Whip Basics. The Forum

Thanks, Ron

Ha David! This is quite true...it could happen

David Cross wrote:You definitely have consistency!

Quite right, David. And yet, Rachel's work somehow just looks better and better....

Rather the point, though.

Thank you, I hope to never stop learning.

Great work.. I agree the consistency is unbelifeable..

Awesome once again Rachel. Your woodwork is just getting better and better.

You have a whip cloning machine!

Thank you very much, friends!

@ Rachel McCollough:

Outstanding work Mrs. McCollough !!!
I realy like the precice pyrography work on the cup of the handle on top of all the other great features of these whips !!!

All the best
Ben

I remember something, Ben wrote a few days ago. I'm not sure what it was.
I have to look for the post...

Robby

Thank you, Ben! The Jatoba is interesting to woodburn on for certain!

Interesting how? Is it soft or does it take a long time to get a burn? Either way, is it an even burn or is it like oak in which you have hard veins mixed in with soft veins?

I want to burn another handle. Stefan mentioned he would like one like the one I had done for the meet and greet, but I want to choose a nice wood...something more consistent and smooth than oak.

Robby you've got me very curious, I wonder just what you're thinking...


Jessie it's consistently hard. Evenly burns but takes time. Lots of time... But it is consistent. A less marked piece of Gonçalo where you'd have a more blank slate would burn much easier. I wonder how Jatoba would burn with the pyro pens like Tyler and Roy have???

okay. Maybe I will experiment.

Here's another one, I was going to make a solid rust but Lonnie mentioned Black with a yellow accent would look good with Bois D'arc so here it is:
6' 16 plait black and yellow With 16" fiberglass rod, English Eye.
Bois D'arc handcut wood grip with Tung oil.
Before waxing, it was getting late.

650 paracord from Whip Nation, Bois D'arc from our local woods.

Rachel, if I ever need a ruler or straight edge I could just use one of your whips and sight along your plaiting. That is super straight.
The TT to an English eye is just genius.
Your excellent usual job.

Ron

That's really cool looking. Especially the hybrid handle.

I also like the lack of a transition knot.
It looks so sleek and graceful.
The wood knob is like icing on the cake.
I think this is one of, if not the best whip you have ever made.

Ron

Rachel, the straightness of your plaiting is nothing short of astonishing! Golly!

Thank you very much, my friends!

I like it best without a transition knot in this case, too. It wouldn't serve a purpose at all....
Thanks