Adam Winrich style whip (Page 1 of 5)

This will be an interesting experiment, Jyri.  As you describe it, Adam's method just sounds lazy!

Jyri, I'll be interested as well. The stock whip process Nick put up last year has actually worked well with some modifications, but a stock whip and bullwhip are different beasts altogether.

Wolfgang, I believe you are right about the transition.

It is necessary to help transfer the energy put in to throwing the whip down the thong in the loop created.

With out a firm / strong transition a lot more energy, read muscle, must be put into a whip to make it crack.
But again, that's his style of cracking. I'm not saying it wrong, just not my way.

It's more impressive to me to make each crack look effortless and easy, even though it's not necessarily so.

His kind of cracking reminds me of Shakespeare, "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

Ron

Wolfgang, he's a good performer, and has a lot of skills for what he does.
I'm also not saying it's wrong. It's just not my preferred style to do or watch.

The part of the quote that fit my view of his style was the part about sound and fury, signifying nothing but sound and furry.

Each to his own.

Ron

Ii am also very interested in this Jyri

I've watched this video. He makes whips that suit his performance style and I have nothing bad to say about that. Whip making is like many other human endeavors-there are many ways to arrive at a desired end. What works for you is what is important.

I've made whips that are bound tightly from the core through 3 bellies with closed-loop binding, I've made whips that have no binding whatsoever, and everything in between. Cow whips and stock whips actually seem to work better with less binding. I have a bullwhip from Blake Bruning that has very little binding and the transition is still very stiff. I have a whip of Bernie's that has moderate binding (if it is made the way he shows in his videos) and it is a lovely, heavy, slow-rolling whip. I've made cow whips and stock whips with little and no binding at all that I think perform superbly. I've got an 8-foot bull that I made when I first started, that has electrical tape, carpet tape, and 3 bellies, all bound tightly. It is still one of my favorite whips to play with.

I've changed the way I make whips over the last (nearly) 3 years, always trying different things, always trying to make a better whip, always trying to learn, always trying to make something I am proud of. Everyone has something to add to this wonderful hobby, and people that are willing to share what they know are a relatively new thing in the whip making world, so I am always willing to look at what they have to offer and see if it fit into my style.

Having said all that, I have to say that no one, anywhere makes better whips than Rachel. she is my hero, my inspiration, and she set the bar on what I think a whip should be.  I love the whips I own from  Jessie and Jyri and Collin, but the little stock whip I have of Rachel's is the best whip I own, and that includes the ones I own from Bernie and Blake. I should have a whip from Glen Denholm in my possesion soon, but I  do not think that it will usurp the little stock whip that i got from Rachel.

The point, I guess, is that everyone has different needs and ideas of what a whip should be. It is very much a personal preference. Find what ever suits you and grow from there.

Rachel, own it.  its truth.  I saw that with one of your first cow whips I cracked when we met years ago.

Here is the belly

Here is the english eye.
I'm going to try to make the tip from 275 cord and add 550 when i plait more.

Here is the first add of 550. It was way easier than i tought.