Whips by Ethan Mitchell

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Hey Guys,
Here are pictures of most of the whips I have made to date.
#1
3' Snakewhip
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#2
4' Snakewhip
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#3
2.5' Bullwhip
I just found it. I’ll get some pictures of it up soon.

#4
4' 12 plait Snakewhip with wire/BB core. Sorry, I don't have and pictures from before I tore it apart. :| This is the first whip I made with a decent transition, but that is only due to the wire I used for the first foot and a half or so, not to any binding. I actually found that I used a double drop going from 12 to 10 on this whip, I don't remember doing that at all.


#5
8' 12 plait Stockwhip with BB load and steel handle core(way too heavy).
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#6
2.5' Bullwhip with first attempt at an english eye.
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#7
4' 18 plait Snake whip. I gave this one away to an old friend. This one had bolsters made of athletic tape, as well as, my early thick binding.
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#8
5' 18 plait bullwhip
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#9
6' 14 plait Bullwhip
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#10
3' Snakewhip
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#11
4' Stockwhip
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#12
5' 16 plait Bullwhip
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#13
6' Cowwhip thong
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The improvement is quite evident.
Good job.

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Webcam see how better you get from whip to whip. Very nice to see
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As others have mentioned, you have demonstrated a nice progression in your skills, Ethan. Nice job!
I'll give it a try, Dad, but it's going to be really hard...kind of like trying to saw something in half using a banana.
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Thanks for posting this comprehensive overview of your work, Ethan! Your steady progress should be most encouraging! :)
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Yup, what they ^^^ said ;)
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These whips show a lot of work and great progress!!!
Inch by inch.
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Thanks everyone! I've been wanting to start my own gallery of sorts, and I figured that it would be best to start at the beginning.
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Well done Ethan!
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Post by Sven van Leeuwen »

There's a lot of improvement going from #1 to the last. Keep going. I really like the later whips, especially #12, though I couldn't exactly tell you why.
It just speaks to me...

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Thanks Jyri and Sven! I like #12 a lot too. Despite the imperfections with the overlay it turned out to be a pretty good whip performance wise. I'll have to get a video of how it flows.
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Hey guys! Here are a few pictures of another stockwhip I am working on:
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I started with an un-tapered two strand twist core, with the goal of creating a smaller core for the 12 plait overlay which I plan to fancy plait, that way it will be easier to avoid gaps. The core is bound with my new serving tool.
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The eight plait belly. I still have a hard time with the transition from plait to twist. Not so much the set up, but keeping even tension on all strands.
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Belly rolled & bound by hand. I am not at all used to the server yet.
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I had to do a bid of binding halfway along the twist because I didn't keep even tension in that spot
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This is going to be a 6' by the way.
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*bit*
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Post by Scott A. Cary »

Ethan, the color of that cord is starting to grow on me. Thanks for sharing these.
I'll give it a try, Dad, but it's going to be really hard...kind of like trying to saw something in half using a banana.
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Post by Georg Ernst »

Hey Ethan, nice colour you choose. I try that same server tool, I find it difficult with this tool to get larger distances between the individual windings. however, it works great if you make closed loop bindings.
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Looking good Ethan!
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I tried a server tool once but didn't like the results so went back to binding by hand off a door handle. Thing's looking good though, Ethan.
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Thanks everyone!

Scott,
You are welcome, it is the gold 650 cord from Roy. I've been trying to find a color that could pass as leather at a glance, but I need something a bit darker... Though I do very much like the finished waxed color.
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So here are a few sneak peaks of the overlay:
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The english eye turned out a little bit oversized :), and it still needs a bit of serving at the join. The keeper end needs the overlay and then a knot to cover the "switch". After being attached to the handle keeper of course! And after that it will need waxing before it is complete.
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Opps! I meant to show a different picture for the second one:
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What I did here is turn one set of opposing seams into checkerboard and left the other two as they were. Like this:
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(Though I omitted the ring from the pattern as it caused too much twist in my seam.)
Here are the other two patterns I used:
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Basic eight plait checkerboard.
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