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bearbeast
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by bearbeast Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:41 am
This is my second attempt at making a mini bullwhip.
The point was to make the handle a little longer, so that the transition knot is outside the palm. I also wanted to make the heel knot a bit bigger so that it rests nicely in the palm.
The 12 roo-hide strands are cut more finely than my first version where I used leather scraps mostly.
Small Colt25 replica for scale.
Makers hand for scale.
This is the finest transition knot I have made so far (the strand is just a little over 1 mm wide).
You can see nice, high-resolution pictures here:
https://imgur.com/a/1JSFWNQ
Thanks for looking!
Cheers,
Bear
Canyon
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by Canyon Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:29 am
Another gorgeous mini whip! I love it!
bearbeast
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by bearbeast Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:48 am
Thank you so much, Canyon! I am quite happy with it and it's so much fun to carry it everywhere with me.
IndianaJustin
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by IndianaJustin Wed Mar 13, 2019 2:31 pm
Great job again, Bear! Down the road I may want to get one of those.
bearbeast
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by bearbeast Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:26 am
IndianaJustin wrote: Great job again, Bear! Down the road I may want to get one of those.
Thank you very much, IndianaJustin!
cool! I can't ship outside the EU, at the moment, though....
DeLano80
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by DeLano80 Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:46 am
Maybe a dumb question.... Does it work?
bearbeast
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by bearbeast Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:50 am
DeLano80 wrote: Maybe a dumb question.... Does it work?
Not dumb at all! You need to use a bit of force, as it lacks the weight of a full size whip, but it cracks amazingly nice.
It is even quite loud, enough to bother the ears if cracking inside...
Cheers,
Bear
bearbeast
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by bearbeast Sun Mar 17, 2019 11:31 am
DeLano80 wrote: Maybe a dumb question.... Does it work?
Hey! I made a quick video today showing my mini-whip in action:
https://youtu.be/bLjrHzGm0Ys
Cheers,
Bear
