How I Built A 12 Foot Indiana Jones Style Bullwhip - A Condensed Video Talk Through

[@gustavogirotto]

Did anyone else find this video extremely relaxing to watch? The voice, the mood, even the cat purring… I loved it. (Btw, great workmanship! 👍)

[@bkehlin]

I've made some Paracord whips years ago but they were JUST braided Paracord. This is beyond next level!😮 Awesome

[@thethe6232]

Thank you . You are a master of your craft and an Artisan . 👍

[@jamesgui3733]

"People are going to be paying quite attention to the handle of the whip." I can attest to that when making custom wooden handles. Great video Nick. Now I have to make a 12 footer.

[@mertz7305]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting this! Been a fan for years. You have some extraordinary videos and the fact that you're so liberal with doling your experience is a tremendous asset to the rest of us. Keep it up brother!

[@Tunkkis]

I've been wanting one akin to this ever since seeing the movie as a kid. Maybe some day.

[@lisaqing1707]

Glad to watch you new video!

[@Burek_King]

Appreciate the tutorial, plan to make one for a friend.

[@flytelaw1]

Awesome, Nick! Will watch the entire video shortly...Merry Christmas, Nick!

[@JuiceLife]

What incredible workmanship! You have mad skills Nick 👏

[@wren5291]

She's a stunner, Nick, the whip too😸. As someone who suffers with motion sickness (unless I'm the one driving) I didn't find your GoPro too shakey at all. But then again, being a filmmaker and photographer you know to compensate for motion👍🏽. On the whole, another great video🙌🏽😊.

[@JWAlex01]

This is awesome! Thanks!

[@DamnWoodWorker]

great job! and do not worry about lead inside the handle, it is not so dangerous and there is no good substitute for it (tin will crumble inside from the cold, gold or silver is expensive, and copper may not be pierced by a stapler)

[@brandonlinkbullwhips]

Looks great man! Keep up the great work and amazing videos! When i make 3 belly whips, I use whipmakers cord for the 1st or 2nd belly. It keeps the thickness from getting too big but still gives you the 3rd belly

[@supersmak76]

Great video as always. I haven't made nearly as many whips as you have, but I've always used belt leather for the knot foundations. Even with a wrist loop, I'll do the same as you with the small pieces in between the loop ends and then a strip all the way around. You need to shave the leather to get the thickness right, but it's better than playing with lead I think.

[@JacobE-23]

Man I'm so ordering a whip from you when I can. Already picked my colors lol. Edit: Still watching, started on my coffee break lol. Couldn't agree more about the clouds!! My friend thinks I'm weird for enjoying looking at clouds sometimes lol.

[@NicksWhipShop]

Thank you Jacob!

[@mikedickerson7465]

Love your videos. I am working on this and can't get the lead sheets for a week or two. I'm using a 7-cord flat braid to fill in the space. it won't help with balance, but I hope it will be a good subsitute for building up the heal knot.

[@whipmakingjosy1759]

nice work

[@bowdimohawk]

Great video! Do all of the belly and overlay cords have the cores removed?

[@EKM599]

Just saw this, great video and great job. to the question about lead, you can use pewter but you will lose the weight and if you use gold it will be non coast effective but you would have a really cool whip. I think the lead is just fine, just make sure you are including the waring " This item contains lead" so your not responsible for people chewing on the end of their whip😁. Keep the videos coming.

[@redhoodjoker4430]

Have you thought of making a nylon whip holder? I’ve seen some on Ebay and they have buttons like the leather ones.

[@Matuse]

Needs a hook in the handle, how else will you attach it to the axle of a truck and drag yourself behind it?

[@cameronchicken8439]

i received my first bullwhip two days ago and it is an eight foot indiana jones style rust nylon 12 plaited two bellies with and eight inch handle and it looked very much like that one. i don’t know much about whips but now i’m thinking that i really want a three bellied whip real bad.

[@nk9083]

I have several leather / roo hide whips and made my own nylon whip (following your awesome video). Have you ever considered making a whip with 2 or 3 nylon bellies followed by a roo hide (lace) overlay?

[@muhammaddiy76768]

Hi Your jobs are fantastic. Can I ask you to make a whipe with leather laces?

[@DrJimJim]

Great video as always! I would love to see how you'd make a 8' or 10' stockwhip 😀

[@Gruuvin1]

Nick. Thanks for your video. Watched to the end.... About playing an old instrument, you might like the movie, "The Red Violin"

[@CANDIKONETT]

Very nice

[@52Noodle]

Have you ever used solder it comes in all different sizes and might add a little weight and some have no lead or just a lead blend.

[@Guib99]

Great video! Gonna start whipmaking here in Brazil because of you, man! I have a few questions if you don't mind: - If I can't find Paracord 650, can I use 550? - What can I use as a substitute for the lacing tape/artificial sinew? - What can I use as a substitute for the hockey tape? Thanks in advance, man! O/

[@telldpablo]

Also wondering about strand numbers. If we’re switching from one type of paracord to another how do we determine strand count? Take width of said cord to get total width and divide by width of substitute cord to find strand count for it? Thanks

[@feiqz6047]

I've also started whipmaking in brazil, its a little late but i will try to answer the best i can to answer the questions As for materials, 550 paracord will work just fine, strand lenghts may be subject to different lenghts because of the smaller width of the strands, but not so much, on reddit there are complete recipes as for bullwhip strand lenghts and plait counts As for the lacing tape, unfortunatelly there is no viable cheap alternative around here, the best i've found and used is "linha encerada", you can find it at mercado livre for 20 reais a spool, it is nylon thread, which nick used as binding material a few years back, it is great because it will maintain the transition stiffness And the hockeytape, you can find also at mercado livre by the name fita de tecido, its for mechanicals, so autoparts shops should have it in stock, its the same thing, about 20 reais a roll also Hope this helps Also, for amount of paracord, i'd shoot for 130 meters for an 8 ft, about 200 for an 12 foot whip, for a bit of exess, not much 100 meters should be enough for an 6 foot or 7 foot whip with an 10 inch handle For the core 550 paracord will work just fine with 4,5 mm BBs, but as for the handle, 5mm threaded steel rod works flawlessly, just will be needed to grind down the end of the rod to fit the paracord, because it is a bit thick to fit into

[@Guib99]

@@feiqz6047 Thanks for replying man! I already made my whip about a year ago! Cracks like a charm! Valeeeeu!

[@PropGuru702]

This video made me want to frickin cry.... 😭 I had this EXACT SAME whip. Im not talking similar. I mean EXACT. It ended up getting stolen from me sever years ago and i miss that whip so much. I still have 2 bullwhips but nothing handled like that indy... I still look for it frequently on various forums, marketplaces, and websites that sell used whips. I doubt ill ever see it again but man... Id love to have it back. Some people really suck 😞 to anyone reading this, be careful who you trust and know that people can turn on you faster than a wild animal...

[@russellverdin8339]

I love that hat where did you purchase that hat?

[@bernardlermite178]

Hey Nick ! 'Been following you for a bit now, always wanted to build my own bullwhip (almost impossible to find in France and quite expensive), but never found the time to do so, had many things going one. But you just dropped this vid, the trailer for the 5th movie dropped as well (huge fan of the franchise) and my father just got me an Indiana Jones style hat for Christmas. So I figure it's time to finally get to it ! (Was thinking about a 8ft, seems long enough to have some fun while being accessible for a green horn like me) Thank you for your hardwork, I'll do my best to honor your vids with my build ;) (long way to go but hey, gotta start somewhere right ?)

[@hugogonzalez4445]

Hey Nick! Great video! Didn’t you used to build up the knot foundation with strips of leather? Why did you switch to lead?

[@drachimera]

Nick, I have made 4 of your whips and I think I can make this now, can you help me understand when you use lacing tape, when you use nylon binding, and when you use artificial sinew?

[@drachimera]

Oh, I found the answer in your current materials video! Use sinew when building the heel knot on the layers or where you don’t need to taper rigidity…. Use electrical tape over the be bees, use sinew to build something up. Use lacing tape OR nylon thread at the transition….. lacing tape binds about 3X faster than thread. Use the lacing tape wherever you need to bind closely together I.e overlaps. Use sinew to bind the handle. Use hockey tape as a mesh to keep binding from falling into the space between braids

[@chrischris1688]

"Unfortunately hes probably looking to feast on my birds that i feed. So as long as it stays over there, I'm fine." *Hawk immediately flies away*

[@theludonarrian]

It would be nice to see a video of how you made that one because that's the kind I want to make, not the one in the suggested tutorial.

[@danielquest8644]

I have followed several of his tutorials, and I guarantee this build is not a first whip! I would plan on building at least five whips before you build this one. I built the no bull bullwhip first, it cracks, but it’s not a good whip. Then I followed his guide from 2020. That’s a great whip, but my plat wasn’t perfect. I am now on my third whip, it’s much better! It takes time to get your fingers to track the parachute chord in the right way over the length of a long whip like this and the nots are complicated! Best of luck man! Just dive in and do it!

[@jgoodwin27317]

what is your pricing for a 6ft and 8ft bull whip?

[@andrewmize823]

First of all--stunning job. That is a gorgeous whip, and I hope you're every bit as proud of it as you should be. I'd just be curious to know how long Indy's actual whip is supposed to be--because it always seems to be the exact length the movie needs it to be, whether he's swinging over a ten foot gap or a forty foot chasm.

[@alanjohn6355]

Just seen your video, have always wanted a whip, now I want to make one, and using paracord outer looks cool, thinking red and black, how much cord does it take to make one that length? I'm hooked after just one video.

[@TroyGarrigues]

Nice nick. Do you use this level of binding on all your whips now or just the 12 footer. Have noticed past not edge to edge

[@RobertHamm-u7c]

How do you calculate how long the strands are for each course?

[@russellverdin8339]

Where do you purchase that black lace that you're using to bind the whip no not the artificial sinew but that flat black lace that you're using?

[@joelgreenwood887]

Yes! I've been struggling to figure that out. There are several broken links from older videos for "Dacron lacing tape." Nick linked to one version of waxed dacron lacing tape in another video that still worked but it was 50lb test and waxed. When I put a lot of pressure on the spool (Nick mentioned using ~40lbs of pressure at one point in this video) the whole spool squishes. Nick's spool doesn't look like that so I'm pretty sure he's using something else. Please let us know what you're using! Even if it's not from Amazon, which means no kick back (I know) but I really want to know what it is!

[@SturdyForging]

Привет. Какую нить ты использовал? Как я могу её найти, или её аналог?

[@kryptoknyght5224]

I have a theory about coating the threaded steel rod in wax before wrapping. To help prevent wear internally. And add a small percentage of weight to the grip. Would appreciate any feedback.

[@tobykoehn9629]

What size of para cord do you use I built everything exactly the dimensions you have but my whip is only 8ft long

[@Rejoice1631]

As far as the staples not going all the way in, when you are working over the layers of lead, they may be hitting the staples from the previous layers. If you mark where they are, as you go, with a perm marker, or a small "dimple" on the lead itself, to show you where the previous staples are, you can avoid overlapping, and possibly hitting those lower staples. =)

[@Dan-eg2zb]

just finished this whip. just awesome video to follow. Thank you very much. You have inspired me to start making whips. The first one I made was a micro Snake whip, then a 3 foot snake whip. I made it black and neon green to really compliment the "snake" in it^^ It was a real challange to finish this one but im happy that I made it. I actually really just finished the last turks head (I improvised a little and made it a 3 pass as I used leather instead of lead). It took me plenty of houres haha but it was worth it I want to say thank you! And I want to ask you something too. I really am scared of waxing the whip. It is really nessecary? Will it protect the whip from mud and sth or is it just for the roll-out? I red an article about waxing which said it isnt really nessecary and without waxing you can just wash your whip with water and soak it if it gets muddy/dirty and when its waxed you cant really do it anymore. I am really conflicted tbh I would really appreciate your opinion on the pros/cons and thank you in advance. Only if you have the time of course. Have a nice day :D

[@scoper04]

I'm wondering how much something like that would cost to be made if I were looking to buy one.

[@PhilSutton0714]

Push the finish of the turkshead to the opposite edge instead of middle. Just a little easier to hide.

[@bentoucourt]

This is not a Whip, this is a scepter !

[@jessegore6168]

Yo how do I get one of these?!

[@greggkrumme157]

Thank you Saint Nick...just in time for Christmas.🙂 I've been binge watching your videos and just got all of my materials/equipment in the mail this week to start my first whip. My initial goal was an Indy whip, so this really is like a present. I teach for a living and can appreciate the time and effort it must take to obtain the high quality of your educational videos...thanks so much for your generosity in sharing them with us. I've only found one other channel with as peaceful a vibe....maxfliart. You should check him out as you seem to be kindred spirits. He is a retired artist who scratch builds rubber powered balsa airplanes and gliders from the 30's and 40's. His work is gorgeous and his cinematography beautiful. Take care, and happy holidays!

[@Ben-David]

nice

[@lizardkeeper100]

bismuth is an alternative to lead that is heavier and can be melted down on a stove top. it will be more expensive but it shouldn't be that much more and it is relatively nontoxic.

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

It's not a good alternative as it's very brittle. If you tried to mold it around in a sheet like lead, round it off with a hammer, or staple it, it would just break or shatter. The only way you could really utilize bismuth is if you were to cast it into the perfect shape and affix it to the handle using threaded hardware or something of the sort. There's nothing inherently unsafe about elemental lead in a whip, particularly if it's completely covered up and sealed with wax. Elemental copper poses more of a toxicity risk to the average person than elemental lead does, as people generally don't take any safety precautions after handling copper, and the copper oxides and salts that form on the surface are more toxic than lead oxides are. Most problems with elemental lead stems from firearms where lead dust can be inhaled without proper ventilation, and welding, where lead can be vaporized and inhaled. Doctors will often leave bullets in gunshot wounds because it poses such a low toxicity risk...they could certainly remove it, but the amount of damage done by removing each tiny piece would be far worse than the minimal toxicity that lead presents to the body. I would know, I have some in my leg right now, it's been there for almost 30 years now. The kind of lead poisoning you need to worry about comes from organic lead compounds that are readily absorbed by your body...like tetraethyl lead, for example, found in leaded gasoline.

[@lizardkeeper100]

@@Skinflaps_Meatslapper interesting I knew copper was toxic but I didn't know how non toxic lead is in comparison

[@kryptoknyght5224]

I would honestly love to pick this trade up. However, as a truck driver, I sadly do not have the time.

[@АлексейПреловский-ю4б]

👍👍👍

[@jamesgui3733]

24k Gold is safer than lead.😏😁

[@rubiconoutdoors3492]

I have ibanez gem7

[@benoitcerrina]

Malléable ne heavy. You could use gold instead of lead. It may increase the price of the whip though.

[@kingarthur7051]

Hello there

[@TroyGarrigues]

Nick do you use this same method on shorter whips say 6 foot to 8 foot. If anyone is listening 😂😂😂😂

[@richardmorris1965]

Okay let's skip the BS how much

[@MrZoomPC]

On his website 600$ for 12' bullwhip

[@mosfet51]

12 foot?.... Oh I don't think I have the strength... 😆

[@telldpablo]

Ditto to the other comments, but I noticed a slight change in this 12 footer didn’t I? It’s a shorter belly then the “full” tutorial video. Can’t keep from wondering the reason. Is there a secret to be shared perhaps? 🤔🫣🤷‍♂️ Thanks for sharing.