Drifter

[Mark Elliott]

Here's a bit of an experiment. I wanted to see how a single belly whip handled, so I made a 10-ft cow whip, 16-plait overlay in rust and sky blue, with a 14-inch African Blackwood handle, TT core, single 12-plait belly, and a 26-inch weighted fall. And since I know you are going to ask Ron, it cracks beautifully and rolls out oh-so-slowly. I'll try to get a video if the damn wind ever drops below 40 mph again.

[Collin Weaver]

This is really nice. I like the color combos a lot. Did you bind it more like a bullwhip or leave it loos-ish similar to a stock whip?

[Mark Elliott]

Collin, I bound the core with a closed loop layer and a couple of open loop layers, mostly to get a smoother surface for the belly. No other binding.

[Ron May]

It looks really nice.
That handle is awesome.
Nicely done.

Ron

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you, Ron.

[Robert Gage]

Mark, that looks terrific! The handle is particularly nice.

The only cow-whip I've ever handled is my 10-footer, made by Roy; this looks somewhat lighter than that. (If I recall correctly, Roy's whip has two bellies - but I'm not sure.) I do like the slow roll-out....

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you, Robert. It's not as heavy as my 8.5 ft., 3-belly, bullwhip, for sure, but it does have some heft to it, mostly because of the handle, I think. That Blackwood is very dense.

[Flemming Bo Christiansen]

I love - really love - that handle and the idea of a cow whip. Great that you do experiments like this one with only one layer.

I won a whip from Tyler and I don know how it is build, but it is thin, but slow and fun to use - the same way as yours

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you Flemming. It is fun to send that loop rolling down the whip and wait..............................O....................crack!

[Scott A. Cary]

Mark, I really like the look of this whip and that's something because I'm not typically a fan of cow whips.

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you, Scott.

[Jyri Haveri]

Beatiful Mark!
Looking forward for the video!

[Rachel McCollough]

Mark, I love this whip! Beautiful, sir.

[Mark Elliott]

Thanks Scott and Rachel.