Know the difference yet?
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Okay, how about now?
Allright, if you can't figure it out, this will make it more obvious:
And if you still can't get it:
If you can't see the card identifying the Del Carpio, then as a short hand, the Del Carpio has the slightly lighter Turkshead. I didn't keep them on the same side from photo to photo.
The major similarities should be obvious, so I'll only mentioned the main differences.
The Strain has thinner cut strands, the Del Carpio has slightly wider strands. The Del Carpio wrist loop also has wider strands than the Strain.
Other than that, from a visual perspective, they are virtually identical, and both offer excellent SA details. Both men are top whip makers and I tip my hat to both of them for delivering such wonderful products.
At this point, I won't be offering my thoughts on "which I like better" etc. I've owned an 8' Strain for the past year, so I know Joe's work somewhat, but I literally received the 10' Strain a week ago, and the Del Carpio today, so I'm not ready to come to any conclusions as far as these two particular whips go. I don't think the difference in length will account for any great difference in my opinion of them, but I will say, in a general way, how much one foot can make a difference in cracking routines.
If you are dying to know my thoughts, feel free to PM me, and I'll give my more specific opinions there.
Thank you, Joe and Bernardo, again!
More pics to come later!
DHW
"Ain't nothing like package day!"
I once read about somebody saying that Joe prefers to put polypro crackers on his whips, so I thought that was the reason the whip had a polypro cracker. 
