Club Obi Wan

Things have been a little slow around here the last couple of days so I just thought I'd share a couple of recently finished whips and see if anybody has any constructive criticism or comments.

My first attempt at an Indy Style Whip. Obviously not perfect but not bad. 6ft



And an 8ft. Cow whip just for fun. First time I've made a wooden handle.



for more pics http://imageshack.us/g/11/imgp9589.jpg/

That's nice, I've only made one nylon whip, a kind of stock whip for a certain 7 year old I know who loves me more now

One thing that does look like it needs work is strand drops, with nylon since you can't cut stuff out of the bolster to make no bumps

with nylon I suggest you use this method for dropping:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVgz6EwKQcE

I have never tried this method since I have not made a nylon whip since I saw this video, but I plan on attempting a kind of

Performance Hybrid sometime this summer, but it seems to work great since you won't have bumps, which was my main problem

with my nylon whip.

Hi Holmes. Great job at whipmaking.

As you said, the Indy whip is not perfect. The taper changes abruptly on the last third, but it good.

On the other hand, I like better the cowwhip. Has a nicer taper.

Thanks for the comments and compiments!

riku1914 wrote:That's nice, I've only made one nylon whip, a kind of stock whip for a certain 7 year old I know who loves me more now

One thing that does look like it needs work is strand drops, with nylon since you can't cut stuff out of the bolster to make no bumps

with nylon I suggest you use this method for dropping:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVgz6EwKQcE

I have never tried this method since I have not made a nylon whip since I saw this video, but I plan on attempting a kind of

Performance Hybrid sometime this summer, but it seems to work great since you won't have bumps, which was my main problem

with my nylon whip.

Thats pretty much the method that I use and it works well. My problem comes near the end of the whip. when the belly gets to be really thin towards the last three feet or so I have trouble keeping my seams straight and While I'm working on straightening a seam the drop zones will end up being looser than the rest of the whip. just needs practice.

Marhala wrote:Hi Holmes. Great job at whipmaking.

As you said, the Indy whip is not perfect. The taper changes abruptly on the last third, but it good.

On the other hand, I like better the cowwhip. Has a nicer taper.

Yeah I'm still working on the taper. Thats the first 16 plait whip that I've ever done so I'm still refining the design.

Holmes wrote:Thanks for the comments and compiments!

riku1914 wrote:That's nice, I've only made one nylon whip, a kind of stock whip for a certain 7 year old I know who loves me more now

One thing that does look like it needs work is strand drops, with nylon since you can't cut stuff out of the bolster to make no bumps

with nylon I suggest you use this method for dropping:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVgz6EwKQcE

I have never tried this method since I have not made a nylon whip since I saw this video, but I plan on attempting a kind of

Performance Hybrid sometime this summer, but it seems to work great since you won't have bumps, which was my main problem

with my nylon whip.

Thats pretty much the method that I use and it works well. My problem comes near the end of the whip. when the belly gets to be really thin towards the last three feet or so I have trouble keeping my seams straight and While I'm working on straightening a seam the drop zones will end up being looser than the rest of the whip. just needs practice.

Marhala wrote:Hi Holmes. Great job at whipmaking.

As you said, the Indy whip is not perfect. The taper changes abruptly on the last third, but it good.

On the other hand, I like better the cowwhip. Has a nicer taper.

Yeah I'm still working on the taper. Thats the first 16 plait whip that I've ever done so I'm still refining the design.

I understand completely, my seams usually stay almost perfectly straight until I get past the second belly ( talking leather ) then

I really have to pay attention.

Holmes wrote:Thanks for the comments and compiments!

riku1914 wrote:That's nice, I've only made one nylon whip, a kind of stock whip for a certain 7 year old I know who loves me more now

One thing that does look like it needs work is strand drops, with nylon since you can't cut stuff out of the bolster to make no bumps

with nylon I suggest you use this method for dropping:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVgz6EwKQcE

I have never tried this method since I have not made a nylon whip since I saw this video, but I plan on attempting a kind of

Performance Hybrid sometime this summer, but it seems to work great since you won't have bumps, which was my main problem

with my nylon whip.

Thats pretty much the method that I use and it works well. My problem comes near the end of the whip. when the belly gets to be really thin towards the last three feet or so I have trouble keeping my seams straight and While I'm working on straightening a seam the drop zones will end up being looser than the rest of the whip. just needs practice.

Marhala wrote:Hi Holmes. Great job at whipmaking.

As you said, the Indy whip is not perfect. The taper changes abruptly on the last third, but it good.

On the other hand, I like better the cowwhip. Has a nicer taper.

Yeah I'm still working on the taper. Thats the first 16 plait whip that I've ever done so I'm still refining the design.

I understand completely, my seams usually stay almost perfectly straight until I get past the second belly ( talking leather ) then

I really have to pay attention.