Not many people have understood that the chaotic binding causes as many problems as it hopes to solve. That being said, and I realize this is very personal, but you really don't need to bind this much to protect the thong from the handle foundation. For example, I bind the core 1/4" past the handle, the first belly maybe a couple of inches and the second a couple more. But however you decide to do it, the important thing is you stop at a point where there is still enough leather so the end of the binding can go unnoticed. If you were to carry out the binding very far, and I'm exaggerating to make a point here, but let's say you were to bind to the halfway mark, there isn't enough leather there to hide the end of the binding, so you would end up with a very noticeable change in flexibility and the whip would age this way so that even when the binding has relaxed over time, there would still be that big difference because just beyond it, the thong has been aging differently. So to avoid this, I stop fairly close to the handle, well within the first 1/4 of the total length of the whip (excluding fall and cracker of course). I plait the first 4-6" past the handle very tightly, and then progressively ease-off the pressure by about 15% and carry on plaiting the rest of the whip with my normal pressure, until I get to an inch or two from the fall hitch, at which point I resume the very tight plaiting. This has given me very good results that combine strength and flexibility and a whip that ages well over time. Always enjoy your videos!
Hi Johnny, thank you for another informative video. I was wondering when you do your binding if you take the binding down the thong on each belly just one time? I ask because this is how I do it and it seems to work really well as long as tension is adjusted, etc. Thanks again :)
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Not many people have understood that the chaotic binding causes as many problems as it hopes to solve. That being said, and I realize this is very personal, but you really don't need to bind this much to protect the thong from the handle foundation. For example, I bind the core 1/4" past the handle, the first belly maybe a couple of inches and the second a couple more. But however you decide to do it, the important thing is you stop at a point where there is still enough leather so the end of the binding can go unnoticed. If you were to carry out the binding very far, and I'm exaggerating to make a point here, but let's say you were to bind to the halfway mark, there isn't enough leather there to hide the end of the binding, so you would end up with a very noticeable change in flexibility and the whip would age this way so that even when the binding has relaxed over time, there would still be that big difference because just beyond it, the thong has been aging differently. So to avoid this, I stop fairly close to the handle, well within the first 1/4 of the total length of the whip (excluding fall and cracker of course). I plait the first 4-6" past the handle very tightly, and then progressively ease-off the pressure by about 15% and carry on plaiting the rest of the whip with my normal pressure, until I get to an inch or two from the fall hitch, at which point I resume the very tight plaiting. This has given me very good results that combine strength and flexibility and a whip that ages well over time. Always enjoy your videos!
Hi Johnny, thank you for another informative video. I was wondering when you do your binding if you take the binding down the thong on each belly just one time? I ask because this is how I do it and it seems to work really well as long as tension is adjusted, etc. Thanks again :)
cud i use the guts from the parachord as binding?
Благодарю. Всё понятно, хотя я и не знаю английский язык)