One-on-one swap for Roger
- Craig Frank
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- Robert Gage
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- Matt Henderson
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- Craig Frank
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- Robert Gage
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- Craig Frank
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- Craig Frank
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- Joined: Thu 23. Jul 2015, 21:06
- Location: Arizona
- Craig Frank
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Some observations on Craig's whip:
Heavy - first impression is that it really is heavy. The diameter of the thong at the transition is 4.5cm, a full 1cm thicker than any of mine.
The plaiting at the top of the thong is quite loose, but that might be down to the weight causing strands to shift as it flexes. Further down, the plaiting is nice and tight. The taper is excellent, smooth and very consistent. There have already been plenty of compliments about the colour scheme...!
As to cracking, unfortunately there's a fairly big twist in the plaiting at the top before the seam straightens out (straight from that point all the way down I might add) and this causes a little confusion as to which way you need to hold the handle. It doesn't help that the handle design is also not lined up with the thong. However, once you start cracking you soon forget about that.
As I say in the video below, once you get the damn thing moving, it flows nicely and cracks well. It's all about the initial 'push' of energy. Get it right and the whip cracks. Not enough and all you get is a 'whoof'. The overhead requires a fair amount of wrist work to get the loop to form and my wrist started to tire quite noticeably fairly quickly.
It's a heavy, chunky whip. It works, rolls and cracks. All in all, a good piece.
Not the best quality for some reason but here's some video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SLI0Cy9tck
Heavy - first impression is that it really is heavy. The diameter of the thong at the transition is 4.5cm, a full 1cm thicker than any of mine.
The plaiting at the top of the thong is quite loose, but that might be down to the weight causing strands to shift as it flexes. Further down, the plaiting is nice and tight. The taper is excellent, smooth and very consistent. There have already been plenty of compliments about the colour scheme...!
As to cracking, unfortunately there's a fairly big twist in the plaiting at the top before the seam straightens out (straight from that point all the way down I might add) and this causes a little confusion as to which way you need to hold the handle. It doesn't help that the handle design is also not lined up with the thong. However, once you start cracking you soon forget about that.
As I say in the video below, once you get the damn thing moving, it flows nicely and cracks well. It's all about the initial 'push' of energy. Get it right and the whip cracks. Not enough and all you get is a 'whoof'. The overhead requires a fair amount of wrist work to get the loop to form and my wrist started to tire quite noticeably fairly quickly.
It's a heavy, chunky whip. It works, rolls and cracks. All in all, a good piece.
Not the best quality for some reason but here's some video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SLI0Cy9tck
- Robert Gage
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Sir Roger, it does indeed look like a very beefy whip.
1.77" is very substantial at the transition.
It looks like when you are putting the energy necessary, it does crack well.
Thanks for the review and thank you both for participating and following through with the swap. This is a good example of how and why it's supposed to be done.
Good job y'all!
On the overhead, are you stopping the thong so it falls in front due to lack of space or is that the characteristic of this whip?
Ron
1.77" is very substantial at the transition.
It looks like when you are putting the energy necessary, it does crack well.
Thanks for the review and thank you both for participating and following through with the swap. This is a good example of how and why it's supposed to be done.
Good job y'all!
On the overhead, are you stopping the thong so it falls in front due to lack of space or is that the characteristic of this whip?
Ron
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- Matt Henderson
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