Beautiful whip, how does it handle? I would really like to hear your opinion.

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You have a beautiful whip there Skip always dose excellent work.

It has been my experience that you will find that nylon whip makers use varying methods to create taper in a whip. One method sometimes used is to wrap the entire core length with electrical tape, vet rap or both to create a base taper to the whip. A whip constructed in this manner will require a lo...

My goal with the nylon whips I make is to come as close as I can to the handling characteristics of my latigo bullwhips. Although nylon and latigo are very different materials a carefully balanced and constructed nylon whip will be very similar in action and weight distribution to their leather coun...

Good question Indiana Jake, in my opinion there are several thing that make up a good nylon whip with the core being a good place to start. There are several core materials used in nylon whips from lamp cord to bb’s. Lamp cord takes longer to break in before the whip will perform its best, BB’s or b...

I wish you the best in this project, as I live with 2 Pit bull dogs and have the greatest respect for the breed and as a dog lover I hope you raze a lot of money for the shelter.

Thank you so much for the kind words I am glad you like the nylon work and the sites new look.


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Greetings I would like to introduce the nylon bullwhip line to floridacrackerbullwhips.com. My nylon whip line has been in development for several months now and I believe I have achieved what I set out to do, and that is to develop a nylon whip that handles as close to one of my latigo whips as pos...

Quite frankly I think you did a great job on the taper of that whip and in my opinion I prefer all braded construction I have been making whips that way for quite some time and my opinion on the subject can be found hear http://floridacrackerbullwhips.com/Bolster%20new.html .

In my opinion red hide as referred to in Australia is typically alum tanned cowhide ware as in the states latigo has become synonymous with vegetable tanned cowhide hot stuffed to produce a limited stretch leather specifically for the purpose of whip making. Limited stretch in leather is a very impo...

Thank you it is good to know that someone has taken the time to read some of the content on my site, I have tried to make my site as content rich as I can and I understand why you ask questions it is wise to do so it is the only way any one can make an informed decision. I will construct 8’ 12 plait...

Thank you for the kind words I too have always enjoyed working with it.

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Dear: All

I seem to be the topic of conversation of late and reading through the posts I would be happy to answer your questions to the best of my ability. As always I may be contacted through my web site or now in this venue as well.

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