A 7.5 foot 16 plait kangaroo leather bull whip in red and black, designed loosely in the image of a well-known whip made by Terry Jacka. The original whip had a single birdseye captured between two Spanish ring knots in the middle of the handle, which was the main element I wanted to recreate. I took liberties with the rest of the patterning and general construction to reflect my own taste, such as the short herringbone in the transition, 4 lead 11 bight accent knots rather than the original Spanish ring knots, and a focus of weight that comes closer to the hand.
This whip was executed primarily like a Gladius, in that most of the leather parts were prepared with no guides or specialized tools. When the time came to prepare the wrist loop and knot strands, I ended up using the Bayliss gauge to resize them. It was intended to be an 8 foot whip, but one of the overlay strands was too short, so it was hitched off early. The core of the handle is a 10 inch steel nail. This whip will be an excellent choice for basic-to-intermediate combination cracking, target cutting, and wrapping. See the original whip above (white background) as photographed by Paul Nolan.
A 7.5 foot 16 plait kangaroo leather bull whip in red and black, designed loosely in the image of a well-known whip made by Terry Jacka. The original whip had a single birdseye captured between two Spanish ring knots in the middle of the handle, which was the main element I wanted to recreate. I took liberties with the rest of the patterning and general construction to reflect my own taste, such as the short herringbone in the transition, 4 lead 11 bight accent knots rather than the original Spanish ring knots, and a focus of weight that comes closer to the hand.
This whip was executed primarily like a Gladius, in that most of the leather parts were prepared with no guides or specialized tools. When the time came to prepare the wrist loop and knot strands, I ended up using the Bayliss gauge to resize them. It was intended to be an 8 foot whip, but one of the overlay strands was too short, so it was hitched off early. The core of the handle is a 10 inch steel nail. This whip will be an excellent choice for basic-to-intermediate combination cracking, target cutting, and wrapping. See the original whip above (white background) as photographed by Paul Nolan.
