Best Raiders photo showing bullwhip
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Re: Best Raiders photo showing bullwhip
Great photo, Tomek!
Ok, now to muddy the waters a bit. A tightly coiled 8 footer, or still a 10 footer?
Ok, now to muddy the waters a bit. A tightly coiled 8 footer, or still a 10 footer?
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Re: Best Raiders photo showing bullwhip
theres a lot of whip there, i say 10 footer
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Re: Best Raiders photo showing bullwhip
I'd say it's 8 footer. Take handle's lenght and mark it around the coiled whip, the end of visible portion of braiding is at around 7ft and it is thin. I think that there is just a feet of braiding, so my guess is 8ft lenght.
What are your opinions?
What are your opinions?
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Re: Best Raiders photo showing bullwhip
Awesome pic, Tomek. It is my second favorite pic EVER of Indy. I have been looking for a full nice copy in sn 8x10 or something and use to see them everywhere and now they are all gone. Thanks for posting!
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Re: Best Raiders photo showing bullwhip
Judging by hat, jacket and background - where was the photo taken? Raven bar set?
Re: Best Raiders photo showing bullwhip
10ft. It's hard to make out, but there are4 braided coils. Plus there are other pics from that shoot where it is clear that the whip is longer than 8ft - this one for example:
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Re: Best Raiders photo showing bullwhip
Based on Tomek's photo, I would've confidently called an 8 footer.tomek9210 wrote:I'd say it's 8 footer. Take handle's lenght and mark it around the coiled whip, the end of visible portion of braiding is at around 7ft and it is thin. I think that there is just a feet of braiding, so my guess is 8ft lenght.
What are your opinions?
Thanks to Moses, now not so sure.
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Re: Best Raiders photo showing bullwhip
That picture is actually cropped. The full version shows Harrison's foot propped up on a rock, and you can see the hitch strands at the end of the whip, and the fall. I always thought it was an 8-footer.
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I believe that this is from a promotion photo shoot cuz I remember seeing this in sync with Raiders first coming out. I believe it is just a cave wall as several other shots from this also have the same type of background....included in the series is the other photo posted above....the full shot has the cave wall in the background.
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I believe the prevalent thinking is it is from an early costume testing as he still has his "Han Solo" do.
Re: Best Raiders photo showing bullwhip
It's clearly a 10ft - just that in the OP pic, one of the coils is parially hidden making it look like fewer coils and therefore an 8ft.