Club Obi Wan

Here are a couple of whips that I made this weekend. they are 8ft and 10ft in length. Thought I would share my whips for viewing. If you are interested in getting some of these from me, email me at purewhips@yahoo.com Or on my website www.purewhips.com






All questions and comments are welcome. Thanks.

What type of hide are you using?
What is the weight for a 10' whip?

The whips look great. I know from experience that you do nice work.

Good luck
-Boggs-

Oops sorry I missed adding that part in. It is cowhide at 3-4oz hide on both the 10ft and 8ft.

Gus,
Great looking whips! Sorry I've been out of touch for a while. I just had to con my wife into letting me buy G-Mann's Wested goatskin jacket, so, I now have to wait until after the new year to get a whip from you. I guess you could say I'm whipped. Don't worry, though. I won't forget.

Until then,
Ron

Looks pretty nice. All I see is that the wrist loop needs to use a finer braid/plait.

Hey that's cool man. I'll be around here for a long time. I'm all kinds of whipped also. Lol. Laters.

Hey that's cool man. I'll be around here for a long time. I'm all kinds of whipped also. Lol. Laters.

Here are a few more whips. One is a hat band 3ft long, the other is a tan Indy 8ft.

Very nice work!
How long roughy does an 8ft take to make from scratch?
Always wondered.

Not bad Gus. The two things that might nitpick about are the variations in the widths of some of the strands. Its more noticeable in the 2nd picture of your first post but I’ll give the benefit of the doubt and hope that It just could be the picture angle or the way they are sitting together, but I seem to recall seeing that issue on some of your whips in the past that I have looked over. I like to see more uniformity in the width of each strand. Even though there is always a bit of leeway in width from one to another as they are hand cut, I don’t like to see a strand noticeably thinner setting next to another when I am looking for a whip to purchase. Secondly I’d really like to see more refinement in your wrist loops. Even though its just a cosmetic thing, you have these finely plaited whips, in my opinion a big clunky loop just takes away from the over all appearance of the whip. Anyway just a bit of some constructive criticism, otherwise they are looking good and I’ve heard good things about the way they handle. I particularly like the look of the 8ft dark tan bullwhip you did.

Dan

I think it's interesting that the strands don't seem to taper, but look more or less the same width for the length of the whip - it doesn't seem to afect the taper of the whip though. Very interesting.

Do you cut by hand or do you use a australian strand cutter?

Hi I cut the strands with an aussie lacer.

On the cow hide I don't the strands much. I do it on custom orders when I am going through the specs. Even though they are not on a taper, the whip's belly is and that is where I put alot of attention on.

The wrist loop I can make any which way you want.

I know that in making Indy whips there are many specs that you look for to match what is in the Indiana Jones Films. These are my versions of them.

Thank you for all your comments.

conceited_ape wrote:Very nice work!
How long roughy does an 8ft take to make from scratch?
Always wondered.

It takes me anywhere from 6 to 8 hours making a whip. Depending on what all is wanted in a whip. Lates man.

Hey Gus,

Your whips are getting better! I agree with Indy Doc, the wrist loops look a bit too coarse on those whips. I would sugest you to try a 6 plait version, with finer strands. That's what Morgan whips have, and it will also look better on those 12 plait whips.

Lastly, try making the wrist loops 6 1/2 inches long. That's the "proper" length for an Indy whip.

Regards,

Bernardo

Cool thanks Bernardo. I will do that on this whip I have for a friend of mine. I'll post pics of it here when I'm done with it.

purewhips wrote:

conceited_ape wrote:Very nice work!
How long roughy does an 8ft take to make from scratch?
Always wondered.

It takes me anywhere from 6 to 8 hours making a whip. Depending on what all is wanted in a whip. Lates man.

How do you do that?
It takes me about 6 hours just for the overlay on
a 6-8 footer.

Seriously,
You must move like a ninja.

Adam

Mr. Wolf how have you been man? Ain't heard from you in a long O time.

Once I start I don't stop. Been doing so many whips that I just do it like second nature.

But I think the secrete is that I have been playing video games since I was very young that I got very fast with my hands. Or it might just be OCD gotta get it done and right.

Lates Man.

Right on! do you still play videogames to gus, for me thats an old habit that I doubt will ever die, .

Nice looking whips,, keep on rollin rollin rollin, like that song from Limp bisket sez, hahahha.


Cheers.


Jim J.

Sup man, Yeah I still play games. I have them to thank for the way that I am. When I'm not whip making or gaming I race 1/8th mile in my full bolt on stang.

Yo thanks for the comments on my whips.

Don't drink and drive, but the real one is don't drink and crack whips!

Wow, 6 to 8 hours is REALLY fast The last whip took me at least more than 30 hours

I guess if you cut strands using an Aussie strander, and don't taper them, then cutting is going to be a whole lot faster than cutting tapered strands by hand. Do you skive all the laces?

I skive all my laces. Put them through a splitter to keep all the strands in uniform thickness. As the same for the bolsters. There is a slight taper but not much to them. This is cow hide not roo. Roo you can have them 1/8in in width and they will still have great strength. I want these whips to last a good while.

Whip making is what I do. Lates.

very nice lookin whips. i love how many whip makers we have around here

Cool thanks. I'm makings whips till the good Lord lets me. Laters.