Crystal Skull Knots
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Crystal Skull Knots
Hey guys, I always thought the transition and heel knots on the KOTCS whip were brandy, but after seeing some posts on Facebook I’m not so sure if the heel knot was brandy or whiskey colored. What do you guys think?
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Re: Crystal Skull Knots
According to the Indygear.com, Terry Jacka supplied whips made in saddle tan roohide. It was prop guys and Anthony De Longis who dyed the knots darker:
"Some of these screen used bullwhips appear with darker knots this was a result of dyeing. The responsibility of ageing and weathering the whips went to whip coach Anthony De Longis at the request of the films prop master Doug Harlocker.
“Terry's whip (the one's that Colin Dangaard arranged) were lighter in color and Doug said the whips needed to look old and worn and to match the colors of the prop whip he had initially given me. I used two coats of a leather dye that Colin gave to me; the one he uses to dye his excellent saddles.
I dyed all the Jacka whips the same so they would look aged at the request Prop Master Doug. I don't know whether they did any additional dying on set (to darken the knots) or whether just the normal wear and tear and dragging them through the dirt during filming and adding Dubbin to keep them moisturized changed the color slightly. The latter seems most likely." —Anthony De Longis"
I always preferred the original look on Jacka's whips - whip and knots in saddle tan.
"Some of these screen used bullwhips appear with darker knots this was a result of dyeing. The responsibility of ageing and weathering the whips went to whip coach Anthony De Longis at the request of the films prop master Doug Harlocker.
“Terry's whip (the one's that Colin Dangaard arranged) were lighter in color and Doug said the whips needed to look old and worn and to match the colors of the prop whip he had initially given me. I used two coats of a leather dye that Colin gave to me; the one he uses to dye his excellent saddles.
I dyed all the Jacka whips the same so they would look aged at the request Prop Master Doug. I don't know whether they did any additional dying on set (to darken the knots) or whether just the normal wear and tear and dragging them through the dirt during filming and adding Dubbin to keep them moisturized changed the color slightly. The latter seems most likely." —Anthony De Longis"
I always preferred the original look on Jacka's whips - whip and knots in saddle tan.