The "Making of" Gallery - Giovanni Celeste

[Flemming Bo Christiansen]

Gio. I know your work, and I cand hardly wait until the parcel is in the garage .

I saw this lovely whip made for another customer and felt in love immediately. Gitte is REALLY looking forward to wear this lovely belt.

[Rachel McCollough]

I posted in the wrong thread, I'm sorry!

Gio, this whip is perfection in so many ways...
Pure elegance

The belt is outstanding as well!
Love, love!!!!

[Jyri Haveri]

Amazing as always Gio!

[Ron May]

This is the place to comment (The Making of"), the "Gallery" is for showcasing the photos.
So, I will have to delete the comments in the "Gallery of"

Please in the future post your comments in this thread and not the "Gallery of" for any maker featured there.

I thank you for your cooperation.

Ron

[Ron May]

This is the right thread Rachel, the other one isn't .
Good job catching that.

Ron

[Giovanni Celeste]

Hello All,
I'm Proud and honored to show you my last works made for my friends Flemming Bo Christiansen and his lovely wife Gitte

Here some specs:
5ft Zorro style 16 plt
Handle 30cm long plaited in gacho braid pattern
Silver Ferrule and Engraved Plate
Gaucho ring knots
Rinforced binding transition in all internal layers

Thanks to Gitte and Flamming !

5ft Zorro style 16 plt
Construction:
Double core
Two 4 plt bellies
Two bolster



Gaucho pattern 16 plt






Belt 12 plait with brass bckle

[Ron May]

Nice Geo.
It reminds me of the Zoro whip.

Ron

[Giovanni Celeste]

Thank you Ron!
I think there is Zorro's whip as many as the movies..
Differently from Indy whip where the whips have a specific design and shape, there isn't a typical Zorro whip.
From the early movement you can see a long black whip sometimes a bull whip, sometime a target Whip and at least a stock whip.
For these reasons, I think that the Zorro whip can be always interpreted by each Whipmaker in different ways.

[Giovanni Celeste]

Sorry for my error
I wrote: From the early movement
Instead of: From the early movies

[Scott A. Cary]

Gorgeous work, Gio!

[Flemming Bo Christiansen]

Gio - I love your way of taking pictures. Sometime I think the photos lies and the are some fake about them - but there are not

[Giovanni Celeste]

Not my pics and the real objects shooted
You can guarantee as owner of my whips
Jocking a part Thanks Flamming I understood what you try from say...
I use my mobile for shooting the pics..
I try to photograph the objects in many and different corners to the purpose to give the maximum number of information in terms of parameters of the object...
For this reason I prefer shooting and posting more pics...
It will be more easy to me taking a singol pics and post it...
In this way I would have a gain in terms of time but I would lost in terms of information...
Anyway way nothing pics can compare the sensation of a real objects in your hands...

[Flemming Bo Christiansen]

Gio - I can guarantee.

If I get the opportunity to participate in the meet and greet, I will bring them, so our friends here can see and try

[Giovanni Celeste]

:l and you will be a great testimonial!!

[Giovanni Celeste]

Here Below two closeup:
The first pic shows how i start to fix the 12 strands to make te point of the belt.



The second pic shows the mandrel that i use to prepare the three gaucho knots that i've placed on the handle of the Flamming's whip.

[Mark Elliott]

Gio, even your mandrel is classier than mine!

[Giovanni Celeste]

)) you make me smile

[Giovanni Celeste]

Hello All,
in the next few days i'll post a few whips recently done.
Here below a Raiders style 8ft.
Thanks in advance
Yours
Gio

[Jyri Haveri]

Beatiful Gio! How you get the handle so much thinner than the thong? Cutting bellyes in a yoge?

[Giovanni Celeste]

Thanks Jyri, exatly!
i start with a nail about 7mm wide over a smal core, over the real core, over the first 4 plaited belly with a joke, over the first bolster that starts about at 2cm from the end of the handle.
Over the first bolster there is a 4 plaited belly with a joke, over the second belly there is the second bolster BUT this time the bolster starts from the butt of the handle.