very informative book that is full of information that is helpful in making whips from leather or synthetic.
The book deals with leather whip making mostly but most of the principles outlined in the book can be used to some degree no matter what the material the whip is made from.
The parts of the book that relate to tapering the leather strands obviously cant be transferred to say making a paracord nylon whip but the sections of the book that deal with plaiting, fancy plaiting and putting words, letters or symbols into the
whip plaiting can be used no matter what the material being used.
Overall it is the best whip making resource I have come across, There is so much information that will help anyone from the person making their first whip to a seasoned whip maker.
I still use this book as a reference book when making nylon paracord whips, Mainly for the fancy plaiting and how to do the knots,
There is a lot of conflicting information on the internet and some of it to be taken with a pinch of salt, even some of it from some supposed experts, but this book is a good investment for anyone who is making whips no matter what you are making them from.
Very good, appropriate for both beginners and notsobeginners, Lots of illustrations the best I've seen so far, Stepbystep directions for various whip and handle types, Ron Edwards was born in Australia inand brought up in the country where small farmers still plowed with horses and harvested their half acres with sickles and scythes, and larger properties relied on the annual visit of the steamdriven threshing machines.
By thes all this had vanished, and Edwards had realized that the country's traditional crafts also were disappearing.
He began making drawings and notes of them and published these materials in his native country, How to Make Whips is the American edition of his ninth book, The first section gives instructions for a basic eightstrand whip the second deals with the making of fine kangaroo hide whips.
Other chapters explain the making of bullwhips, snake whips, and whips made from precut lace, Also included are instructions on plaiting names in whips and using plaiting designs for whip handles, .