This is the Gallery of "Wolf Creek Whips" - 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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I love that Jatoba, it really sands nice too. Good wood. The Tung oil works really well on it.
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Rachel, that looks marvelous.
(I am running out of superlatives to describe your work :) )

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Rachel, that's superb! I like the acid dark brown very much. (I like your photography, too!)
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Fantastic work Rachel, I like the color combination with the wooden handle and the acid dark brown. :D

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Nice work lady. That Jatoba is good stuff and its inexpensive
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Thank y'all very much, friends.

Roy yes the price really does help me like it even more!
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@ Rachel McCollough:

Splendid work Mrs. McCollough !!!
Both - the thong and the Jatoba handle are looking brilliant !!!

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Thank you, Ben!
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It looks great Rachel- is jatoba an open grained wood?
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Thanks, Tyler, I would say no but it does have some larger pores. It's one of the toughest woods, as well as lower risk of rot or decay. It sands quite smooth for a good finish with oil, and that's by hand up to 400 grit. On a lathe it would be much smoother, I believe.
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WB 2016 Dog Shelter Campaign
Donation whip.
For the pups.

6' 16 plait Amper Style, TT core with 2 plaited bellies, English Eye and TT loaded fall. Charcoal Gray I had on hand, Black and Crimson from WN. 14" handcut Jatoba handle, wood blank also from WN.
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OOOOOooooooOOOOOOOOOO NICE! An exceptional blend of creative ideas and flawless execution. and is that some figure I spy? I actually have an unfinished project from figured jatoba I was gonna post and do a writeup on, but... been too lazy/busy
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Rachel, that's beautiful.

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Thanks Efren! I was particularly fond of that piece of Jatoba, it is nicely figured and good color.
I look forward to your writeup when you do have the time, I really enjoy those and I've learned a lot from your writing about the different kinds of wood. Please do as you find the time!
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Thank you very much, Ron :)
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Awesome Rachel! Somebody's got a golden ticket :)
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Thank you, Tyler!
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6'6" 16 plait bullwhip (or, The Steer)
With a 15" rod fiberglass. Gonçalo Alves handcut grip with a Tung Oil finish.
Coyote Brown, Dark Acid Brown, and Crimson.
Most paracord and Gonçalo Alves wood blank from Whip Nation

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To be honest... Not my style of colors. But the artwork, the braiding, is wonderful. Would it be possible to see a video how it rolls out? Thank you for sharing!

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