Arizona whips

[Ethan Mitchell]

Congrats Craig! Once Robby gets it broken in it should be an excellent whip. Might be awhile though... :p

[Robert Gage]

Thanks, Ethan - but I still don't understand why! (Robby has promised to explain it all in due course....)

[Robby Amper]

And I did.

Robby

[Robert Gage]

You did indeed, Robby! Many thanks!

[Rachel McCollough]

I love this video!!! Congratulations, Craig, this is well deserved! You are doing an excellent job and you have truly developed your own unique style. This whip is a monster of epic proportions.

Robby, I love the effects, and the play on Frankenstein. Very well done and enjoyable as always!

[Craig Frank]

Thank you, Rachel. I'm hoping to build a longer version shortly, but things are really hectic right now with the upcoming move.

[Craig Frank]

After over a year of whip making hiatus, I finally started making a new whip for a departing coworker. Access to necessary materials and tools here in Korea has been a challenge. I'll try to upload photos, but I'm having trouble accessing photobucket. I'm making this one as Thunderstorm, not Frankenwhip.

[Craig Frank]

Cutting some groves in the handle to hopefully give the core some extra grip. I've had issues with the core separating a little from the handle during break in resulting in a limp transition.



Core.



Square start.

[Ron May]

It's good to see you getting back into it.
I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.

Ron

[Scott A. Cary]

I like your choice of colors, Craig!

[Jyri Haveri]

Looking good!

I havent had any issues with the core slipping off after i swiched to carbon arrows.

Goid to see you back in whipmaking!

[Nathan Mayer]

Korea, wow, it amazes me how this forum brings people together from so far away. The whip is looking good. I too like the color choice. I look forward to seeing more progress pics.

[Jessie Edwards]

hey Craig, good to see you! is it gonna be blue and white or is that a belly? Take a triangle file and cut grooves with that about 1 mm deep. at least 3 rings. mix a little epoxy and smear it on the rod, slide the core on there and then sinew like a mother. no more slipping.

[Craig Frank]

hey Craig, good to see you! is it gonna be blue and white or is that a belly? Take a triangle file and cut grooves with that about 1 mm deep. at least 3 rings. mix a little epoxy and smear it on the rod, slide the core on there and then sinew like a mother. no more slipping.

I always sinew like a mother. The one that really gave me slippage problems was the one I made for Roger, and I think that was mostly because of how ungodly heavy it was. Blue and grey are just the colors that I use for the bellies so that I can see the braiding easier in order to avoid twists and gaps.

Overlay done. Need to work on the knots this weekend.


Ignore my wife being goofy.

[Craig Frank]

Whip done. Definitely not my best work, but not horrible. Has a slight right pull, a slight hinge, and a slight bulge, but not unwieldy.

[Robert Gage]

Craig, this looks almost as beefy as your 'Frankenwhip'! Is it as stiff as that monster? :P

[Craig Frank]

Robert - not quite, but close. I'm going to try something new on my next whip that might make it thinner, but stiffer.

[Sir Roger Tuson]

I do like that concho, Craig.

I've lent your Frankenwhip to friend of mine who is a real beefy fellah and likes to muscle his whips (no matter how many times I tell him not to! :/) and he does like it.

[Rachel McCollough]

Craig, you still got it

[Scott A. Cary]

Craig, the photo of your wife holding the whip really gives some perspective on how stout this one is (in comparison to her forearm).