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Posted: Mon 27. Jan 2014, 19:39
by Ralph Masemann
Very nice whips Tyler! Thank you for sharing :)

Ralph

Posted: Tue 28. Jan 2014, 02:00
by Jonathan Lewis
Wow.

Posted: Thu 6. Feb 2014, 21:11
by Alex Lewis
Love the fancy plaiting with the all black thong.

Posted: Mon 10. Feb 2014, 21:47
by Giovanni Celeste
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 :-)

Posted: Tue 11. Feb 2014, 01:32
by Tyler Blake
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."

Posted: Thu 13. Feb 2014, 00:47
by Guest
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

Posted: Thu 13. Feb 2014, 03:52
by Caleb Krug
Not sure what Pokkis just said, but I'll go along with it! ;)

Posted: Tue 4. Mar 2014, 06:06
by Tyler Blake
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:

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Posted: Tue 4. Mar 2014, 06:12
by Robert Gage
Fabulous whip, Tyler. I am deeply envious of whoever is getting this one!

Posted: Tue 4. Mar 2014, 06:40
by Caleb Krug
Ah, that explains it! :) Clean looking work as always!

Posted: Tue 4. Mar 2014, 11:05
by Robby Amper
Good looking whip, my friend. Like Caleb said...as always!

Robby

Posted: Tue 4. Mar 2014, 14:25
by Bobbi Holyoak
Beautiful! I'm going to need one of those one day.

Posted: Tue 4. Mar 2014, 17:54
by Jonathan Lewis
Another beauty....

Posted: Tue 4. Mar 2014, 18:10
by Guest
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

Posted: Tue 4. Mar 2014, 18:20
by Einar Stephenson
Beautifully done very cool.

Posted: Tue 4. Mar 2014, 23:42
by Tyler Blake
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.

Posted: Wed 19. Mar 2014, 01:20
by Tyler Blake
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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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

Posted: Wed 19. Mar 2014, 01:31
by Carl Feairs
I like it alot!

Posted: Wed 19. Mar 2014, 01:42
by Bobbi Holyoak
So Beautiful!! I love all the details. Great job!

Posted: Wed 19. Mar 2014, 01:44
by Jonathan Lewis
Tyler, that just looks great. I've got nothing else to say about it. Just great.