Tyler Blake
- Tyler Blake
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- Tyler Blake
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Hi Everyone,
Here are a couple of interesting snakes:
This was originally going to be my Pipe whip prototype, but it came out just a wee bit too thin, so I thought it would make a nice Exosnake. I've wanted to do the red, black and yellow Coral snake pattern that Rhett and others do for a long time, so I went ahead with it here. It has a 6 foot thong, and it's bound at the base so it has nice leverage. I'll stick a video in the appropriate section, and both of these will go in the Sale and trade thread.
And then this one here, is kind of opposite, because it was supposed to be an exosnake, but the customer asked me to try loading both bellies and it came out too thick- it would have been HUGE with a carapace, so I made him another one and finally got around to turning this one into a snake:
It's 3.5' long, the person who it was intended for lives in Singapore, and felt he might get in trouble with a whip in a park so he was mostly going to practice in a tiny apartment.
Here are a couple of interesting snakes:
This was originally going to be my Pipe whip prototype, but it came out just a wee bit too thin, so I thought it would make a nice Exosnake. I've wanted to do the red, black and yellow Coral snake pattern that Rhett and others do for a long time, so I went ahead with it here. It has a 6 foot thong, and it's bound at the base so it has nice leverage. I'll stick a video in the appropriate section, and both of these will go in the Sale and trade thread.
And then this one here, is kind of opposite, because it was supposed to be an exosnake, but the customer asked me to try loading both bellies and it came out too thick- it would have been HUGE with a carapace, so I made him another one and finally got around to turning this one into a snake:
It's 3.5' long, the person who it was intended for lives in Singapore, and felt he might get in trouble with a whip in a park so he was mostly going to practice in a tiny apartment.
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- Tyler Blake
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Like always, Great and fine whips Tyler!!!!
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Ah, come on... I hate it when you do that. You show so much great skills - yet alone the seams!!! - your whips are fantastic, and I don't have the money to buy all of them I remember the first whip you sent me for my expertise, long years ago. And when I compare that to what you do now... I am careful with the word "master". But there's a reason why I invited you to the Mssters Gallery. I would love to say something new. But all I can do is to repeat myself over and over: Great work, Tyler. Amazing quality and craftsmanship.
Robby
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Thank you Gio, Roger, Rachel, and Roy! Thanks Pokkis, the black one with the loaded bellies feels good, it helps to have the extra weight in a whip that short. It's very kinetic, if that makes sense.
Thanks Robby! You shall make me blush!
Roger, when I talk about loaded bellies on any of my whips, what I'm doing is running leaded fishing line through all the strands of that belly. I've mostly just done that on the first belly, it ads a little weight and not too much thickness. Also, the weight tapers as the strands drop. And when you do it on two bellies...it adds a lot more weight and significant thickness. I've mostly done it on shorter whips, although I did recently put it on a Night train for Fritz, (first belly only) and I liked it. Sometime I mean to try loading two bellies on a long whip, it will sure be heavy!
Thank you Jose!
Thanks Robby! You shall make me blush!
Roger, when I talk about loaded bellies on any of my whips, what I'm doing is running leaded fishing line through all the strands of that belly. I've mostly just done that on the first belly, it ads a little weight and not too much thickness. Also, the weight tapers as the strands drop. And when you do it on two bellies...it adds a lot more weight and significant thickness. I've mostly done it on shorter whips, although I did recently put it on a Night train for Fritz, (first belly only) and I liked it. Sometime I mean to try loading two bellies on a long whip, it will sure be heavy!
Thank you Jose!
Yaprimascharif, Yahasanna Hadisany, elafinas tabachu, Dari chalemy elasin!
- Tyler Blake
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- Tyler Blake
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- Tyler Blake
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