The "Making of" Gallery - Rachel McCollough

This new Gallery replaces the former "Masters Gallery", which will work from now on as pure archive. Here you will find not only the work and art from folks who sell whips, but also from folks, who create their whips out of pure passion. And we have an additional gallery. It is called "The Gallery - Making of".
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Rachel, this is amazing.

Your plaiting and designs have certainly gained power with every new whip you make.

You're going to have to put some lead window weights on it when you set it down, because this whip is going to want to crack itself.

I know of someone living in the north east part of England and a guy with a southern Texas drawl that would love to crack this one.
A slow graceful whip that cracks with ease is like a work of art and this whip will live up to that for sure.

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Beatiful whip Rachel!
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Sweet!
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Thank y’all very much. Ron, wouldn’t it be cool to every one meet up and get to try out our favorite Whips.
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Wow Rachel, I find it absolutely mind-blowing how straight your plaiting is. And overall it looks just wonderful. Thanks for sharing!
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Rachel, that's absolutely gorgeous. I'm salivating! :)
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Rachel, that would be very cool indeed.

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I love this!
I'll give it a try, Dad, but it's going to be really hard...kind of like trying to saw something in half using a banana.
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Mr. Robert, I’m pretty excited to finish it and hear it crack, and really look forward to seeing the heel treatment and how it’ll all come together.
Thank you :)

Thanks, Scott!

Julia, thank you very much! I always try to show things how they are (like the picture where you can see a small twist at the heel, although it will be covered), and not only how I would like them to be.
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Post by Flemming Bo Christiansen »

Rachel - I thought that you had specialized in your style of paracord plaiting. This whip looks "awful" fine :)

Some day we must have a conversation on how you build them :)
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Post by Rachel McCollough »

Flemming, thank you! I’m still learning in both nylon and roohide, and I sure do like both!

Here is an update on this whip. I’ve been gone to work at my other job quite a lot, but still making some progress!

These are the foundation knots, not the finished knots...
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This is the fall hitch, mine are a little different...
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Scrimshaw heel antler burr:
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Beautiful Rachel.

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Post by Jyri Haveri »

Beatiful work Rachel! Clever use of the antler.
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Post by Scott A. Cary »

Jyri's right - the antler is a nice touch. Well done!
I'll give it a try, Dad, but it's going to be really hard...kind of like trying to saw something in half using a banana.
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Thanks!
Knot Time...
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It's looking very good Rachel.

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Post by Andrew Van Werkhoven »

Looking good Rachel, I like the Antler use.
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The antler fits in there perfectly. Wow!
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After many fits...
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Post by Ron May »

That looks great Rachel.
It fits perfectly.

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