bernie
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About 60 hours all up and used approximately 2 square meters of kangaroo hide.That translates to about three good sized hides.
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A bull whip that I made for a customer recently.
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How Do I Figure Out Plait Width For Braiding Handles?
bernie replied to ChrisHodge87's topic in How Do I Do That?
Better late than never. Multiply the diameter by 4.5 and then divide that by the number of strands you want to use. So if you have a diameter of 25mm,I use metric because I find it easier, multiplied by 4.5 equals 112.5 divide that by say 10 just to make it easy and your strands would be 11.25mm. If you have strands already that are a certain width just divide your number by the width of your strands and you will have the number of strands to use. -
In the Argentinian style for the pattern work,sorry I took so long to answer,haven't been here for awhile.As for keeping the pattern straight it's just concentration and lots of practice.
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Looks like a pretty good first attempt,good work.
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G'day All. I just finished uploading my latest video to my youtube channel http://www.youtube.c...eature=mhee on how to make a stock whip thong.This was #3 in a set of 3. I have quite a few videos on my channel, about 35 at last count that cover making a bull whip, 3 1 hour videos,knots,fancy plaiting and different types of plaiting. If anyone is interested just go to my channel and you might find something useful there. You are very welcome to download them onto your computer to watch at your leisure,there are numerous free programs out there that will allow you to do this and if you use Firefox for your browser there is an add on that you can attach to your toolbar. Hope these can be of some help to anyone starting out and if you have any questions regarding whip making or plaiting feel free to get in touch with me through email.I would be more than happy to answer any questions you might have.
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All to true. Lucky there are still some people out there who can recognize quality and are willing to pay for it otherwise we would all be on welfare.
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That particular whip sold for $1800.00 usd
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About 50 hours give or take an hour or perhaps two or three.You kind of get lost in time when your making something like this.
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That is an engraved sterling silver ring. When asked I supply engraved silver rings with initials or logos. I make each ring and engrave it myself to fit the whip.
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I was recently asked to make a 32 plait 3 tone bull whip for a customer. The commission was that the body of the whip had to look like a coral snake colours yellow,red,yellow black. The main thing and the most difficult was to make sure that the strips of colour went around the whip in one ring and not all over the place. Might look easy but it took a bit of working out. The handle design was left up to me.This is the photo I was given to work off.http://snakesfb.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/coral-snake.html
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I have a couple of videos on youtube that might be of some help. and this is #1 of a series of 4 videos tying the same knot in one colour.
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Thanks Caroline and thanks to all for the comments. Also thanks for the lighting tip Caroline.Just now purchased one on ebay from Melbourne so I can give it a try.
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G'day All. Just finished this stock whip for a friend consisting of a 24 plait black and natural thong and 32 plait handle with engraved sterling silver ring.Can't get a good shot of the ring because it is to bright so if anyone has any tips out there for taking photos of bright objects it would be appreciated.
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If your ever down in Tassie Jock make sure you come up for a cuppa.
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G'day All. I haven't made one of these for quite awhile and then all of a sudden i had two ordered. The strands on this whip are kangaroo hide 1.2mm wide and it took about 80 hours all up to plait.
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A very simple way is to multiply your diameter by 4.5 and divide by the number of strands you want to use.If you work in metric it makes it very easy to work out.I've used this formula for 38 years now and it has always worked for me.
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G'day All. Pictured is a 32 plait 8ft bull whip that I recently made for a customer in Canada The brief was to make the whip look like a diamond back rattle snake so it had to be done in three colours, tan,black and natural for the belly which isn't really visible in the photo.When I first started I thought to myself not a problem but as the work progressed and I had to undo about 4ft of plaiting three times I soon discovered that it wasn't all that simple after all. A lot of hand colouring had to be done to get the different shades but in the end I was quite pleased with the finished whip. Just waiting on the customer to get back to me on his opinion and it will be sent.
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The easiest way to figure out how wide your strands should be to cover a core is to multiply the diameter of the core by 4.5 and divide that by the number of strands to get your strand width. You will find that your strands will have to cover approximately 1&1/2 times the circumferance of your core to get a good cover. Kind Regards Bernie http://www.em-brand-whips.com