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Northeast Ohio here!

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Very good looking whip there Riku1914. It seems to me you picked this right up and started running with it. Keep up the good work. I'll be interested to see what you produce as time goes on.

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Wow! Very, very nice.

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Good news for you fifthchamber!!

It cooled off enough today for me to get mine out there for a bit. It is a truly great whip.Im sure you will be every bit as happy with yours as I am with mine.

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I ordered my whip in early September of 2010. The wait was longer than I had expected but in the end it was well worth it.

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Wow that was pretty darn amazing. I wish I could move my Jacka like that, but Im nowhere close.

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yes and she also had very large feet....not the foot so much as the toes.

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It wont be long now. Once you get it in your hands you will completely forget about any waiting you did.

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Yes. I use the Paul Stenhouse post all the time to figure out what lengths to make my strands. It took me a while to figure out how to read the charts but once I got it , it became pretty easy.

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Im so happy with it. $\:D/$ Its far and away the best whip I have now. It cracks so easily now I'm anxious to see how it feels once it gets broken in. I'm sure you'll love yours InexorableTash

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Hooray for package day!! My whip arrived today.Its every bit as amazing as Bernardos pics led me to believe. My cell phone camera cant do it justice so you'll all just have to be satisfied with the pics we already have. According to the tag, this is a Heritage whip. I'll talk a bit more about it lat...

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Looks Dead on. You do fantastic work.

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Well I like the solid red, especially since its that darker red. Very nice set.

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Thats one snazzy whip.

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Thanks everyone. The wait has been a bit longer than I anticipated but I'm sure it wasnt any longer than necessary. Im sure the moment I touch it the wait will be completely forgotten. While what I originally ordered was a Golden DM Daren, I gather that there were a few polite emails exchanged betwe...

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I make my cores with 3 staggered length pieces of paracord filled with ballchain all twisted into a sort of rope. I hold them together with a few small pieces of tape (which I remove as the plaiting gets closer) Then a 6 plait belly then an 8 plait belly then a 12 plait overlay. The transitions are ...

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I just got a set of pics from Bernardo. My 8' whip is on its way !! :D It looks amazing (as does all of Bernardos work that I have seen) and I cant wait to get my hands on it. So without further ado. The pics. http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/719/1008128.th.jpg http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/3...

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Great looking whip! Wasnt there a thread just recently about why whipmakers ask for payment in advance? This could be an object lesson.

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I smell a troll

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Use a vise. It really helps keep your work straight. http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/186/img20110418175944.th.jpg The strap of thick leather in the vise is to hold the whip. You put it down in the U shape. You do still have to be careful with overtightening but it does hold your whip nicely. I ha...

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I second that recomendation for the Ron Edwards book. I feel that it is by far the easiest to understand of all the different tutorials. The drawings really make the difference I think. I never would have gotten the jist of the turkshead knots it weren't for that book.

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The edges have most of the stretchy parts. I use them for the inner parts. I make my overlays out of the center. Good Luck Riku1914 I have only made a couple whips from leather. I think its easier to work with than nylon and not so rough on the hands but there is more work to do overall.

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I use the ball chain. I think it ends up a bit lighter than the other ways but it works just fine.

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The Paul Stenhouse sticky up at the top of this forum is invaluble for figuring out what lengths your strands and bellys should be.

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Sounds like you really had a run of bad luck with whipmakers las year. I hope this year turns out better for you and that this thing with Brower turns out good in the end as your dealings with Graeme did.
In the end all I can say is good luck.

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I wonder how hard it would be to find a ring like that made from Damascus

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Yes Im kind of stubby in the height dept too and after a winter with no whipping and only 1 summer of cracking before of that my arm needs a little more work to properly use that leverage. And thanks, Im glad to have it. Its from our own DarenHenryW and it is spectacular. Now all Im waiting for is m...

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Excellent looking whip Kwad. I like the look of a whip with the accent ring.

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I want to get the hang of my 7' Terry Jacka. The long handle adds alot of leverage which really changes things. Plus I'm trying to use the DeLongis style so right now its almost like starting over and the few things I already knew are evading me

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IMO I dont think it will do any harm to a whip. Anthony's been doing it that way for quite a while , at least since Mastering the bullwhip was originally recorded and he looks young in that. If it was ruining his whips I dont think he would still be promoting it. It's not so much aginst the natural ...

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Im doing my first stock whip right now. Its much harder than I was thinking it was going to be but I have already identified a few mistakes that I will need to change next time around. What are you working on?

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Its so beautiful all I could do was stare at it. Truly astounding.

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Well our friend DarenHenryW made my decision rather easy. I purchased from him a 16 plait 7' Terry Jacka De Longis Handled whip. The tracking number he gave me has been telling me that tomorrow it will be here. It really made my day today when I walked into the house to see it laying on the kitchen ...

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Crazy cool Gorak , simply crazy cool

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next season or Spartacus on and the whip is seeming to be more prevelant in the story. It is a stockwhip handed down to a character who doesnt know how to use it yet.

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by regular I meant 8". Im still pretty new to all this. I may be generalizing things a bit. I have been thinking of bullwhips with a 8-10" handle as regular and De Longis style as having around a 13" handle with what seems to be a stiffer transition and a thinner thong.

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right now I am just doing simple cracking. Hoping to move towards multiple cracking. I have a few regular handled bullwhips. As of now though none from a top end maker (until my Del Carpio gets here). I think eventually I will have both. For now though I feel like Im leaning towards the Jacka.

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I just searched for Terry Jacka and found the austrialian whip co. Somehow I dont think I have seen this site before. It seems now to be between a Strain and the Jacka. decisions decisions.

thanks for the input everyone

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All I am really asking is where can I find a de longis styled whip other than shootist? I want to see what all my options are so I can make the most informed decision that I can.

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I just got my income tax refund and I am planning on buying another whip. I am torn between either a Joe Strain lonestar 8'or an Anthony De Longis style whip. Where would be the best place to find an whip in that style? Ive been looking at shootist whips. Is there someplace else that I may not know ...

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Great news Daren!

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Very good news Daren. Soon it'll all be over and mostly forgotten. Also them are some snazzy whips

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I havent been able to try it out much. Too cold and too much snow. I did manage a flick or too and a few reverse cracks in my basement. It did what it was told and thats about it. I also didnt use kip as I thought but a petite tooling side from Tandy. Im not sure what the differece is but there it is

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27 views with no comments. Its good to see that everyones mother taught them that "If you cant say anything nice then dont say anything at all "

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http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8731/img20110130205933.th.jpg The 2nd leather whip that I have made. Its a 7'2" natural tan kip. I had the same problem on this whip that I had on my other kip hide hip. At the end I have a hard time keeping the braid as tight as it needs to be and I get some...

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thats very good news Daren. Its good to hear of movement in Bernardos list. I hope everything works as well on your other two fronts.

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This is really frustrating. I was told in the beginning that it would be 4 or 5 weeks and I would have it by the end of October. Since then I have been told 2 or 3 times that it would be a week till it was done and that all that needs done is the overlay. I hate to say it but its starting to feel li...

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Ok that settles it. Im driving down to pick it up. Does anyone know a shortcut from Ohio to Peru?

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So I got my pacifier whip today. Its a 10' burgundy bullwhip. Its very nice and will keep me from fiending so badly over my whip from Bernardo. However it did make me realize that I wont be able to do anything with it till spring. #-o I also had a dream last night. More of a nightmare really. I drea...

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