My review on Emanuele's bullwhip

[tomek9210]

Hi everyone!
Few weeks ago I and Emanuele (username Lelec here) exchanged whips. I've sent him my 9ft Indy bullwhip by Kiscien and I received this kip beauty. Lelec said it will be fully custom whip, so I went with TOD style, my favourite from the trilogy.
I have 'ordered' 10 footer with 9 inches handle, heavy, with Ben Scott's style knots. I wasn't sure which color should I choose, but Emanuele adviced me to get it in whiskey brown. It was perfect decision. It's so beautiful!
My specs have been fully followed. Let's see pics to proove it:








What can I say about it? When I saw Lelec's pics, I already knew I wanted a whip from him. They looks so good and they are nicely made as well. He's very talented whipmaker.
The package came safe and sound. The whip was safely protected. Really nothing could damage it. When I opened it, my jaw dropped very low. It was just amazing. I was blown away with the color. The only one whipmaker who uses similiar tone of hide it Ben Scott. The plaiting is nice, it has wide strands, clean drop points, proper taper, really long fall. And it's kip! Wow! Another thing I was happy with were knots. They came awesome, just like I requested. I love Ben Scott's style, when strands don't overlap, but lay clean next to each other.
To sum up, it is the best looking kip whip I have ever seen. Period.
How does it crack?
Here you go:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kolD7hOllhc&list=UU31l8mRXjjwPLl5MxrElqyg&index=1&feature=plcp

If you consider adding kip whip to your collection, contact Emanuel. You can't go wrong with him. Speaking with him is true pleasure, he answers emails within one day and is honest about everything. Will there be a delay? He will tell you. Any other problems? You will know about it.

Thanks again my friend for delivering such wonderful bullwhip!

PS. I'd like to apologize you that it took so long to write the review. I hope you understand

[giovanniceleste]

I tomek,
congratulations for your Lele's Whip!!!!
Emanuele does very good work!!!

[zmarty]

Nice grab! I remember the first time I ever popped a whip, it was a 10 footer... Surely not the best thing to use for a first timer, I sliced my back up pretty bad haha

[indy458]

Beautiful! I still wonder where the 9" handle for TOD whips comes from. For an Indy Fan that seems like sacrilege. All Morgan whips are built on an eight inch spike. Still are.

[jeremym]

It's understandable. On many of TOD whips, the ring knot was placed partly on the thong, giving the appearance of an extra long handle. When I make a TOD whip, I still use an 8" foundation and place the ring knot partially on the thong. Some people don't like to do this, so they give it an extra .5-1.5" handle length so that the ring knot is completely on the handle.

For one that make a fairly loose transition, this is understandable. I give mine enough reinforcement so that the area that the ring knot is partially on will never bend enough to flex the knot and eventually loosen it. That may not even happen with a really loose transition, it's just a precautionary thing it seems.

[tomek9210]

I just like the look of the longer handle. One inch doesn't make big difference in cracking but in the overall look - yes.
I love that whip more and more every time I manage to go out and practice a bit.