11ft Bullwhip Project

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Brandon "Sparky" Lam
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Post by Brandon "Sparky" Lam »

Thanks Roger! I feel like the extreme length of it really helps with the flow.
You definitely should! Personally I just can't get over the feel of waxed whips, they feel so much more solid than unwaxed (though that's probably because I am 100% certain that water won't change anything in my whip)
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Brandon, when the dew is heavy in the mornings, I can practice with both a waxed and an un-waxed whip and throw by throw the un-waxed one gets heavier and less accurate as well as unruly in it's behavior due to it's soaking up moisture from the grass.
I agree, a waxed whip seems more connected and, "alive" to me.

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Post by Charlie Carpenter »

Wow, that looks like a great whip, really impressive! It moves wonderfully well, a pleasure to watch
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Post by Brandon "Sparky" Lam »

Thank you Charlie!

Ron, definitely agree with you there. While a good paracord whip is waterproof, imo it isn't waterproof until you make sure water can't get in :P
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Post by Ron May »

Absolutely right Brandon.
Other wise it's just water resistant.
Wax at 250f until all the bubbles stop rising works for me. On average that's about 45 min. of soaking.

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Post by Brandon "Sparky" Lam »

I've been doing mine for 20 minutes or so, might do it for a bit longer in the future.
I think mine bubbled so much just due to the fact that it's a thick whip, and has a lot to fill up.
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Post by Charlie Carpenter »

Interesting, I think I'll have to give mine another dunk then, they were only in for 5 or so. The pot wasn't large enough to get it all in so I had to ladle it on in places.
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