The "Making of" Gallery - Rachel McCollough

This new Gallery replaces the former "Masters Gallery", which will work from now on as pure archive. Here you will find not only the work and art from folks who sell whips, but also from folks, who create their whips out of pure passion. And we have an additional gallery. It is called "The Gallery - Making of".
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Excellent work Rachel.
I can imagine working with the blend of old with new was a little challenging and fiddly.

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Thank you, Ron! It took around 30 minutes to look everything over and make a plan. About an hour of plaiting and it was fixed, then of course the waxing. I just dropped strands and added strands as needed to meld the new in.
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Thanks for the explanation.
Great job. Making something old and broken, functional again is a big deal.

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Outstanding work Rachel!

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That is amazing work, Rachel. As usual I am in absolute awe of your talent.
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Ron, Ben, Mark, thank you so much!

Here is the video on how it flows:
https://youtu.be/kljHZI_0Utk

It is 11’ 2”.
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Garret has to try it out, too:
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Wow, Rachel. The flow of the whip is amazing, it makes the throw look effortless.
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Rachel that is truly awesome work :)
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Julia, Ross, Thank you!

Falls in progress... nearly done with them. More to do, but so very close!
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Teaser :)

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Very nice tease Rachel.
I can't wait for the main course. :)

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The handle looks very smooth, I imagine this is how it feels as well.
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Heh! :)
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Arrhhhh........ Rachel !
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Thanks, Ron!

Thank you, Julia! I hope so, they are sanded to 1200 grit. They still have a little few tool marks if you look close.

Mr. Robert, Flemming, thank you! More to come!!
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Thumbs up :)

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Thanks Ben!

Today, correcting and replanting after finding a mistake, the triplets.

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Rachel, this is what makes the difference between a whip maker and a great whip maker.
Very nice.

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Superb attention to detail, Rachel! Ron's right! :)
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Thank you, very much! They must be right, and soon will be complete.
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