Inspired by Pokkis

[Sir Roger Tuson]

Thank you Pokkis for the inspiration you gave me to make a Baby Snake.
Flickr Image Here

I've decided to give it as a gift to the daughter of the lady I made my second whip for.
Flickr Image Here

The baby cracks pretty well for its size but is a little light towards the end and needs a bit of force to get a good sound.


(Sorry about the links but I can't seem to embed the Flickr images even after following the instructions in "Pictures!")

[Bobbi Holyoak]

I love pink and black. <3 The handle on the second one is really interesting.

[Guest]

Wow, I'm a bit speechless here. It's not every day I'm mentioned as source of inspiration.

How small is that snake? I would think it needs an effort to crack, the mini whip I made has a handle and it still needs a weird technique to get a crack out of (link to a video on the boredom whip thread). Anyways I like your idea there. Some extra customer care is always a nice thing


- Pokkis

[Sir Roger Tuson]

I love pink and black. <3 The handle on the second one is really interesting.

It was my first commission after showing my first whip on a motorcycle forum I'm a member of. Within two hours of putting up the pics I had a request to make one with a motorcycle grip as a handle. To be honest, it isn't a 'great' whip as it was only my second ever attempt but it does crack well and the handle does kind of work.

I'm looking into other billet aluminium grips as I think there is scope for a series of whips using different styled handles away from the usual wood, cane, carbon etc. Not particularly practical I would imagine but nice decorative pieces.

[Sir Roger Tuson]

[quote="Antti "Pokkis" Mäkinen"]Wow, I'm a bit speechless here. It's not every day I'm mentioned as source of inspiration.

How small is that snake? I would think it needs an effort to crack, the mini whip I made has a handle and it still needs a weird technique to get a crack out of (link to a video on the boredom whip thread). Anyways I like your idea there. Some extra customer care is always a nice thing


- Pokkis[/quote]
I can't afford to buy any more cord at the moment and after seeing your 'baby bastard' I decided to use up my leftover bits and pieces. When I found a couple of lengths of pink it was a no brainer to make a baby Snake to accompany the bigger pink Bull.

Heel to fall, it's 2' 2" with a 12" fall and cracker. It does the circus crack ok with a bit of force but for some reason it does the overhead with hardly any effort at all :/ and I can do the Horseman's crack with it which I have yet to master with any of my bulls. Go figure!

[Jared Routon]

The baby snake looks real good Roger. The reason the overhead crack is easier is because of the loop you make in the whip. For me I can get a better loop in the whip on the overhead as opposed to a cattlemans crack. The better the loop that flows down the whip, the better the crack.