I purchased one of Todd's new 6' whips recently with the intention of turning it into a Young Indy.
The new whips are the same quality as the old batch, however, the fall that came with it is unfortunately next to useless. Luckily, I had a Latigo fall purchased from Paul Nolan (If you need a new fall, go to Paul. They are, in my opinion, the best you can get!)
Here's the whip shortly after i received it....
I redyed the thong with using black Fiebings Pro Oil dye, and the handle section received a dose of red Fiebings. The indian tanned latigo fall has also been dyed black to match.
I did not care for the knots, so I retied them. The original butt knot was kinda squishy (the knot foundation was nothing more than a strip of suede, wrapped around a few time). I made the new knot foundation using lead sheeting, covered with leather. This resulted in a much better balanced whip. The new balance point is now about 1 inch from the transition knot.
Here's the finished product.....
And just to be artistic, one more shot with a few pieces of my gear....
I couldn't be happier with this whip. It still needs some more conditioning, and could use another rolling, but, I took it out to crack to day and was pleasantly surprised. For the first time ever, I was able to succesfully perform a volley
The balance is excelent now, and the whip handles unbelievably well.
It cracks with little effort and is sooo easy to control. Multi crack combos (which I could never accomplish with my other whips, even my other 6 footers) were a breeze.
Like my 8 foot Todds, the 6 foot has an excelent transition. The binding appears to extend about 14" past the transition, and gives the whip the feeling of one with a longer handle. I believe this has a lot to do with how well the whip handles.
I hope you folks like it as much as I do.
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Just kidding.