He told me that his son has become a huge Indy fan (already has his own Fedora) and has been watching me practice with my whip. His grandma (my wifes best buddy) told him that I make my own whips, and he wanted to know if I could make one for his son as a birthday present (he was turning 6 soon). I ended up giving him a keychain whip I made for my wife (her idea).
The little guy was absolutely thrilled (he was already jazzed enough when I showed him my collection, the little whip blew his mind). I took him outside and and gave him a little lesson on the cattleman's crack.
Suprisingly, he was doing great! Followed directions, and tried to mimic my movements.
He probably would have gotten the whip to crack, but, it was just too small (32") and not really meant to be cracked.
After telling his great-grandma what potential he had, she asked me to make him a better whip for his birthday.
I decided a full size whip would be too big for him, so I made him a 1/2 scale Raiders whip.
It's 12plt, 4' in length with a 4" handle.
Here's the finished whip;
And just for scale, here it is next to my Todd's 8'
I just finished it and took it out for a crack. It works great!
I kinda don't want to give this one up.
So, here's to the next generation of gearheads
