Whip weight

[quattro]

Taper down to zero isn´t necessary because your cracker is the admesurement.

[Franco Zoccali]

I taper my falls too, but what is also important in a fall (to me anyway), is the rate of taper, just like in the main body of a whip. In a fall I start out with a straight, linear taper, but once I've stretch it out and I've skived and rounded the edges, it tends to not be perfectly linear anymore, but that's ok because the tip tends to be thinner than I could have cut it and my best falls have a very rounded shape, a good consistent taper and end in a rather fine point (but which is not much smaller than the thickness of the leather). This way the cracker is a natural extension of the fall and completes the whip nicely in a balanced fashion.

Falls are often too quickly glossed over and a fall must be carefully selected for the whip it is meant to go on. When done right, a well-balanced whip (which includes the right fall for THAT whip) is a marvel to crack and a joy to use.
Cheers,

Franco

[Dusty Damrel]

Falls are often too quickly glossed over and a fall must be carefully selected for the whip it is meant to go on. When done right, a well-balanced whip (which includes the right fall for THAT whip) is a marvel to crack and a joy to use.
Cheers,

Franco

I agree,

-Dusty