Young Indy whip

[winrichwhips]

This whip was inspired in part by the whip Indy uses in the first 'Young Indiana Jones' episode when he's fighting to get the Jackal in Mexico. It was also inspired by the first whip I made for myself when I was 11.

It's 4-plait cowhide, with a deerhide core, wood handle, approx. 6 ft long, and is geared toward the 10- to 13-year-old looking for a first whip that will take a beating. I would use this whip on gravel, concrete, or in wet grass without thinking twice.

Yes, it does have a wide fall on the end, which adds to the durability of the whip. The rest of the whip is constructed so that the whip balances with the wide fall.

I took out a pair of them today and could several two-handed routines without too much trouble.

I haven't settled on a price yet, but I'm thinking $40.

If anyone asks, "I like it, but can you make the handle all leather and put on a wrist loop, and use an Australian-style fall?", I say have a look at the Indy-on-a-budget bullwhip that I make.

-Adam Winrich
www.winrichwhips.com

[WhipDude]

Honestly, while I hate most whips like that, knowing that a great maker made it and how it looks very cleaned up and I like the color and all, heck, I'd even purchase that especially at that price! I assume that the braiding is muchhhhhhh tighter then your normal mexican whip?

[winrichwhips]

WhipDude, if you want to order one, I can braid it especially tight just for you

Though, in general with this new whip, to keep costs down, the strands are cut out and braided as they are; no paring/trimming and no plaiting soap. So, I'd say that this whip is plaited about as tight as one of your Mexican whips that sells for the same price. The difference is that I do more with the tapering/balancing of the whip, so it's easier to crack.

Though, as I said, I could braid one up tighter if someone asks me to. With the IOAB whips, however, I trim every piece of leather that goes into one, and everything gets greased. The IOAB whips are plaited tighter than this whip.

A note on the wide fall: I was fooling around with one of these whips and the wide fall cut from thin leather seemed to wrap and grab stuff easier than the long, thin Australian falls. I chalk it up to the fall having more surface area, so there's more friction when you wrap something.

-Adam

[BullWhipBorton]

I actually really like that bullwhip just the way it is, Its simple, effective and tough looking, It reminds me a lot of the bullwhips I used as a kid. I have a couple nephews that would love a bullwhip like that, h#ll I’d be very tempted to get one for sentimentality and to have a strong bullwhip just to mess around with too.

Dan

[Canuck Digger]

Hey Adam,
fairly new here and just saw this post. Glad someone is offering a better starter whip these days. This whip is a very good idea as opposed to the garden variety sub-standard things they try to pass of as whips on Ebay these days... Maybe with this as a first whip, folks who get into it will slowly move up to your IOB and then to a full-down-and-dirty bull like we all like them.

Good on ya mate!