8ft bullwhips project

[Jyri Haveri]

Thank you! I'm trying to correct my mistakes i made with the black one

[Guest]

Nice work there, keep it up!

Just one piece of advice. Build the transition binding so that it's firm over core and all bellies, it's not really a viable option to have a transition too limp over the first belly and compensating it by binding tighter on the next one. It works best to do it nice and firm all the way from core to last belly.


- Pokkis

[Jyri Haveri]

Second belly done.
Pokkis, thanks for advice, i bind all bellyes from the core and longer and longer between all layers. Now I tryed diamond plat on all transmissons if that works. It is stiffer than it looks

[Guest]

No problem.

The way I've done it a few times, the binding goes further by every layer. Not calling that the "right" way, but just food for thought. The number of ways to make a whip more or less equals the number of whipmakers, and even Tyler works with some paradigms I would never touch with the dirty end of a long proverbial stick. "Works for someone" does not necessarily equal "universally makes a totally awesome whip in my hands".

Rule of thumb. If it works for you and provides a result, it's as good as it gets. I bet my right testicle (bet my left one not too long ago, sorry, you have to settle for the second best of two) that if you ever tried to make a whip with the 1:1 recipe of how the best whipmaker does their thing, it will suck enough to remove fillings from your teeth. I would be more than willing to trade plans of a good whip just to carve this point in stone. You game? One gives detailed plans for the other, other follows it. Sounds like science to me.


- Pokkis

[Jyri Haveri]

Got my overlay started. Nice to plait outside once in a while.

[Jesse Bessette]

Jyri, that looks great. Love those colors together.

[Sir Roger Tuson]

Yes, nice colours. Would love to plait outside - don't you worry about dust and dirt on the cords?

[Jyri Haveri]

Thanks! I don't worry about it becose there is only very dry crass and clean tiling.

[Ron May]

Great colors, what are they?

Ron

[Jyri Haveri]

Ron, Don't know exaxt names but other is kind of bown and other looks gold.

[Robby Amper]

Aside of those great looking colors it looks like you have a whole lot of space to practice, right?

Robby

[Jyri Haveri]

Thats one of the reason I went out Robby.. It does not help when 9 months old girl wants to keep your strands in order

[Matt Henderson]

Wow, beautiful colours Jyri!

[Brandon "Sparky" Lam]

Very nice colour combo, looks amazing!

[Jyri Haveri]

Thanks guys!

[Jyri Haveri]

Overlay done! I'm going to give it a good roll tomorrow and make the fallhitch.
Robby you must have meaned plenty space for cracking practice yes there is plenty of space for that but i tend to go in to the woods near my home. Too many people next to my flat. Sorry for being slow

[Sir Roger Tuson]

Very nice looker, Jyri. Good taper and those colours really do work well.

[Ron May]

Jyri, I love the colors on this one.

Ron

[Rachel McCollough]

Jyri, that looks great! Nice colors and really nice taper!

[Sven van Leeuwen]

Jyri, I too like the colors and the whip seems to taper very well. I wonder how she'll handle.