Club Obi Wan

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As far as I know there was only one Hassett's 4 Corners. I've talked with Charlie Hassett and he said there's been a few timing variations throughout the years, changing which crack gets the accent, but it's still 4 cracks in the overhead plane. With John Brady's '4-corners', he was basically doing...

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riku1914 wrote:Looks great!

What he said.

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Wow! threads like this get revived so often that it would almost be easier to make it a sticky so new members don't have to ask about jrzjoe.

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That's incredible! That really looks fantastic!

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That is super cool! It's like a whole new, untapped side to whip performances! Mad props for that one

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Beautiful workmanship!

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In my experience waxed crakers aren't bad if you A) have a good waxed thread, and B) break it in well. Waxed crackers last a really long time and can be good crackers, BUT they hurt like no other if you mess up wich is why I don't use them if I'm trying to learn something new. http://img843.imagesha...

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Nice work. I really love the coloration of this whip!

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follow this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqJ5sFodvKI to a video by whipmaker Rhett Kelley. He, as is common for nylon whipmakers, uses steel to go into the thong but it would traditionaly be done by just shaping the wood unless I'm mistaken. Awesome! Thank you, That really helps! I guess eve...

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follow this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqJ5sFodvKI to a video by whipmaker Rhett Kelley. He, as is common for nylon whipmakers, uses steel to go into the thong but it would traditionaly be done by just shaping the wood unless I'm mistaken.

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Sweeeeet!!!! I gotta try it

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Very Immpressive and just adds to the legend of Adam Winrich.

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Thanks for the replys everyone! I must say though, I'm not really sure what route to take here because we seem to have conflicting opinions. If the reason for a tight keeper is so the stretch won't matter than I won't have to worry about it because (do to cost) the only thing I can work with is nyl...

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True but the stretch is pretty minimal once its all plaited. Of course that is with a round braid, I suppose I should experiment with a flat braid like would be on the keeper to see how much stretch is left in it.... You've proven a good point

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Thanks for the replys everyone! I must say though, I'm not really sure what route to take here because we seem to have conflicting opinions. If the reason for a tight keeper is so the stretch won't matter than I won't have to worry about it because (do to cost) the only thing I can work with is nylo...

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Hi Holmes, Stock whip keeper , lenght will depend on width, with the hinging being on the handle keeper with little or no hinge on the thong . It should be loose enough that the handle keeper be able to hinge in any direction. you dont want it too tight. Thanks for the info. Do you mean that the ha...

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Thanks for the replies and the advice. I think I got an idea of what I'm gonna do now. Riku, thanks for the video post bernie's videos are always great.

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How big should the loop on stockwhip handle and the loop on the thong be. I'm wantin to make a nylon stock whip and I have no idea what size the keeper loops need to be to make a good transition, so if anyone can measure thiers or if any whipmaker has any advice it would be greatly apreciated.

Thanks

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Good looking Whip. You really captured the raiders profile IMHO

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Thanks for the comments and compiments! That's nice, I've only made one nylon whip, a kind of stock whip for a certain 7 year old I know who loves me more now :lol: One thing that does look like it needs work is strand drops, with nylon since you can't cut stuff out of the bolster to make no bumps w...

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thats pretty awesome. Good find.

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Thats a great looking whip. does it have a shellac finish?

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Things have been a little slow around here the last couple of days so I just thought I'd share a couple of recently finished whips and see if anybody has any constructive criticism or comments. My first attempt at an Indy Style Whip. Obviously not perfect but not bad. 6ft http://img11.imageshack.us/...

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http://www.winrichwhips.com/adam-store.html

or

http://www.whip-basics.com/clips_and_dvd.php

I've never used either but they both have a good reputation among whip crackers and should be "G rated"

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Whoops lets try that one more time. http://www.originalprop.com/blog/2010/0 ... more-22085

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Found this link over in the grail diary section. I don't know how many whips were used in the truck chase scene but at least the one in this video can show what they looked like (assuming of course that its the real deal). http://www.originalprop.com/blog/2010/0 ... more-22085

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I have a freind who tried something like that..... he didn't do that again. Good Job

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Marhala wrote:I didn't know Jrzjoe made some of the whips for Raiders of the Lost Ark...

Aldo.

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Not Bad for a first whip!

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Did I hear someone say "Laser Whip"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4PGSzxB ... re=related

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Very Cool Trick! Looks like a nylon cow whip. Did you pull that off with a nylon fall? I've always heard its harder to wrap with nylon rather than a leather fall.

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Those are some nice whips!! It always amazes me too see how screen accurate some the whips posted here are.

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Looks nice

hope you enjoy your first stock whip!

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Lukes Roommate wrote:We sure do!
Despite the fact you want us to try the Arrowhead of Doom and get all cut-up like an extra in Gangs of New York...

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Indiana County Jr. wrote:I try to help all I can to keep people from getting struck when doing complicated cracks, and save some folks a lot of welts...

Allen

And we all appreciate that quite a lot

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Nah, not that bad! :lol: Keeping the whip straight is the trick during the side changes, just go slowly. :TOH: It sounds so simple and harmless when you put it that way :roll: . Thanks for the advice though, I figure I'll give it a try. My only worry that nags in the back of my head is that the whi...

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Riku, For a fourth whip, It looks pretty good :tup: As for the lightness of the whip, how did you make your core? The vinyl is going to be much lighter than leather and would probably require a weighted core to work properly. However, May I recommend you substitute the vinyl lace with nylon para-co...

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I guess I'll go next. -Refine the volley. I can get six consecutive cracks about 50% of the time. -Refine the Tasmanian Cutback, Cut my leg tryin to learn that one. Never wear shorts boys and girls #-o -Start doin some basic two handed work. - I'd also like to try the Arrowhead but I think I'm still...

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It didn't even occur to me that untanned deer hide is still rawhide even though its not from cow.

Thanks Marhala

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someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think you'd have to tan the the hides before they can be used for a whip. If that is the case I'd look into using something like this From Cabela's or this From Murphy's whips . I've also thought about tanning my own deer hides before since it would be a less ex...

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I didn't do a diamond plait on the handle cuz the material wouldn't cooperate, i hope when you said if i had any pics you meant of the whip and not my finger :lol: :lol: Yes I meant the whip and not your finger. That must have taken a long time to plait all that. I've never heard of anyone using a ...

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I've heard of people using Buckskin before but I've never actually tried it myself.

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riku1914 wrote:you think that's bad? my first "real" whip i recently made was a 20 plait, with strands just over 2.5mm wide, my fingers were SO torn up, i finished a couple days ago and they're still healing

sounds insane to me. Got any pics.

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I feel your pain I try not to take breaks between whips so I can keep my callouses There is good news my last whip with a 5' thong only took 5 hours to complete so I am getting faster and keeping my seams from wondering! Sounds like you're doin good work. I'm still working on keeping the seams strai...

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That is AMAZING work. Making whips like those must have taken forever!

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Glad to hear that you liked it. Shooting is one of my favorite things to do, careful with that "fever" though it'll attack your wallet lol :BD: Thats why my collection is pretty much limited to affordable WWII surplus, I mean come on at 80 bucks for a solid built mosin nagant you can't go ...

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Wow. It appears that Mr. Wheatley did very good work! I agree that the whips at handmadewhips.com look very similar to Mr. Wheatley's. As for the handle attachment, I can't speak for how each whipmaker does his specifically, but usually there is more handle than what you can see in the finished prod...

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Lol I thought that wooden handle meant swivel handle :roll: ... whoops. I can't say I know who Leonard Wheatley is either but if his work looks like that than he must be good. Well If anyone out there knows how the handle attachment is done on whip like those in the link than I would be very interes...

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Thanks for the input. The reason I was really Interested is that I saw the work on this site http://www.handmadewhips.com/index.php and just thought it looked pretty cool and didn't know how they were made. I guess if they're harder to handle because of the transition though i'll just stay away from...

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Hey guys, relatively new here but I had browsed this forum years ago when you didn't need an account to view. So here's my question, I've tried my hand at a few whips with varying success but I's like to try a wooden handled bullwhip but don't know how the handle attachment would work on a swivel/wo...

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