This is the Gallery of "Wolf Creek Whips" - 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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A fully matched pair.
6' 12 plait neon yellow and black cow whips with 15" Bocoté handcut handles.
As per request, stamped "Wolf Creek Whips" on the heels.

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Here is a 16 plait SINGLE belly cow whip in Imperial Red and Maroon split colors with fancy plaiting I did a while back for a special person. The handle is 15" bubinga.
I think it is around 7 or 7.5'
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14 plait single belly chocolate Brown cow whip, 7'. 15" Orange Agate handle. Raffled for local paramedic student class, of which I am a member.
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Placing these pictures where they belong ;)
Bringing them over from the "Making of" Gallery.
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Robby Amper wrote:That was made for me. To be specific - it was made for the WB Meeting. I wanted to teach a way more elegant and slow way to crack a whip, than the usual "Machine Gun" style. "A Whip Crack...loud as a gunshot!" So I asked Rachel for a whip, that rolls out not only slow, but very slow. And I asked for a red fall, so the motion of the whip is even more visible. And on top I asked for some leather wrapping on the handle, because I needed a safe grip. Those who were with me at the WB Meeting could see that I hold the whip sometimes only with two fingers. Because if you know what you do - and the tool is from the highest possible quality - sometimes two fingers are enough.

And now the whip looks like this...



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There will be more about that whip...

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Adding to this post Whip Basics Review
https://youtu.be/3gf2RqMswMM
Rachel McCollough wrote:Placing these pictures where they belong ;)
Bringing them over from the "Making of" Gallery.
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Robby Amper wrote:That was made for me. To be specific - it was made for the WB Meeting. I wanted to teach a way more elegant and slow way to crack a whip, than the usual "Machine Gun" style. "A Whip Crack...loud as a gunshot!" So I asked Rachel for a whip, that rolls out not only slow, but very slow. And I asked for a red fall, so the motion of the whip is even more visible. And on top I asked for some leather wrapping on the handle, because I needed a safe grip. Those who were with me at the WB Meeting could see that I hold the whip sometimes only with two fingers. Because if you know what you do - and the tool is from the highest possible quality - sometimes two fingers are enough.

And now the whip looks like this...



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There will be more about that whip...

Robby
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7' 16 plait chocolate brown Amper Style Elite

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7' 18 plait acid dark brown Steer whip with Gonçalo grip.
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10' 10 plait 100% kangaroo hide cow whip with a twisted taper core and two plaited bellies. Ash handle of 15" long. Fall is twisted taper tied on with nail knot. Twisted taper sinew cracker.
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Two 10' 16 plait cow whips with two plaited bellies, 15" Gonçalo Alves handles,
One in Rust and Midnight Blue, one in Black, Electric Blue, and Charcoal Gray.

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WB 2019 Dog Shelter Campaign Donation
8’ 6” 16 plait single belly with twisted taper core in Rust with Midnight Blue accent.
Hormigo 15” handshaped handle.
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SloMo videoclip
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9’ 6”, It is 16 plait with two plaited bellies and a twisted taper core in saddle tan and black with fancy plait. The spring steel rod is 10” long, with an elk collar with a 9 part, 7 bight Turk’s-head knot on each side. The heel has a deer antler bur that is polished, and scrimshaw work done in Wolf Creek Whips brand, your initials, and number “001”, the first Wolf Creek Whips numbered bullwhip. I have made one prototype bullwhip in nylon, and one child’s bullwhip also in nylon. This is the first in the series of any nylon or kangaroo hide bullwhip marked and numbered.
The heel knot is a three pass two-tone 9 part, 7 bight Turk’s-head knot.

Here it is in action:

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18’ 16 plait cow whip with two plaited bellies. Acid dark brown with 15” Jatoba handle.

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Not a whip, but here is a little key chain like a whip handle I made a few days ago.
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Oh look, a black bull lurking around the pine tree!
8’ 16 plait black. Ebony knob with TH cover.
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Here is Amper Style Elite #016, 8’ 16 plait with two plaited bellies and a Gabon Ebony handle of 14”. It recently made it to its new home, so I will post pictures now.
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The Triplets with Orange Falls :)
My great pleasure to make them.

5’ 16 plait with two plaited bellies in black,
“Rachel” stock.
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6’ 16 plait with two plaited bellies in black,
Special Series (matching number for matching pattern) Cow whip, plaited from tip, with Twisted English Eye.

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8.5’ 16 plait with two plaited bellies in black,
Amper Style Elite.
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Pictures of one of the most recent completed whips. An Amper Style Elite 7’, Bloodwood handle. Grip wrap is tied as a 5x4 instead of a wrap for security.
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The first of a series I’ve made, #001 of a Wolf Creek Whips wood handled American style heavy type unloaded bullwhip. Featuring a single plaited belly with two bolsters and twisted taper core, overlay is 14 plait. A few fancy patterns throughout, with stair step on the handle. Length 6’ 3”, handle is Bloodwood 5”, epoxied insert of 1/4” spring steel, total handle length, a little longer than most American style bull whips, to transition is 10.5”. An 8 plait fall hitch. A quite nose heavy whip that cracks nicely. Color is saddle tan. 100% kangaroo hide inside out.

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6' 8" 18 plait nylon cow whip in Rust with two plaited bellies and Twisted Taper core, waxed. This whip is quite nose heavy, and good length for ground/penwork. Handle is hand shaped as always, standard size, from Leopardwood.
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Available due to client’s situation changing, http://wolfcreekwhips.com/home/off-the-shelf
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