Tyler Blake

Roy Partin · Post by **Roy Partin** » Sat 10. May 2014, 13:08

Absolutely insane pair of whips in a good way. That is some serious strand dropping to get that kind of taper in such a compact whip. U R bad azz

Devin Bauer · Post by **Devin Bauer** » Sat 10. May 2014, 13:25

Thanks for the info Tyler!

Franco Zoccali · Post by **Franco Zoccali** » Sat 10. May 2014, 20:10

Tyler I like this new design! Looks very energetic!
Cheers,

Franco

Giovanni Celeste · Post by **Giovanni Celeste** » Sat 10. May 2014, 21:13

Great work Tyler, I like so much the chromatic opposition !!! Really cool whip!!!!

Tyler Blake · Post by **Tyler Blake** » Mon 12. May 2014, 02:04

Thanks Roy! Although, it's actually serious strand additions, plaiting backwards

Devin, you're welcome, and thanks to Franco and Gio for your kind words!

Tyler Blake · Post by **Tyler Blake** » Mon 12. May 2014, 02:05

Here's a video: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56nk1YkekUs]

Bobbi Holyoak · Post by **Bobbi Holyoak** » Mon 12. May 2014, 03:49

Nice video! Those whips are super fast!

Tyler Blake · Post by **Tyler Blake** » Mon 12. May 2014, 05:52

Thanks Bobbi! It would be fun to see what someone who's better at two handed cracking like Fritz could do

Carl Feairs · Post by **Carl Feairs** » Mon 12. May 2014, 13:02

I would think that you could do a volly like a machine gun! they look like they work very well. I never thought of making a whip that short.

Robert Gage · Post by **Robert Gage** » Mon 12. May 2014, 14:52

Golly! That's all I can say after watching the video: Golly!

Jonathan Lewis · Post by **Jonathan Lewis** » Mon 12. May 2014, 15:29

Despite your disclaimers, you are not so bad at the two-hand work yourself. Very nice cracking, and gorgeous whips.
I'm struggling with two-handed cracking myself (albeit with long slow whips), and if I get to your level in the next couple of years, I should be pretty happy!

Bobbi Holyoak · Post by **Bobbi Holyoak** » Mon 12. May 2014, 15:51

I agree with Jonathan. You are really great. I would love to be at your skill level. I only started playing with 2 handed stuff less than a year ago.

Ben Rezendes · Post by **Ben Rezendes** » Mon 12. May 2014, 19:56

you certainly are modest… You are quite good with two whips!

nice video and beautiful little whips!

Robby Amper · Post by **Robby Amper** » Mon 12. May 2014, 21:16

Like I posted on YouTube - the whips are great. Very good work. And that taper... Perfect. And your two handed cracking is better than everything I coud do. Thanks for sharing!

Robby

Giovanni Celeste · Post by **Giovanni Celeste** » Mon 12. May 2014, 22:16

Nice video Tyler and great fast action!!! My compliments goes also to Fritz and his skill on two handed cracking

Tyler Blake · Post by **Tyler Blake** » Wed 14. May 2014, 00:11

Thanks Carl! I wouldn't have thought of it myself, it was purely the customers idea. He said he'd seen one that short and thought a set would be cool. I was nervous, I didn't know if they'd be crackable until the plaiting was done!

Thanks Robert and Jonathan! Jonathan, on these I actually tried your idea of loading the laces- On the second belly I loaded one strand of leaded line each. While it didn't hurt anything, it's hard to say with whips this short if it helped either. I'll try it again on a longer whip and see how it works.

Thanks to Bobbi, Ben, RObby, and Gio... I'v been doing two handed cracking for years, but I'm a slow learner- it's only been within the last year and a half or so that I've been able to do the volley staggered like that. I spend a lot more time making whips than cracking them :P I was watching some Ben Hughes and Adam Winrich videos recently, and I just don't see how they do some of those things...

Devin Bauer · Post by **Devin Bauer** » Wed 14. May 2014, 01:11

Well I'm I impressed with the video, I can only sorta manage a cattleman's crack and an occasional overhead with the left hand.

Jonathan Lewis · Post by **Jonathan Lewis** » Wed 14. May 2014, 03:49

Cool Tyler. I haven't gotten around to actually trying loading the laces myself yet. I have whip I started almost a month ago now that I need to finish. Once I sell that one I'll buy more supplies then maybe give it a try.

Fritz Ehlers · Post by **Fritz Ehlers** » Wed 14. May 2014, 10:10

Tyler Blake wrote:Thanks Bobbi! It would be fun to see what someone who's better at two handed cracking like Fritz could do

Nothing wrong with your two handed cracking, you're too humble.
Beautiful whips, and a little loaded as well, no doubt they get some good momentum.

The offspring of Bella and Lokai,

Tyler Blake · Post by **Tyler Blake** » Sat 17. May 2014, 00:03

Thanks Devin! If you want to get better with your left hand, what I do (this is hard but sometimes I force myself) is only practice with your left hand for awhile, and try and identify where your problems are. Then I'll do the same cracks I have left hand problems with right handed and try and figure out what I'm doing different. It helps if you have a large mirror or even a glass door on a sunny day- or the camera

It's hard because it's more fun to crack right handed, but I want to be good with both.

Jonathan, as stated in our previous conversation, just one strand per lace!

I thought it was going to turn out really lumpy but when I rolled that layer it smoothed out, so don't panic if it "bulks up" your lace at first.

Thanks Fritz! I was really impressed with how quickly you got good at two handed cracking- it made me feel slow

You're right, they are like baby Bella and Lokai's!