8 ft charity bullwhip project

[Jesse Bessette]

Here is my latest build, I'm not quite done, but it is an 8 ft bullwhip in navy blue and yellow, the colors of the fire department it is being donated to. One of the firefighters from that station was injured in an off duty accident and I wanted to help raise some money, so this is going to be included in the raffle. Let me know what you guys think.

http://s61.photobucket.com/user/Quarter ... ml?filters[user]=145987402&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=0

[Jesse Bessette]

Don't use that link. You can if you want, but I clicked the wrong thing on the website. This should be the right one. Here's hoping...

[Morten Aalykke Pedersen]

Looks nice :-)

[Robert Gage]

It does indeed look nice, Jesse! (And I've never been a fan of putting blue and yellow together....)

[Roy Partin]

Very nice plaiting. Charity whips are the best. I hope it raises piles of money. Jesse, that is a very kind and noble gesture

[Jesse Bessette]

Thanks guys. Glad to hear it's liked. I'm hoping it helps raise some money too.

[Morten Aalykke Pedersen]

It does indeed look nice, Jesse! (And I've never been a fan of putting blue and yellow together....)

Robert - i think its because blue and yellow are primary colors - normally these dont go very well together - thats why superman looks goofy - he puts 3 primary colors together.

But here it looks ok :-) it has a purpose

[Rachel McCollough]

That's a nice looking whip, Mr. Jesse!!! That's indeed the best build, charity whips. My husband's a firefighter so this is indeed something I see as really cool. Thank you for helping!

[Brandon "Sparky" Lam]

Looking good Jesse, hope you raise tons~

[Jesse Bessette]

Seeing the colors in person, the combination is awesome. The picture isn't really conveying the real color of it, but it's a spectacular combination. Its a very dark blue, it really almost looks like black and a really bright yellow. I'm not sure what to do about the knots yet, at least what color to do the, but I'll figure that out soon. I figured if the colors are on the "uniform" for the fire department then those are the ones I should be using.

Thanks Rachel and Brandon.

[Ron May]

Jesse, nice straight plaiting.
Good job.
How does it crack?

Ron

[Sir Roger Tuson]

Very nice plaiting work Jesse. Sometimes, 'odd' colour combinations just work out.

[Robert Gage]

Jesse - and Morten - I think perhaps this works because the blue is so dark....

[Jesse Bessette]

Robert, that's kind of what I'm thinking. That might be why firefighter uniforms can look so sharp.

I have no idea yet how it cracks. It's actually not finished yet. I have about a foot of plaiting left to do, but I'll get that done today.

[Charlie Carpenter]

Nice work, hope it makes good money, it's certainly worth it

[Jesse Bessette]

I hope so too. Like I said, kinda nervous considering its not a custom (meaning not ordered by a specific customer) and it's going out in public. I just hope people like the colors, if you know what I mean.

[Guest]

Looking like it's getting along nicely : )

One thing of advice: when there's such a thick transition (like my whips usually have) you would benefit to have a steeper horizontal angle on the plaiting to cover the thong without gaps. Bobbi calls this "the pack and stack" where you intentionally overlap the strands while plaiting. Rolling will take care of the bunching and you'll end up with a well-behaving, gapless whip!

[Jessie Edwards]

It is nice and its nice of you to donate to the cause. I hope you make lots

[Jesse Bessette]

It's actually one of the thinnest transitions I've had. And the bulge begins on the handle, so I was able to get it tighter as I went. This is from early on in the build. The strands are actually just outside of the frame of the picture. I'm definitely going to keep that in mind, but I think the transition is pretty good on this one. I definitely would love to send one of my whips out to somebody to see what their opinion is, that's for sure.

[Jessie Edwards]

Well, we have the one on one whip swap section. Why don't you start a thread requesting a partner? If you don't hear from anyone, let me know. I'm a GREAT cheerleader.