Black snake

[Mark Elliott]

8-ft snakewhip, kangaroo hide, 3 bellies around a shot bag core, 16-plait overlay. Heel knot is a 7x6 Turk'shead with a gaucho fan interweave.

[Ron May]

Excellently done.
This is definitely a black beauty for sure.

Ron

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you, Ron.

[Hayes Rutherford]

Well done Mark, looks classic.

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you, Hayes.

[Rachel McCollough]

Mark, that’s a beauty!!!

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you, ma'am.

[Robert Gage]

I like it, Mark! I like it a lot!

[Flemming Bo Christiansen]

It looks like a beauty. Do you bind a "handlearea" or is it the same binding all over ? I am not so familiar with snakewhips.

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you, Robert and Flemming,

Yes, Flemming, on a snake whip I bind the first 12 or 18 inches pretty tight around the core and then each bolster and belly gets another binding that ends a few inches shorter than the last so that they don't just suddenly change tension. Bernie has a video that shows it. Even if you don't make whips his videos are very enjoyable to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lurikPziGw

[Ross Buckley]

Mark that is beautiful

[Mark Elliott]

Thanks, Ross.

[Ben Varsek]

Mark, excellent work, that whip looks very very stylsh!

Ben

[Mark Elliott]

Thanks, Ben.