely different and that took a while to get into my head to learn how to pay attention to when you "feel" the curve start to form. Once you have that down, all the cracks seem to...

Well, after about 6 hours of use the Forehand Vertical Crack and the Sidearm Crack (DeLongis style) are starting to make a little pop. All other cracks on both his DVDs crack with little effort. :whip: Something else I've noticed is that after the whip sits a while, I can find the natural curve with...

When I visit Anthony with a new whip he likes to bend them a little bit, but he starts about maybe 6-8" from the ring knot and bends it with the curve from there, to train it to curve tightly, which is what he likes. The reason he skips that first few inches is because the transition is there ...

Since I'm currently breaking in a new whip (my first one), I started searching for posts regarding the best way to do it. The answer I found was just to use it. So why the post, you ask? I seem to recall posts that said that massaging the whip with you hands was not a good idea. I'm not talking abou...

You choose wisely... The combination of 8 ft. in length and a 10 inch handle gives you real control. Looks like a great whip. Multiple cracking and target work. Tell us how it works, okay? Thanks Robby, that was my intent exactly with the longer handle. I wanted a whip for multiple cracks, target w...

Well, I received the whip in record time but only just now had a chance to give it a go (he shipped it on Saturday and I got it on Tuesday...Monday was a holiday). I just finished up a practice session (about an hour and a half). Being that is is my first all Roo whip I really don't have anything to...

Paul just sent the pics and they are stunning :D It's an 8 footer with a 12 inch handle and a strong 2 inch transition. Thanks Paul!!! :clap: http://www.pbase.com/scavoj/image/112858120/original.jpg http://www.pbase.com/scavoj/image/112858160/original.jpg http://www.pbase.com/scavoj/image/112858525/...

Anthony De Longis was the whip trainer for KotCS. He is an awesome whipmaster and martial artist. He taught Indy a whole new style. Anyhow, I ordered his whip DVD's and am very impressed with his method. He takes you from the very basics and builds upon it slowly. He uses the "railroad tracks&...

It would be nice if this was a whip for costumers who just went a simple nice working whip. I've purchased many items from Todd and all are of very high quality...including the Deluxe Bullwhip. I purchased it as a costume piece that I could learn on. I've gone through Anthony Delongis' Whip Master ...

gwyddion wrote: (wow, this is hard to describe without pictures)

Yes, but an excellent description. Thank you.

Now I understand what I didn't understand. It was simply my ignorance of the military hem. I had been trying to figure out why it looked the way it did at the bottom.

Thanks,
Joe

I suppose the turned up portion sort of parallel to the hem there doesn't seem to be an effort to make it parallel to the ground. It's inside the trouser leg so I guess it doesn't matter either way. :). But the Stitch will show on the outside of the pant leg. I'm getting my pants hemmed by a tailor...

I guess I didn't explain myself correctly. The bottom of the hem (the part that touches the boot) is shorter in the front that in the back). The stitching is about 3 inches above that. It's the stitching is where I had the problem. It may be because I've never hemmed a pair of pants before :roll:, b...

One image I forgot to post yesterday! The bottom of the hem is at least 4 layers of cloth sewn together, no wonder they stay hanging the way they do. http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/41/hemanglevy0.jpg Please forgive my ignorance but from the picture, it's difficult to tell if the stitch is paral...

The pants are hemmed in a classic military style. I think I recall that the front part of the hem is one inch higher than the back, and the hem stitch is about four or five inches from the bottom. They hemmed Indy's a little higher than a normal military hem so that his pants wouldn't get caught on...

I'm REALLY interested in it but I'm curious if any one C.O.W has gone there before :-k . Does anybody know off hand what the rates are for the training? Any Info would help:) :whip: http://www.delongis.com/indalo/index.html Edit: I just noticed his page hasn't been updated since 2006. So... Does he...