The paracord we use is a lightweight nylon based rope originally used in the suspension lines of parachutes. It is now used for decorative items such as bracelets, lanyards, mats, bell ropes, woggles, keyrings, monkey fists and zip pulls.
Please take a look at our Gallery pages for more details.
magicparacordUK specialise in a decorative Motorcycle item called a ‘Get~Back~Whip’
The ‘Get-Back-Whip’ hangs from a lever of a motorcycle. Today this is a decorative item or Club Colour identifier.
GBW in Red and White plait finished with a decorative
Pineapple Knot.
A 40" GBW to draw attention and start conversation.
Here are a few completed GBW
If you are after something special, a single GBW, a series for your club, a gift or a collection to display, then contact us.
We look forward to working with you to create something special.
So why is it called a ‘Get-Back-Whip’.
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Surfing the www you will find many comments and ideas but the basis comes from when bikers rode in groups wearing their colours. They had a patch, an area where they saw themselves as the ‘owners’ of that area and other bikers were seen as trespassers and confronted as such. That is not to say ALL bike groups were established around such an idea but it gave birth to the ‘Get-Back-Whip’.
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Originally made from plaited leather, the whip hung from a quick release clasp from the clutch lever. Upon being approached by another gang the whip could be released quickly and used to show the colours of the club and used in a whipping motion to ward away the ‘trespassers’. The whip could then be reattached to the lever. And all using only one hand.
Today a ‘Get-Back-Whip’ is a decorative item. Hanging from the clutch lever, to show club and membership colours.
magicparacordUK can weave a whip in a combination of colours to suit your club or your individual needs. The colours can suit your bike, your clothing or just be are presentation of ‘you’. Our ‘Get-Back-Whips’ have an inner core that is visible when the whip is stretched or twisted open so a specific additional colour can be added into the weave.
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magicparacordUK weave their whips by hand and to order as the whip is individual so its colours, length, added statement items, tassel ends are all done to your request. ​We can add small skulls to the tassels and end the tassel in a knot or a fringe. ​Length is dependent upon the length of your clutch lever to the floor minus 2-3 inch. This allows for a natural stretch in the whip when it is hanging and some extra long whips can stretch as few inches.
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magicparacordUk can weave our whips to any length. We use a standard weave pattern which gives a spiral effect with one colour almost horizontal and another colour almost vertical. Third colour can be used as the hidden core.
All our whips have a square weave just below the quick release clasp. This square weave gives strength to the handle end and can have a hanging tassel added to finish the handle. Just below the handle, we can add a statement ‘ring’. This is a silver colour or black design ring and we have a varied selection from skulls to eagles to warrior helmets.
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At magicparacordUK we create the ‘Get-Back-Whip’ to your specific requirements so they are all unique. We can create same colour whips and add different statement items for clubs.
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​The whip colours are then the club colours but the statement items identify specific members own unique whip.
For length, the whips can be done to any overall length but it must be remembered that the longer the whip, the heavier the weave and so the more it will stretch whilst hanging. For those bikers with ‘ape hanger’ bars we can add a reinforcing core to reduce the stretch of the whip and have woven a 48inch red, white, yellow whip with such a core so reducing its stretch to under an inch.
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Our Gallery shows a selection of ‘Get-Back-Whips’ with different colour combinations and statement items.
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