Whip Basics. The Forum

Glad to be a part of this project. I'm really looking forward to seeing the whip James is making for me

Here are a few pics of what I'm building (these first three are older pics from a previous build but the process remains the same):

This is the start of all my Bulls



Twisted Taper fully closed-loop bound



Starting the second belly



Nearing the end of the second belly binding (This is James' whip)



And how I do it...



Finally, the overlay colours - burgundy, yellow and marigold




I hope James likes it!

Those colors will make the whip really stand out.
The transition looks very nice.
Great job Roger.

Ron

Interesting colors. I'm looking forward to seeing this

Those are really some fantastic colors. Your transition is very stiff, too. I recently started using the door knob method as well and I definitely like the results.

Wohoo here we go : )

Roger, that really does look like enough binding! Yippee!

Roger that's looking great! That'll be a lively whip in more ways than one!

That's looking really good, Roger, can't wait to see the final product Those colours are gonna be awesome!

Where can I find information on how to start the positing like that? Or at least, what do you call it?

Sorry Jesse, not sure if that's a typo? Positing?

Jesse, if you use the search tool just look for "square start".
You should find it I think.

Ron

Positing=plaiting I think!

Square start is also in Ron Edward's book How to Make Whips too, I believe.

Jesse - this is Bert's tutorial that I use. I recommend practicing it a few times before doing it for real. My first few times I ended up with a gap on the top back side.

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That should indeed say plaiting. I used my phone to type it and suffered the autocorrect failure typical of phone usage. Thanks for hooking me up with the tutorial though.

Jesse - look at my latest pics in Arizona Whips and you can see how the stands end up off centered left and right when doing the square start. It will help you plan.

Craig Frank wrote:Jesse - this is Bert's tutorial that I use. I recommend practicing it a few times before doing it for real. My first few times I ended up with a gap on the top back side.

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Hi Guys - cant get the link to work - any ideas?

Looking good, James will be very happy

The area in the link is for full members only!

Jonathan lewis has a nice little video tutorial on youtube if you search his name with 'square start'.

Thx Erik

Need to look into the square start myself, I like the heel knot but I'd love to try a whip without one, it would be super sleek looking.