A couple of recent whips

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A couple of recent whips

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Hi folks, thought I'd share some pics of a coupe of whips I recently finished. The natural tan is 10ft with wide cut strands and the saddle tan is 8ft with narrower strands. I'm particularly pleased with the saddle tan- it made a nice change from working in natural tan the whole time. The third whip in the last pic is my '92 Morgan
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Nice looking whips! All these 'Roo?

Where are you getting your hides from? That saddle tan looks really, really nice.....
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Nick, those are beautiful!!! Congrats!!!!
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great whips! i want one! :)
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Thanks for nice comments everyone
PyramidBlaster wrote:Nice looking whips! All these 'Roo?

Where are you getting your hides from? That saddle tan looks really, really nice.....
Yes, they're both roohide - I don't work in cowhide. I used to get hides from David Morgan but now I get them from a guy in Australia.
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You are an artist! Beautiful work!

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:notworthy: Oh man those are Beautiful, and I love the shape of the butt knots.
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Thank you all very much. Most of my whips are made in homage to David Morgan, but with the saddle tan I wanted to do something more like a Joe Strain - not quite such wide stands and a generally neater look than Morgan's. I'm very pleased with them both and have been busy annoying my neighbours with them. :wink:
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