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What a pretty pair

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Here is a brand new pair of 8 foot Indy whips.


http://www.dukewhips.com/PairofIndywhips.htm
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They look awesome Robert! I assume these are the two you were telling me about. I'm drooling... so how is my 10 footer coming along "wink-wink" :D Best Regards, Brett
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I'm about half way thru an 8 foot saddle tan Indy, then your 10 footer is next.
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I can't hardly wait! :D Brett
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Robert,
the pair looks just like a set of joe strains,
every time i see one of your whips they look
better and better. Keep doing what your doing,
cause i really love your work. And thanks for
all the help you have given me in whipmaking.
Maybe you should try making nylon whips to?
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Thanks Mola for the compliments.

It's kind of hard to stop what I am doing. It's a fulltime job. The orders come in so fast, I am never caught up. I was a bit surprised by the order for a pair of 8s. What made it more unusual was that it was for a lady.

I cannot even think if time when I'd make a nylon. I suppose I could advertise them and then take orders for them, but I really like working with kangaroo as I say in my signature.

I have been wanting a pair of nylon bullwhips by Steve Koliski of 21st Century Whips. I saw a pair that Riz (of Tampa) had in Dallas. They handled really nice, and I liked the neon color. They would look very good under a black light in a show. Only thing I wanted to change was the handle length. When working two whips in a freestyle routine like I do, I prefer a longer handle (about 16").

What I don't see among whipmakers is switching from roo to nylon. Usually once you are a nylon whipmaker, forever you will be and likewise with kangaroo. I don't know of one whipmaker that switches between the two. I love making kangaroo bullwhips with a passion!
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Where'd they go?

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Hi Robert: I went to both sites and came up with a page cannot be displayed screen. Has something crashed or could it be just my server. I would really like to see your handiwork.

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Robert, Is your website down? I can't get through.

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I just checked both the website and the link I posted. Both came right up.

Don't know what might've happened. Here's the picture anyway.
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I'm getting a "failed attempt" as well, and the photo above is the infamous red circle X. Something's either fishy server-side, or you've passed your allotted viewability for your site.

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Post by Robert Duke »

That's odd guys. I just checked again, and also asked my wife to check and it came right up for both of us.

So it it your server-side?
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Robert,
Tim bass makes nylon and leather whips and does
a good job at bolth. I love making leather whips
and nylon whips. Nylon has a use anytime, any
season in water & snow use. But it cant be made larger
and if its cut you cant really undo the cut if you made a mistake.
Leather can me made diffrent sizes and have diffrent things done to it.
Both materials are great and i love making whips with each material.
I understand what you mean by switching back and forth and such.
I dont have enough time & money to make leather whips that often,
so thats why i started using nylon most of the time. I can make a nylon whip in 2 school weeks but a leather whip in a school month. And on vacation i can make a nylon whip in 2 days and a leather thong for
a stockwhip in a week. School takes up lots of time and nylon is
just easier to use in my limited time.
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Post by zohar »

Pictures work great for me. Could be a dns problem with your ISP, Mike.
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