How to Plan Out Strand Lengths For a Bullwhip

Welcome back today we get into a something I have been wanting to explain for a long time. How to plan out strand lengths for a new whip build. We are going to go through how i plan out my whips before I build them and I am hoping to have a full how to make a bull whip tutorial out soon. Enjoy!
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[@swordguybuilds]

Great video man!

[@flyerace777]

Thanks alot Tory :)

[@bbsan49]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@eliasonwhipco]

You're very welcome

[@chrisgriffith1573]

Oh my, I had flashbacks to watching Etho vidoes back in 2012...

[@eliasonwhipco]

😉

[@user-uo3pb3rr4f]

i enjoyed using a tapered fall on my first. thank you very much for that. i would like help with how to use a longer rod in the handle to approximate hybrid performance. i used 15" fiberglass in place of 12" following Adam's "bare bones" whip, but i also extended the belly and the adds, winding up with a 9 ft. now i hope to build a sensible 7 ft. how does a 16" rod sound? thanks for the encouragement, teaching, and kindness.

[@eliasonwhipco]

16" handle would be long for a bull whip but you can use the same general formula for any size whip

[@SherwoodsCrafts]

This is a very interesting method for figuring out strand lengths. I sometimes find that I get overly tedious.
I have a request for a future video as well. Could you make a detailed video on how to do an English Eye build in detail, I can't find a video that does a good job of explaining how the process works.

[@eliasonwhipco]

I can for sure I'm trying to put together my own "how to make a bullwhip video and it will be an English eye bullwhip

[@MXers5]

Would this method still apply if using the 275 Paracord?

[@eliasonwhipco]

Yes the method over all would work you would have to adjust the amount of strands to 28 on the overlay and I think to get your lengths with the 275 cord you would want to times it by 1.8 or 2

[@MXers5]

@@eliasonwhipco Great, I was on the right track, thanks for your reply mate.

[@robertgill8789]

What would you change to transfer this method to a snake whip?

[@eliasonwhipco]

I would start the taper much sooner say 3 inches from your 0 point where your heal knot would be.

[@dthundergunb3115]

Why did you divide by 5 on the overlay?

[@eliasonwhipco]

Adding or dropping in doubles it gives an even space between all the drops. Just how I've gotten the math to work out

[@piahausland2129]

Why do you add with 12? To get 72.
Is it the number of strands in the overlay?

[@eliasonwhipco]

I multiply 12x6 to get 72 because I want the whip to be 6 foot long. 12 inches in a foot i want the whip to be 6 feet. 12 inches x 6 foot gives me how many inches long the whip is to make strand drops easier. And the overlay is 16 strands

[@piahausland2129]

@@eliasonwhipco Thanks that cleared things up for me, feeling kind of stupid not getting my head wrapped around on how to figure out how to calculate length of the strands. Maybe I'm slow learner.

[@eliasonwhipco]

Your good man it took me a long time to get to the point where I could explain it

[@piahausland2129]

@@eliasonwhipco I'm female, not male ☺️ but that's ok man ✌️

[@eliasonwhipco]

My apologies 😕 I hope you have a great day

[@oasisnova]

20 minutes of mumbo jumbo, unclear math

[@eliasonwhipco]

Sorry I tried my best