Whip Basics. The Forum

Working on whip #23, a 4’ 12plait snake whip to go with that red knob I turned. I need to redo the half finished overlay because I dropped too soon and have some ugly gaps going on. The overlay will be in solid imperial red. https://i.ibb.co/3kpsdyc/9-F89-E605-2289-4372-9-BB8-15969-BA5-D9-A2.jpg htt...

Mr Robert, not impossible, just slow

Two of the handles I turned were supposed to be cow whip style, but I wasn’t able to get the hole strait so I messed both of them up, so now they will be bullwhip handles :p
If I can get the holes for the spring steel straight anyway…

Thanks everyone! I meant to show the plaiting pattern that I used. https://i.ibb.co/3crPJ6D/78-C24-CA3-17-A9-459-B-9899-10-AC93-A8-F360.jpg I went over to a friend’s place this afternoon. He has a nice big lathe. I turned a few things. One I turned out of a piece of black palm, it was really annoyin...

Well, after three late nights I have a completed 5’2” 16plait thong with a served english eye in acid brown. I don’t believe I have used this color cord yet, so I’m curious how it will look after waxing. I made a cracker out of some serving material to experiment. I don’t know what it is made out of...

Ethan, looking very good! You can try to make the first segment (1-2 Inches) of the 4 strand TT super tight . After some rolling, this usualy creats an even "transition of the tension" (the tightness of the first Inches of TT will "pull" on the 4 plait strands during the rolling...

I want to do some pattern work with two colors

Any suggestions for the overly? The colors I have right now include:
Acid brown
Chocolate brown
A brown that is somewhere in between those
Black
Midnight blue
Red
A bit of green
Some gold
White

What truck do you have Ron?

Working to complete the thong of whip #22 by the weekend. This will be a 5’ 16 plait two belly epoxied into a turned wooden handle that I will hopefully be able to create Sunday afternoon. Tapered twist core and first belly in 10 plait: https://i.ibb.co/D8yGdL3/1-D60703-F-8133-4545-A16-E-07-FFACCE27...

Ok, thanks! I haven’t tried it partly because it seemed too unpredictable to get right

Mr Robert, yeah I believe I did post something.
I feel like it handles even better now. But that might be due partly to being in better physical shape now lol

I had taken off the leather lace wrap on the handle awhile ago for some reason. I regret it now, I tied it back on as best I could, but ended up having to sacrifice some of it. So it is not the same.

Hey Y’all, I was cracking a whip earlier today that I bought from Rachel early 2018, roughly four years and two months ago. Her Rachel Stock prototype. Here it is after two years of use and two years of storage. I’m trying to learn and get better with photography so I did some experimenting on our w...

Nvm, my signal was bad. I can see them now with Wi-Fi.
They look very cool Ben. How did you work out the length of the fancy plaiting on the handle? Like how you designed a symmetrical pattern that fit evenly inside the knots.

I can’t see the pictures. That might be on my end tho

Thanks everyone!

Here is a video of it in motion
https://youtu.be/TTj-Q-UosxI

Thanks Ron, it cracks well. It is much lighter and faster than my 7’ Amper Style

Here is a link to an album of clearer photos.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/aQMmv8wA9bWnW9kF9