Club Obi Wan

bernie47

Sounds like your whips have been stored somewhere warm and humid.Mold needs moisture to grow so storing in a humid environment will help that along. Try putting it out in the sun after you wipe it down and if that helps then give it a good coat of leather dressing

bernie47

While many bugs can be killed with a prolonged exposure to very low temperatures, ALL will dire from exposure to extreme heat. Simply put, either you freeze your whip for a month or two, or you pour enough boiling water over it to completely cover the entire whip and then let it settle until the wa...

bernie47

For emi shipping,(express post) from Australia to the US I charge $70.00 flat rate, (it's usually more) so I imagine Terrys charges would be roughly the same.For ordinary airmail it's $40.00 but cannot be tracked and can take up to 20 days for delivery.

bernie47

Oh G-d! I've been uneasy about cutting 2mm wide strands for a 16 strand riding crop!!! And here comes Bernie with 64 1.2mm wide strands!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: No doubt experience takes a big roll at it. Bernie, congratulations on such a beautiful whip! I found very interesting the concept of ma...

bernie47

What do you think, how many strands are 'useable' yet in cracking so not to be worried about breaking them? I mean strands on the thong, because I've seen Chris Barr stockwhip's handle which was 72 plait :shock: 20? 24? For regular everyday cracking you could go to 32 plait without any problems whi...

bernie47

SO cool!!! edit: you should take some video of you plaiting one of these, even just 5 minutes would be really cool to see. Do you use 4 plaited bellies with these also? and another edit : do you plait these from the point down like on your signal whips? I ask because it looks like the end of it is ...

bernie47

Haven't done one of these in awhile and then all of a sudden I had orders for two. Photos are of the first one finished. http://www.em-brand-whips.com/collectors/2625bullwhip.jpg http://www.em-brand-whips.com/collectors/pattern1.jpg http://www.em-brand-whips.com/collectors/pattern2.jpg http://www.em...

bernie47

Is there anything your can't do? Great work :clap: Jim I tell my grand children on a regular basis Jim that "Grandpa's know all and can do all". The youngest, who is 8 still believes me but the others just shake their heads and say, yes, we've heard it all before. :D I have to give credit...

bernie47

I was recently asked by a customer if I could make him a shoulder holster for his whips. He had seen a movie called The Gunfighters and in the movie one of the heroes had a shoulder holster for his bull whip. If you can get hold of this movie it is well worth watching just for the whip fight at the ...

bernie47

Probably should have. I don't mind anyone using photos off my site but asking first would be courteous and acknowledgement as to where the photo came from would be nice as well.

bernie47

Ok thanks louie, I'll get one of those! The steel I have is about .5mm thick, still too "springy" for steel? edit: how about the weight? About how much should I use for your average 8ft whip? http://www.em-brand-whips.com/indywhipinside/end-view.jpg A question riku, why have you used that...

bernie47

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...

bernie47

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. Have to disagree with you there. I make mine...

bernie47

I only make whips to order and keep none in stock. I do require either full payment when I start a whip or at least half deposit and the remainder on completion when I send a photo for approval. If there is a long waiting period I will tell a customer that I will be in touch when their turn comes up...

bernie47

Danny Dravot ESQ wrote:Wow, that is cool. With a whip like that on your hip, you could excuse an Ophidiophobe for trying to burn it with a torch!

I bet that had everyone reaching for the dictionary

bernie47

Hold your work in a vice when plaiting and that will help you keep the seams straight.

bernie47

Things seem a bit glum :( around here so here is a whip that I was recently commissioned to make for a customer in Canada in the hope that it brightens things up a little. http://www.em-brand-whips.com/bullpics/2533-thpomas-theriault-copy.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;&...

bernie47

I've been watching this thread for awhile now and it is with deep regret that I see this type of thing seems to have happened again. In the past ten years this has occurred twice to my knowledge, the first time with Matt Welsby,I think you would remember him Dan, and the second time with a whip make...

bernie47

I certainly recognise the photo of the bull whip and hat on the front page because the whip is one I made for a member here and he took that photo himself and actually posted it on this forum. Unless he is the owner of the site it looks like that was copied to start with sometime last year if my mem...

bernie47

You could try firing off an email to him and ask him.

bernie47

I was cruising through youtube and came across these blokes whip cracking to music, #### good I thought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVlJ9eqEXZU

bernie47

I personally think 8 strands make a whip stronger at that particular part of the whip whether you make the joint in the ordinary way or not but that is just me and other people will have different opinions .This is the part of your whip that will take the most abuse so it needs to be as strong as po...

bernie47

Have to chip in here regarding the tie off of the fall. I have been using this method for about 9 years now . I was told the method by Russell schultz , thanks Russell, and he was told about it by an old whip maker who's name escapes me now. Credit where credit is due. If your watching Russell let u...

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I think 10000 might be stretching it a bit Simon but I'll try and hang in there. As for Polish whip makers, must be in the blood.
Kind Regards
Bernie
From The Wild Western Tiers
Of Tasmania Australia
Where the women are strong
The men good looking and the
children all above average.
(Garrison Keillor)

bernie47

PS-Your expressions (fall off my perch...) kill me!

Don't know if that was meant to be a pun Franco but that's exactly what will happen

bernie47

Bernie, you should show your grandkids the pictures. Maybe you can inspire them to take up whipcracking after all? Sadly Simon no one in the family seems interested in whip cracking or making that's why I try to get as much information out there as I can before I fall off my perch. Our youngest gra...

bernie47

Unfortunately not I'm afraid. If you look into this a bit more you will find it boils down to big companies trying to drive smaller businesses out. There's a bit of a battle going on here in Tasmania at the moment between large meat companies trying to stop smaller operators from processing there sk...

bernie47

Looks like good old Government Bureaucracy is the same the world over.

bernie47

The pity of it all is that if they do decide to cull the roos not one of those skins will make it to a tannery.The reason for that being because they are not part of the official yearly cull so because of that they will most probably be disposed of by being buried.

bernie47

I look forward to seeing that trophy again Simon, it was a great day for Tassie when he won that because up until that time Tasmanian whip crackers where not heard of and young Chris took them by storm. I'll be up this Wednesday some time.It was even better when he won the adult trophy while still a...

bernie47

Sorry, couldn't help myself, not casting any aspersions on Queenslanders. I lived up there for about 10 years and it's a great place.

bernie47

You don't come from Queensland by any chance do you?

bernie47

Did you ever post the video of you cracking the 30ft whip you made recently on Youtube Simon ?

bernie47

Over the 37 years now of making whips I have pondered over this quite a bit. As you might know I only use plaited bellies in my whips replacing the bolsters normally used so I have four plaited bellies in each whip. When I was using bolsters I experimented by tying the bolster on in different direct...

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TASMANIAN

We always say two heads are better than one down here.

bernie47

Did you get any video of the younger whip crackers Simon? If you did it would be good to post it on youtube so we can see the little whipper snappers at work.

bernie47

When I first started sponsoring Chris part of the deal was that he come to some of the agricultural shows that I used to sell at and put on a demonstration. I used to be the dummy that held the baloons and bits of vegetables that he cracked out of by hands. At times back then he wasn't all that accu...

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Your right about Chris only being 14 Simon, getting old and forgetfull. I was just watching some old video footage of a couple of TV shows we did together and he gave his age on one of them at 13 which was just before he won the Australian championship. I remember his father bringing him up to see m...

bernie47

Yu arwe of corse rit cobber digger.

bernie47

"Every fair dickum Australian ought to know how to crack a whip. It's un-Australian not to."

That should read "Every fair dinkum Australian ought to know how to crack a whip. It's un-Australian not to." I think it was said by R.M. Williams.

bernie47

Thanks Nick, much appreciated. Nice looking handle by the way in under two over two. Turns out a nice pattern when done in higher plaits.

bernie47

Oh Dear! I find it hard to stop laughing. I keep getting this vision of a bull whip laying on the tanning bed with sun glasses on.

bernie47

The whips were made by Simon Martin. I was talking to him this morning and he told me about the video. Chris Beck was the Australian whip cracking champion at the tender age of 16. He stopped for awhile but now it looks like he's making a come back.

bernie47

A little movie that might be of interest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkwTIQgJpdg

bernie47

Just found this on youtube, an oldie but a goody.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zy1VhZ16CQ

bernie47

The best thing to do would be to get in touch with the whip maker if you are concerned about it and he or she will be able to tell you what is going on. I have seen a lot of these type of questions in the past on various whip forums and surely the best thing to do is as I said, get in touch with the...

bernie47

Try these pages on my site, pictures and everything.

http://www.em-brand-whips.com/bulltutorial.htm

bernie47

Alcohol is best I think. I don't use it on my whips because of the reason you have stated. Alcohol is used here in Australia as far as I know to make it up.I've used it for French polishing in the past and used metholated spirits which is a denatured alcohol. I use a 50/50 mix of a leather laquer ca...

bernie47

I'd like to hear what other whip makers on this forum have to say about this.Agree or disagree?

bernie47

I get asked this question a lot and it's not what's on the outside of a whip that counts it's what is on the inside that makes the difference between a good whip and a not so good one. I can only speak for myself on this, all my bull whips, be they 8 plait or 64 plait, have four plaited bellies, the...

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