My First Indy
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:37 pm
Hi folks,
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Got my first Indy Style whip, and it's a beaut! It's a Russell Schultz with an eight point finish at the keeper. I ordered it from WSP.
Breaking this gorgeous ten footer in has been quite the learning experience for me. Naturally, an enhanced appreciation for bullwhips in general became part of the program. I have owned a few whips in the past, and consider myself an accomplished handler, but nothing could prepare me for the enlightenment that came with graduating to this finely crafted and superbly engineered item. Prior to getting the "Indy", I had a cowhite ten strand froom Cattle Baron Leather Company in San Antonio Texas. I put that one through the ringer for some twenty years. I even swung on it more times than I care to recount! I'm certainly glad I got that out of my system, because the respect that the Indy whip commands is delivering returns that are immesurable. It handles like a dream. It cuts through the air with all the grace of a swan, and it delivers such an authoritative CRACK!!
I have a question about the keeper, though. I noticed recently that right below the knot, the core strand started to peek out through the braid. That strand ends right below the knot, and I can't tell whether that's intentional, or whether I snapped it at some point. All the plait strands are intact however, and I have not noticed any undue stretching at that point. Sorry I don't have pictures to illustrate this, but I guess I'm asking whether or not the core strand (which is dark brown) should run through the fall loop as well, or should it terminate just before the keeper leaving just the plait strands holding the fall on?
Thanks for indulging. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Ravenswood
[img]http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n56/ ... Indie4.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n56/ ... Indie4.jpg[/img]
Got my first Indy Style whip, and it's a beaut! It's a Russell Schultz with an eight point finish at the keeper. I ordered it from WSP.
Breaking this gorgeous ten footer in has been quite the learning experience for me. Naturally, an enhanced appreciation for bullwhips in general became part of the program. I have owned a few whips in the past, and consider myself an accomplished handler, but nothing could prepare me for the enlightenment that came with graduating to this finely crafted and superbly engineered item. Prior to getting the "Indy", I had a cowhite ten strand froom Cattle Baron Leather Company in San Antonio Texas. I put that one through the ringer for some twenty years. I even swung on it more times than I care to recount! I'm certainly glad I got that out of my system, because the respect that the Indy whip commands is delivering returns that are immesurable. It handles like a dream. It cuts through the air with all the grace of a swan, and it delivers such an authoritative CRACK!!
I have a question about the keeper, though. I noticed recently that right below the knot, the core strand started to peek out through the braid. That strand ends right below the knot, and I can't tell whether that's intentional, or whether I snapped it at some point. All the plait strands are intact however, and I have not noticed any undue stretching at that point. Sorry I don't have pictures to illustrate this, but I guess I'm asking whether or not the core strand (which is dark brown) should run through the fall loop as well, or should it terminate just before the keeper leaving just the plait strands holding the fall on?
Thanks for indulging. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Ravenswood
