Texas Tea

[Mark Elliott]

I saw a post from Mr. Glen Denholm on facebook with photos of his weekly output. He made 14 different whips this week. They are all beautiful, of course. Here's what I got done this week.

6.5 ft (2m) Snake Whip, 16 plait in black and gold, 2 bellies, TT core, weighted fall and one of Jyri's crackers, 9x8,2pass pineapple knot for the heel, waxed. the key chain contains a foosball inside of a Globe knot, a 6 strand Matthew Walker, a 6 strand round crown sinnet. Just below the ring is a 6 strand over 2 round sinnet finished of with a 6 strand diamond knot.

[Mark Elliott]

Oops, the narrow section of the key chain is not a round crown sinnet, it is a regular old 6 plait, o2u1 on one side and o1u2 on the other.

[Ron May]

Nicely done Mark.
How does it crack?

Ron

[Jyri Haveri]

Great job Mark! That heel knot looks awesome!

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you, Ron and Jyri. Ron, I'll let you know about the crack as soon as it gets light enough to see it.

[Sir Roger Tuson]

That is some nice work, Mark. That keyfob is excellent.

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you, Roger. I hadn't tied any knots in quite a while (all my whips have been wooden handled of late) and last week at work I suddenly got the urge to do so. I liked the colors so much I decided to make a whip out of them. I had forgotten how much fun tying knots could be.

[Mark Elliott]

Ron, it cracks nicely. I'm getting better at using a snake whip.

[Robert Gage]

That's a very nice snake, Mark! (And a very good length for a snake, too - in my view.)