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Mr. Robert, thank you! It will be 10 feet.

Rachel, your bellies look better than my overlays! Beautiful work, ma'am.

Rachel McCollough wrote:Mr. Robert, thank you! It will be 10 feet.

Even better!

Rachel McCollough wrote:Mr. Robert, thank you! It will be 10 feet.

Even better!

This is looking great. Your skills are vastly improving.
Are you not beveling the edges? Is that the traditional way of doing a
leather cow whip?

Ron

Mark, thank you very much! You certainly plait beautiful overlays!

Ron, thank you! The belly is not beveled, but here you can see the overlay is. I have seen photos of both beveled and not beveled.

Looking good.

Looking wonderful! I love the slight variations in colour of natural kangaroo hide, and the bevelling makes for such a smooth finish!

Thank y'all very much. Just a few more feet to go...

THAT is what I mean, when I talk about roo whips! EXACTLY THAT! You have no idea, how much whip makers advertise their whips as "Made entirely from 1st grade roo"... And in over 60% that is a blatant lie. More than 60%... Simply because they use cowhide for the core and the bolsters. Bellies and overlay is from roo. But - mostly 2nd grade roohide. The argument is always the same: "Nobody can see what the whip looks at the inside". That is right, and cowhide bolsters add to the weight of the whip. But - it's not roo, right?

Sometimes "whip makers" show pics of their whips, they made from the best available roohide. For the pictures on their homepage. And the customer gets a mixture from cow, 2nd grade roo and drum stuffed roo as overlay. Of course the price, people pay, is the one for a whip made from all roohide. 1st grade. Can you imagine, how much money those folks make in simply using cheap material?

What Rachel does, is exactly what I mean, when I say: Be honest with the inner life of your whips!

Simon Martin is one of the real honest folks. And now Rachel McCollough! Great respect, Rachel. That is how it should be done. If you are interested in doing a video to document your work - the quality of your work! - let me know. I would love to produce a review that shows every stage in the making of a real roo whip!


Robby

Dear Rahchel

I have never seen how a roo-whip is made from the inside. Thanks.

Just as much as I love your nylon whips, I love the appearance of this roo-whip. This natural roo always make me happy both to crack and to look at because - it is pure nature.

As you know I have a few roo-whips in natural and every time I take them out it becomes a special day. I hope the owner of that whip will fell the same when using it and consider it as the art-work a roo-whip is from the first strip cut out of the hide to the finished whip.

Flemming

Robby, you are SO right!

Flemming, I agree: a day with a roo whip is always a special day!

How pretty WS, I can’t wait to see it done!!

Robby, that is very very exciting!!!! Wow!
Thank you, very much. I appreciate your thoughts very much, Robby.

I think this would be an excellent reason to get a go-pro camera...

I know many whips are made with other leather on the inside, and are great whips... But I do really like the 100% kangaroo from Simon Martin that I get from Roy through Whip Nation. It is quality and I know I can trust it will be good. I really like the twisted taper core in the roohide whip, too.

I think that would be a really great project, Robby, and a fantastic opportunity!

WS, thank you

Flemming, thank you! I prefer the natural roohide color most, because of its color variations. Working with the roohide makes me happy for certain, seeing the whip come to life layer by layer!

There is a nylon stock whip to be completed, too...

Looks great, Rachel.

Mark, thank you!!!!

This is beautiful! Rachel, this has me thinking that perhaps we should start another project. After, of course, you get your gold patch.

Scott, that sure sounds enticing!!!

Wow Rachel that is going to be a special cow whip indeed. From those pics it looks like your an old pro with roo. Can't wait to see it in action