Very nice Franco! Thx for the handle dimensions, it always gives me a reference. The heel knot looks like a 6b 5p pineapple, maybe, but what is the transition knot?

Nice pics and video Shane. To either Shane or Joe, my standard question, what is the diameter of the handle. It always gives me a point of reference. Very nice whip, I like it!!!

I was going to cut and paste a couple posts from the AWPA site kinda' on this subject, but I think since it's 10" that they don't apply. The gist of the posts were that a whip will pick the correct length of it's fall. Meaning that if to long, it will shorten to the correct length over time. A ...

How long was the fall and how long is it now?

Keith, You're very welcome and I couldn't help but notice in the picture above that you have all that cut lace hanging about, cluttering up your area. You can ship that to me and I'll even kick in a little postage.....heheheheeee

WOW!!! You guys are way above my head on this.....

Keith, This isn't related to the subject, but I think you'll like the read (are you a sceintist or something?) I'm sure you've seen it though.

http://math.arizona.edu/~goriely/Papers ... (whip).pdf

Gary

Great post Paul, I'm copying that to a Word doc. Thank you!!!

Gary

Hey Keith, Thx for the compliments. They're getting better. They are a little heavy for sure and I can't wait until they get broken in to see how they finally fall. They do have somewhat of a natural curve and that's an interesting subject. I think there is another post on here that talks about that...

Hi Louie, I tried but just couldn't do it. (4 4 4 4 bellies) I finished the first two and did care for the wider strands that the last two were going to work out as. So it went 4-4-6-8 instead of the previous 4-6-8-10+overlay. This I call the Bumble Bee and still not happy with the taper exactly and...

Ok Keith, here's one of my last ones. I wasn't quite happy with the taper, but each one is getting better.

Be gentle....

Hi Louie, Yes. I start with a core and basically my bellies do run right around those percentages, give or take a small degree. I just started a 4-4-4-4 and will give some feedback. thx

KeepsaySF, I can't wait to see your next, bro'....

Gary

KeepaySF, I haven't posted any pics yet, but maybe soon.

Louie, I think I'll give the 4-4-4-4 a go, you've piqued my interest, thank you.

Gary

Hi Louie, I'll go 4,4,6,8 w/ 12p overlay or 4,6,8,10 w/ 12p overlay and the 4th bellies take me quite a bit longer than if I had been tying on a bolster since it is almost, if not entirely the full length of the overlay. Just my 2 cents.....thanks for the post.

KeepsaySF, First, that's a very nice whip and as I asked Franco recently, what is the diameter of the handle? It gives me a reference to scale as this can be difficult to judge in photos. Second, thank you for this post as I find it very interesting and hope it goes on for awhile. I too am a novice ...

Hi Andy, Check out Bernie's whipmaking videos on youtube and you'll make and replace your fall in no time....as Bernie would say,"Easy Peasy...."

Gary

Paul, Thank you for recognizing the need and passing on your information to us novice whipmakers. Keeping the art/trade going into the next generation is very important. Many trades have fell by the wayside over the years and it would be a shame to have whipmaking join them, only to be read about in...

Franco, very nice indeed. What is the diameter of the handles? Maybe 21mm or close?

Gary

Robby, This looks great!!! I don't have Vols 1 or 2, but I'll have to have the 3 Volume set. Very exciting.

Gary