whip braiding

[rcsaddles]

Hey Tony,

Those look great. I think you are on the APWA site too, right? One day I would like to learn to do a whip from begining to end.

Here are pictures of the roo hide whip I made.

[carr52]

Those are some really great looking whips. I too have been using nylon to braid whips. Works great and they do crack real nice.

Tom

[Essentia]

That'd be me on the APWA forum, if there's a forum anywhere that even mentions whips you'll probably find me on it somewhere LOL

Tony

[tmroper]

I don't know what is wrong then but I cannot get it louder than a comfortable slap on the leg.

[The Major]

Out of curiousity, what do your falls and crackers look like? It may not necessarily be the plaiting of the whip, but the fall and cracker if you made them yourself. Some thoughts would be length of the fall being too short, wide, or thick. And maybe the cracker being too short. You may also want to look at how your fall is attached to the tail. If the knot work (for lack of better words) is too heavy, that might also be your problem.

Just my $0.02.

Edited April 2, 2009 by The Major

[tmroper]

Thank you for looking into the situation. The whip is 12' nylon 650 para cord and the fall is 24" and is a piece of the nylon 650 para cord (coreless).

I attatched the fall to the thong using a version of the snelling knot that is on dave morgans site. I have tried several different crackers with no better luck. Also I should note that the braiding is really good and tight and all the knots I pulled tight with pliers and smoothed real nice to cut down on resitance. I am able to get it to crack nearly every time but it sounds like a slap on your leg. Thank you for looking into this and if you need anymore info or suggest any changes I would be interested because it has frustrated me to no end.

Thank you

[Essentia]

It sounds very much like the fall is too flyaway....I used to use a bit of decored paracord fed back through itself so in effect double the weight your using, but even then once they were over 18 inches they didn't perform too well.....more recently I have been half decoring the cord then feeding the portion that still has a core back through the length that is decored, leaving a loop in the end so you can slide it on the thong and hitch it in the same way you would a leather fall on a leather whip, this is the best way to date and I cut the falls to 30 inches on a 12' no trouble at all.......

From the sounds of what your saying regarding how you tie your falls on am I right in my assumption that your whip has a twisted end rather than plaited to the end with hitches like the one in the picture?

Tony

Edited April 3, 2009 by Essentia

[rcsaddles]

You guys that are braiding whips with nylon, can you give me a name, phone number and/or link for suppliers? I have a little use for that kind of material but have not yet found a supplier.

Thanks,

Joe

[Essentia]

You guys that are braiding whips with nylon, can you give me a name, phone number and/or link for suppliers? I have a little use for that kind of material but have not yet found a supplier.

Thanks,

Joe

www.ubraidit.com

I never buy anywhere else, I'm sure you may find it very slightly less expensive on other sites but the service you get makes me go back time and time again....ask for Cybele if you phone and tell her I sent you....

Tony

[carr52]

http://www.dallasdogsled.com/Whips/CowWhip.htm

This is a site you might want to look at. It's how I got started braiding with nylon.

Tom