Tyler Blake

Ralph Masemann · Post by **Ralph Masemann** » Mon 27. Jan 2014, 19:39

Very nice whips Tyler! Thank you for sharing

Ralph

Jonathan Lewis · Post by **Jonathan Lewis** » Tue 28. Jan 2014, 02:00

Alex Lewis · Post by **Alex Lewis** » Thu 6. Feb 2014, 21:11

Love the fancy plaiting with the all black thong.

Giovanni Celeste · Post by **Giovanni Celeste** » Mon 10. Feb 2014, 21:47

Hi Tyler,
what a beautiful whip!!! very elegants!!!
the elegant nuances of the braid remind me of an elegant evening dress for men
Clap clap clap :-)

Tyler Blake · Post by **Tyler Blake** » Tue 11. Feb 2014, 01:32

Sorry everyone, I've been a bit swamped lately and didn't see all of these kind replies till now. Thanks to Einar, Bobbi, Jared,Fritz, Ralph, Jonathan, Alex, and Gio..Good thing I'm typing and not speaking or I'd be out of breath now

For all who commented on the color, I've decided to to use that as my new red- it's the "crimson" color from http://www.parachute-cord.com and I'll from now on use instead of the old red, which they called..."red."

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu 13. Feb 2014, 00:47

I'll let you all in a secret. Tyler is actually making and selling whips in order to make enough money for a replacement flux capacitor, he needs one to get back to the future.

This stuff does not just rock, it punk rocks. I lack the amount of thumbs to put up!

- Pokkis

Caleb Krug · Post by **Caleb Krug** » Thu 13. Feb 2014, 03:52

Not sure what Pokkis just said, but I'll go along with it!

Tyler Blake · Post by **Tyler Blake** » Tue 4. Mar 2014, 06:06

Thanks to Pokkis and Caleb! Pokkis, I may have to adopt that- "Exowhips- We Punk Rock!" I'd have to do one with a Misfits "Crimson Ghost" concho...Hmmm...Caleb, with the Flux Capacitor bit he was referencing the "Back to the Future" trilogy, which I supose is a little before your "time", youngster!

Here is the latest, bound for England- an eight foot long Night Train Variant, in that it's not all black:

Robert Gage · Post by **Robert Gage** » Tue 4. Mar 2014, 06:12

Fabulous whip, Tyler. I am deeply envious of whoever is getting this one!

Caleb Krug · Post by **Caleb Krug** » Tue 4. Mar 2014, 06:40

Ah, that explains it!

Clean looking work as always!

Robby Amper · Post by **Robby Amper** » Tue 4. Mar 2014, 11:05

Good looking whip, my friend. Like Caleb said...as always!

Robby

Bobbi Holyoak · Post by **Bobbi Holyoak** » Tue 4. Mar 2014, 14:25

Beautiful! I'm going to need one of those one day.

Jonathan Lewis · Post by **Jonathan Lewis** » Tue 4. Mar 2014, 17:54

Another beauty....

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue 4. Mar 2014, 18:10

Cool... As expected

The shorter handle makes the whip look really beefy in those photos. Or maybe that combined with the handle shape and the high plait count you get with dacron.

- Pokkis

Einar Stephenson · Post by **Einar Stephenson** » Tue 4. Mar 2014, 18:20

Beautifully done very cool.

Tyler Blake · Post by **Tyler Blake** » Tue 4. Mar 2014, 23:42

Thank you Robert, Caleb, Robby, Bobbi,Jonathan, Pokkis, and Einar

Caleb, have you really never seen "Back to the Future"? Man, that makes me feel old... Pokkis, it's all of the above...THe fellow who ordered this said he's rather tall, muscular and with large hands and he wanted a beefy, robust whip.

Tyler Blake · Post by **Tyler Blake** » Wed 19. Mar 2014, 01:20

OK, and here's a special whip that I made for our own Robby Amper- it's a 7 foot bullwhip with an 11 inch handle and lots of decorative features:

This whip was part of a longtime effort to get REALLY, REALLY close to kangaroo hide with the feel. This is the best yet, I feel so I'm glad it's Robby's

I used a heavier core than usual, two dacron bellies and one flat braid belly, and the overlay is 20 plait. Right at the transition is an aged brass collar:

I aged the brass myself with a product known as....drumroll please...Brass Ager! It works great, I had fun with that. More on the brass aging shortly, though- it has three different kind's of bird's eye pattern on the handle- Thanks to Jonathan for the guidance on figuring those out. Also, a beaded copper collar right above the Heel knot:

And finally, a concho/ buttplate, in aged brass with an inscription. I used a chemical mask process for the inscription (which reads: "For my friend, Robby Tyler Blake, 2014") because I leaned something important- while I give myself credit as an artist and especially a pencilist, I suck at engraving :P The test run for the engraving looked horrible, so I used a mask instead before aging the brass:

I hope you enjoy it Robby! Thanks to Mario for the excellent photography!

Carl Feairs · Post by **Carl Feairs** » Wed 19. Mar 2014, 01:31

I like it alot!

Bobbi Holyoak · Post by **Bobbi Holyoak** » Wed 19. Mar 2014, 01:42

So Beautiful!! I love all the details. Great job!

Jonathan Lewis · Post by **Jonathan Lewis** » Wed 19. Mar 2014, 01:44

Tyler, that just looks great. I've got nothing else to say about it. Just great.