I was wondering where the best place to purchase precut roo hide lace? I know U-braidit carries it, but it sure seems to be expensive. Anyone know a better...
Before you get flooded... everybody will say: Jim Downey P.O. Box 30 Skull Valley, AZ 86338 phone: 928-442-3638 fax: 928-442-9455 I just ordered for the...
Hi- I do cut kangaroo lace from hides. I sell to other braiders, but I do not advertise. Anyway, I cut to size, and also split to uniform thickness, then I...
Mike, Will be contacting you soon, thanks! Jim ... From: mike storch To: whipcraft@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 12:59 PM Subject: Re:...
APRIL FOOLS!!! :-) I figured this would be a good way to announce my website finally being up. Check it out, let me know what you think. I still have quite a...
Well the subject says it all. Just got a new snake from Willow (Thank you Willow), now I need to break it in. Any tips of wonderful people of crafting....
... In my opinion, the best way to break in any whip is swinging it. For a snake whip, I like a slow roll side to side while I'm watching TV. Bear in mind...
LOL to David. I know lots of folks who sleep with their whips, work with their whips, do everything short of marrying their whips LOL. That being said Mark, I...
One thing that Dante told me in regards to nylon whips is that they will actually get longer as you use them, since the strands will stretch slightly as it...
I haven't yet had anyone break one of my cores. I curl my personal whips up all the time. I suppose some time I'll have to give someone a whip and tell them...
Allan (Snake Pit Leather Works) was a mentor and good friend and I am so sorry to know he's gone. With his passing, an enormous amount of leatherworking and...
Hi All, First of all, I'm new here. I'm ALSO new at whipmaking, but I've been reading extensively, and scouring through web sites. I was wondering about the...
Hi, those number only tell how many pound those cord have being tested for for Mil purpose so 450 mean have been tested for 450 lb of pull and never break at...
Thanks for the input. Glad to know that I can't get a "wrong" paracord selection. Chris ... tested for for Mil purpose ... that level and the same for the...
Ok i admit . I bought a sooopah doopah little purple three foot nylon snake from a mate of mine. (and yes i sleep with it ok grrrrrr) so imagine if you will my...
Oi Oi Bryan We're local-ish - near Sutton; where are you? We keep talking about getting together with a few mates in one of the local parks, but it's finding...
Yo Dood & Doodette As fate would have it i live nerry a stones throw from Sutton Godstone actualy. And to make our comunual amaizement all the more real . i...
... do 5 foot at the moment i'm afraid . ... Indeed, one of the quirks of whipmaking is that it can be more difficult to make a short whip than a long one. ...
I would be interested in that. Should I email you offlist and we can talk? ... "Stupid people are like slinkies, completely useless but really fun to push down...
I would so much like a high quality DVD on making nylon whips.I am a bit surprised DT King does not have one on the market yet. Oh well maybe sometime in 2008...
I think for the most part, why one hasn't been put on the market as of yet, boils down to two reasons: Plaiting is pretty much universal. Once learned, it can...
Hey all, I have been braiding nylon and kevlar bull and snake whips for a bit and I am curious to hear any ideas for improving the life and spring using...
Howdy yall, I am just starting to learn how to make whips(nylon) does anyone recomend any books or literature of any kind to help me learn this craft?...
oh a Kevlar whip??? OK now my interest is peaked. Anyone selling these? I am interested in costs lengths etc on them, and if they are bull or snake or signal....