My first whip

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My first whip

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Hello I wanted to share my 1st self made 6' bullwhip, made from nylon. All I could find locally was black for the body. Now I realise I should wrap the handle in a red overlay and change the turks heads to black and have a LC young Indy whip. Good enough for me, until I can rub my nickels together to get one made from leather. And it cracks good to all I need is a better technique. I used the tutorial I found over at the RPF.

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Post by USNavyBlueAngel »

Very nice job!! I really like how it looks... 8)
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Post by IdahoJones »

Thanks, Blue Angel.

I've been looking at the photos of the YILC whip. Does anybody know what the plaiting count I could use to match the pattern of the red handle? Any help would be appreciated.
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Post by TurnerME »

Nicely done. It looks great.
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Post by rjallen70 »

I am glad you liked my tutorial!
The whip turned out mighty fine. :)
The only suggestion I have for you is to tie a 5 part 4 bight knot for the butt knot, it will be less flat.
As far as the young indy whip , you could use the red for the handle, bind it where the TH will cover it, bind the black above it and plait on plaiter. Not sure if it will work as I have never tried it, but it sounds sound.
Or take the easy way out and dunk the handle in red plasti-dip.
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Post by Magno »

rjallen70 wrote: Or take the easy way out and dunk the handle in red plasti-dip.
Ron
I love that stuff, I would go for that if I were you!
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Ah.. Take the quick and easy path as Vader did.
once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny!
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Plasti-dip you guys are funny. :lol:
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Post by IdahoJones »

I wanted to share my finished whip after a bit more work. I wanted to modify it for a Young Indy LC look. So I did a red overlay on the handle and bound it under the THK. There's a lot of taper at the transition knot. But I like it. Now on to a 8' tan. :whip:

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Post by Cracker »

I think you did a great job, especially for a first whip. :)
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Post by knibs7 »

ya VERY nicely done for you first whip :)

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Post by rjallen70 »

Excellent!
Now get crackin' on that 8 ft!
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Post by IdahoJones »

Thanks guys. Especially to Ron for the great tutorial. :whip:
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Post by KatyBuckeye »

Your first one definitely looks better than my first one. Good job!
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Post by TurnerME »

Impressive improvements. Fantastic work.
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