10' Australian Model Bullwhip by Terry Jacka

[@robertrhinehart4779]

Wow! Nice collection! I have two Jacka’s and a Morgan too, but those are sweet as hell! I’m jelly!

[@RoyceHuggard]

I collect Terry's whips. I've studied his work for many years. He made many variants throughout the 1990s and 2000s. However, this whip was not made in the 1990s. At the earliest, it was made in 2005/2006.

[@supersonicstudios9201]

What are the hallmarks of the different eras he was making whips? Always nice to hear from others with more knowledge.

[@RoyceHuggard]

@@supersonicstudios9201 There are so many things to consider. It's more than a few things that at first had subtle changes ultimately leading to drastic changes. It would be far too cumbersome to detail an outline here in a comment, but there are about 12 or 13 variants (that I've counted so far) of what is known as his standard Australian bullwhip. The following are areas I've studied on the different makes . . . Handle size e.g., thickness and length; taper of the handle e.g. toward the thing or toward the butt; core of the handle e.g. cane or fiberglass; diamond count between the butt and turkshead knot; size and type of wrap that creates the butt and turkshead knots; level of stiffness for the first 10-20 inches of the thong after the turkshead knot; width of the strands of the thong and thickness and the taper of the thong; shape and weight of the whip; etc.

[@supersonicstudios9201]

@@RoyceHuggard Is the whitehide fall a repair/recondition or did David Morgan add the whips they stocked? I've only seen redhide in the photos I've seen and in most or all of Terry's work.

[@damiannieman2870]

Have to concur with Royce's dating of the Jacka whip. I too have a quite large collection of whips - including many by Terry over the years. This is for sure around mid 2000's or a bit later. I don't even think David Morgan was carrying them anymore at that time - I would assume this was one made for and purchased through Western Stage Props with Mark Allen.

[@RoyceHuggard]

@@supersonicstudios9201 This fall is not the original. From what I can tell it looks like the cut of what DM was providing. Terry mostly used varying types and cuts of red hide.