Club Obi Wan

Hi all,

Yet another new Indy Bullwhip! Guess who made this one...

Bernardo
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<img src="http://www.cerebrio.net/latigos/image_02.jpg" border="0">
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P.S. Yeah, I know, the jacket is not an Indy...

D@mned if I know, but it almost looks like a Morgan. Excellent plaiting, whosever it is.

Maybe it's just me, but I think he may be implying that this particular bullwhip is of his own work.

In Christ,
Shane

And if so, let's just agree that's a bang-up great job!

Hey Bernardo,

That whip looks awesome. It's kangaroo this time, right? 2 bellies?

I've done some experimenting with loading the butts of a few bullwhips, as you suggested, but I'm still not quite satisfied with how I'm fastening the lead inside the knob foundation. Morgan told me he uses tacks and string, but he didn't say how the whole knob-wristloop-overlay yoke-lead-spike all go together.

-Adam, www.winrichwhips.com

You were right Shane, its my work.

Hey Adam!

Glad you liked the whip. Yes, it is kangaroo, 12 plait, 2 bellies. As close to a Morgan bullwhip as I can make it. Even though I really like the way it turned out and would like to keep it for me, I have to sell it...I need the money to buy more whips! So, I've put it on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 25627&rd=1

You will find there more pics of it and also of a higher resolution.

And, here's another pic with my two "Precious":
On the left, my first Morgan 8 footer; center, my second Morgan, also 8 ft . I got it about 2 weeks ago, and its awesome!.
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<img src="http://www.cerebrio.net/latigos/image_01.jpg" border="0">
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Bernardo

Bernardo,
Personally in that side by side shot,
yours looks alot nicer. Your plaiting looks alot
neater than in that whip. That one is awsome!
You did a great job at it! I think you would sell tons of
whips if you showcased your stuff a little bit more.
Adam

Adam,
Thanks for your kind words, but it wasn't my intention in posting that pic to sugest or imply in any way that my work is better than Mr. Morgan's. Quite the opposite. I have the highest admiration for the man and his work (I think it shows) and one of the reasons I'm getting better in whipmaking is that he was generous enough to help me a lot, answering my endless questions on the phone. I also learned a lot by studying his whips and books. He is not only a master whipmaker, extremely knowledgeable, but a gentleman too.

Also, there is a good reason for everything he does. On my second whip, he cut the strands wider than the first one, and also the leather is a little bit heavier. He is well aware that using a thinner hide and thin strands will yield a neater whip, but his priority is to make a heavy duty bullwhip, one that will resist the hardest conditions and will last a long time.

Regards,

Bernardo

P.S. The following link will take you to a bigger version of the pic shown above with my two Morgans.

http://www.cerebrio.net/latigos/image_03.jpg

You sir, make a very fine looking whip! I have the auction on my watch list!