rcsaddles Posted April 2, 2009 Report Posted April 2, 2009 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. Quote Joe Boyles Rugged Cross Saddlery Lewistown, Montana Romans 6:23
carr52 Posted April 2, 2009 Author Report Posted April 2, 2009 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 Quote
Members Essentia Posted April 2, 2009 Members Report Posted April 2, 2009 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 Quote
Members tmroper Posted April 2, 2009 Members Report Posted April 2, 2009 I don't know what is wrong then but I cannot get it louder than a comfortable slap on the leg. Quote
Ambassador The Major Posted April 2, 2009 Ambassador Report Posted April 2, 2009 (edited) 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 Quote Shawn Zoladz (The Major) dba Major Productions Everything Leather Saddles and Shoes Excluded You can lead me. You can follow me. Or you can get the hell out of my way. -Gen. Geo. S. Patton
Members tmroper Posted April 3, 2009 Members Report Posted April 3, 2009 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 Quote
Members Essentia Posted April 3, 2009 Members Report Posted April 3, 2009 (edited) 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 Quote
rcsaddles Posted April 3, 2009 Report Posted April 3, 2009 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 Quote Joe Boyles Rugged Cross Saddlery Lewistown, Montana Romans 6:23
Members Essentia Posted April 3, 2009 Members Report Posted April 3, 2009 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 Quote
carr52 Posted April 3, 2009 Author Report Posted April 3, 2009 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 Quote
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