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Any one here make and/or use bullwhips?

Slingshot Bob

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Anyone else here make and/or use bullwhips?

I make mine from several different types of braided, nylon rope. You lay the ropes out and unravel them, go down the line and cut strands until the taper is achieved. I put leadline down the first 2 thirds of the whip to weight it to get a better throw.

For the outer layer, I wrap several layers of athletic tape. It takes about 5 hours to make a 7 fter. It is just as loud as a traditional leather whip and last almost as long, but much cheaper to make (20$ worth of supplies vs a 100)

I have used them to back up pitt bulls on my bike twice. Learning is a ball, the occasional lick you self inflict is rather thereputic and helps you to focus.

I am a fl cracker going way back, after all.
 
Slingshot Bob said:
I am a fl cracker going way back, after all.
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Most people probably don't know ranchers in Florida (generally north Florida, iirc) were called crackers because of their whips (the sound). Someone who doesn't know might take the comment the wrong way :)

There's debate about whether the derogatory employment of the term comes from that use of the term, iirc.
 
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ecofarm said:
Most people probably don't know ranchers in Florida (generally north Florida, iirc) were called crackers because of their whips (the sound).

There's debate about whether the derogatory employment of the term comes from that use of the term, iirc.
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Interesting, I know the whip has some past racist overtones, this crackers whip has only hit me (I got the scars to prove it) and kept some bad dogs at bay.

A whip can cut a beer can of water (not beer, a sin) like a sword cut it. Alas, not in my hands, just dent the hell out of it and send it flying 30ft.

I like wielding 2 at once, get the flow right and it is art in motion. I like taking small glowsticks and putting them on the whip (bout 80% towards the end) at night, makes for a good show.

Hard to believe that bit of masons twine (the popper or cracker) goes supersonic.

They say by the time the energy gets down the whip, it is traveling 30 times faster than your wrist was
 
Slingshot Bob said:
Interesting, I know the whip has some past racist overtones, this crackers whip has only hit me (I got the scars to prove it) and kept some bad dogs at bay.

A whip can cut a beer can of water (not beer, a sin) like a sword cut it. Alas, not in my hands, just dent the hell out of it and send it flying 30ft.

I like wielding 2 at once, get the flow right and it is art in motion. I like taking small glowsticks and putting them on the whip (bout 80% towards the end) at night, makes for a good show.

Hard to believe that bit of masons twine (the popper or cracker) goes supersonic.

They say by the time the energy gets down the whip, it is traveling 30 times faster than your wrist was
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The term originally had nothing to do with race, iirc. It was just a term for ranchers because they used whips with their cattle.

I haven't played with whips, but I wouldn't mind giving it a try. Apparently, they can be very effective in skilled hands.
 
ecofarm said:
The term originally had nothing to do with race, iirc. It was just a term for ranchers because they used whips with their cattle.

I haven't played with whips, but I wouldn't mind giving it a try. Apparently, they can be very effective in skilled hands.
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Yes, that is true.

They are very handy. One day I was going down the road on my long bike, I saw a pit bull laying down and made eye contact, he was not going to chase until his pal came out, I did not even need to stop the bike, I deployed the whip right in there face, they went back home.

I have a custom built "tall bike" the seat is 5 ft off the ground. I used to ride it through the historical buildings downtown and pop it from the tall bike, makes one hell of an echo in those tall buildings

Gonna make me a new one tomorrow, been to long without one. Gonna make a 6fter, good for the bike.

I bet a whip in skilled hands could back up a lion, hope I never get to try it!
 
ecofarm said:
Most people probably don't know ranchers in Florida (generally north Florida, iirc) were called crackers because of their whips (the sound). Someone who doesn't know might take the comment the wrong way :)

There's debate about whether the derogatory employment of the term comes from that use of the term, iirc.
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I believe they were Georgians that drove their cattle into Florida. Which is where the term Georgia Cracker came from.
 
Slingshot Bob said:
Yes, that is true.

They are very handy. One day I was going down the road on my long bike, I saw a pit bull laying down and made eye contact, he was not going to chase until his pal came out, I did not even need to stop the bike, I deployed the whip right in there face, they went back home.

I have a custom built "tall bike" the seat is 5 ft off the ground. I used to ride it through the historical buildings downtown and pop it from the tall bike, makes one hell of an echo in those tall buildings

Gonna make me a new one tomorrow, been to long without one. Gonna make a 6fter, good for the bike.

I bet a whip in skilled hands could back up a lion, hope I never get to try it!
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I'm picturing you riding downtown with your whip and big beard.
You sound really fun. Come grab a beer in Switzerland :cool:
 
Cisero said:
I'm picturing you riding downtown with your whip and big beard.
You sound really fun. Come grab a beer in Switzerland :cool:
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On his custom bike.
 
poweRob said:
On his custom bike.
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Nice roads here. Ridiculously strict driving & safety policies though... someone had his license removed because he was drunk. Sounds normal right ? What if I told you that he wasn't driving. He wasn't in a car. The guy was walking back from a bar. The police decided is drunken state made him a potential drunk driver. The story made a lot of noise.
 
Cisero said:
Nice roads here. Ridiculously strict driving & safety policies though... someone had his license removed because he was drunk. Sounds normal right ? What if I told you that he wasn't driving. He wasn't in a car. The guy was walking back from a bar. The police decided is drunken state made him a potential drunk driver. The story made a lot of noise.
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That's jacked up.
 
Cisero said:
I'm picturing you riding downtown with your whip and big beard.
You sound really fun. Come grab a beer in Switzerland :cool:
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It was quite the spectacle, it is full of tourist. You should of seen the looks on their faces. I don't know how I get away with stuff sometimes:) Swiss beer sounds good.

There is a preacher downtown that hangs on the corner and yell about how angry GOD is for hours. Gotta get my airhorn tank fixed, been meaning to blast his ass good one day.
 
poweRob said:
I believe they were Georgians that drove their cattle into Florida. Which is where the term Georgia Cracker came from.
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Here in Arcadia (originally, tater hill bluff) It was not really long ago (relatively) that they drove cattle right through downtown.
Still more cows than people here.

A good bullwhip is a work of art and can easily cost 200$ The best whips in the world come from OZ, made of kangaroo leather. 10 times stronger than cow leather.
 
Slingshot Bob said:
Here in Arcadia (originally, tater hill bluff) It was not really long ago (relatively) that they drove cattle right through downtown.
Still more cows than people here.

A good bullwhip is a work of art and can easily cost 200$ The best whips in the world come from OZ, made of kangaroo leather. 10 times stronger than cow leather.
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I was driving back from Colorado from Durango and through whats called Chama, NM and there was a cattle drive going down the highway there. Those cowboys were amazing. The cattle never crossed the yellow line and stayed to the right.
 
poweRob said:
I was driving back from Colorado from Durango and through whats called Chama, NM and there was a cattle drive going down the highway there. Those cowboys were amazing. The cattle never crossed the yellow line and stayed to the right.
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Better than many human drivers I've seen. :lol:
 
Cisero said:
Nice roads here. Ridiculously strict driving & safety policies though... someone had his license removed because he was drunk. Sounds normal right ? What if I told you that he wasn't driving. He wasn't in a car. The guy was walking back from a bar. The police decided is drunken state made him a potential drunk driver. The story made a lot of noise.
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That's a serious abuse by LE. He could have purposely been trying to be conscientious by choosing not to drive, and he still gets punished for being a good citizen. If it were me, I'd have to fight it tooth-and-nail.

If they're afraid of drink driving that much, then they make drinking illegal outside one's own home, period.
 
radcen said:
That's a serious abuse by LE. He could have purposely been trying to be conscientious by choosing not to drive, and he still gets punished for being a good citizen. If it were me, I'd have to fight it tooth-and-nail.

If they're afraid of drink driving that much, then they make drinking illegal outside one's own home, period.
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And doors that only open after you blow sober on a breathylizer, lest a drunk leave the house!
 
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