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Whip Terms -bullwhip a popular American style of whip where the handle and the thong are all one single unit and the solid part of the handle is very short -Snakewhip a short flexible bullwhip type whip with no solid handle foundation and most are usually shot loaded -Taper the thong of the whip getting smaller and smaller towards the fall attachment -Braid when 1 or more pieces of lace are interlaced together -Strand or lace: A single strip of leather -The Thong: the central part of the whip -The Core of a Whip: in a good whip a core is always rolled leather or
a single strip of leather skived or rounded, if a whip has a rope core it will
be lightweight and not that controllable and will be more like a rope covered
with a strip of leather. In nylon whips the core of a whip is usually a single piece
of nylon chord with the core of it taken out and filled with bb's to give it weight.
The core is the very base center of the whip and is what the whole whip is based
around. -Flat, round, square: these terms describe the shape of a finished braid and are each mechanically different braids. -A fall: A fall is a strip of leather attached to the end of the whip and is also used to attach the cracker. -A Keeper: held on to the end of a stock whip handle by twine or leather it is used to hold the thong of the whip to the handle. -Rawhide: The skin as it comes directly off the animal, its dried but it is not salted -Greenhide: Made by pegging out a fresh hide and then covering it with a layer of salt and then leaving it to dry for a couple of days -Redhide: used for most basic whips, it is tanned greasy leather that was heavily oiled during the tanning process -A fid: a small pointy tool helped to bring a single strand of leather through a gap while braiding. -Tightening: You pull and position the strand into its final place on
each strand you braid with. -lacing needle: is a flat needle split at the back end. An end of lace
can be placed within the slit, where it is held by small teeth, and woven
without a fid -Skiving: If you are skiving that means that you are cutting away some of the thickness of the strands that you are braiding with down so that they are much more even and create a better taper in the finished job. -Plait, Plaiting: "Plaiting" refers to a method of braiding;
"plait" refers to the number of strands -Thong: Main body of whip, usually 8-16 strips of leather woven around
a central central core which is covered by other plaited bellys tapering down
the length -Fall: A thin single strip of leather, attached to the end of the
thong, and can sometimes be made from nylon -'Cracker' or 'popper': A string with a bushy end, attached to the end
of the Fall, that produces the "cracking" sound, and can be made from
twine or nylon string -The "Pop" or "Crack": The "crack" of a whip is a sonic boom that is the result of the the end of the whip traveling faster than the speed on sound |
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