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Title: How to Make Whips (Bushcraft)
ISBN: 0870335138
Author:
Ron Edwards
Publicate Date: 1999-01
Publish: 1999-01
List Price: $24.95
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: american whips
Over all it's a good book. I would have liked to see real photos other then pencil sketches but it works. The book is set up to focus on Australian whips. The one thing the book needs is some more solid number. I am very new to whips and find that I don't know how long I should make the different parts. I understand that whips very but a clear here do this for your first whip then see what happens when you change them would be very welcome. The snake and bull whips do get there chance at the end but they build off the knowledge you learn while making more traditional Australian cattle whips. I for one still would tell anyone that wants to learn how to make a whip to pick this book up but you will have to read it very closely to get all the information worked out.
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2: How to Make Whips
This book was ordered, because of the author is highly qualified in the ornamental knot arena. I am very pleased with the directions and illustrative drawings. A further good reference came from The Magazine of the International Guild of Knot Tyers, Issue 96, September 2007, giving it a glowing report in their Book Review section.
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3: Whips
Nice book have not used it to make a whip yet. Some things are not quite as clear as I would like to see. Better to have someone show you than read a book.
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4: Whipmaking at home
I read this book and it`s very good! I tried to do whips and home and they are very pretty :)
I took a good results.
Eugene Solomin
Russia
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5: Great overview on whipmaking process, but NOT an instruction manual!!
I must say I did find this book fascinating and the information contained in it provided an overview of the entire process of whipmaking form skiving a core to to plaiting the overlay. However, If your looking for a step by step, ultra-specific instruction manual, taking you completely thru the process of making a whip from scratch, this book still is not quite it!!! Don't get me wrong, there is alot of great information, and this is certainly THE Published book to get that comes closest to an instruction manual, but I feel, if your an absolute beginner, you're still not quite going to be able to knock out a COMPLETE whip from scratch after reading this book. Unfortunately, that's exactly what I was looking for when I got this book.
For instance, whenever Mr. Edwards talks about anything to do with the "set"(the overlay plait) he is very specific. But he quickly glances over other parts of the whip that are equally as important(i.e. he never fully explains exactly how to correctly taper and shape cores or bellies for certain whips which is going to be devastating to the overall whip taper if you don't have it right). The section right in the beginning explaining the different types of Leather and Hides was also lacking. And I know he's an Australian, but he spends WAY to much time emphasizing Stockwhips and barely anytime on the most popular American whip, the Bullwhip(you will DEFINITELY NOT be able to make a proper bullwhip after reading this book).
If you really want an INSTRUCTION MANUAL guiding you specifically thru every single step in making a Bullwhip, then go to www.dukewhips.com and buy Rob Duke's Bullwhip Making Instruction Guide.
I really did enjoy Mr. Edwards book. As I said there are a number of extremely vital techniques explained that are invaluable to the whipmaking process. I just wish it would have pulled the entire whipmaking process together more coherently.
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