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Here is the latest whip. It's an 8-foot, 16-plait cow whip with 2 bellies, a TT core, a 24-inch fall, and an 8-inch B55 cracker. The colors are midnight blue and electric blue. The setup is all midnight blue on the left side and alternating MB and electric blue on the right. I used single diamond plait, gaucho plait and herringbone plait. also a couple of short sections of bands to break up the herringbone a bit

Forgot to mention the handle. It's 12-inches and is made of Bubinga.

Another great whip, Mark.
The grain and color of the handle is so beautiful.
The handle does look a little thick or bulky. But that might be the camera.
Very nicely done.

Ron

Mark, this is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Mark, this is superb!

Thank you all.

Ron, you have a good eye for detail, sir. I left the lip of the cup a little thicker on this one. A rather large chunk split off the last 3 inches of that end as I was forming the initial cup and I was afraid that if I tapered it as much as I usually do, it would split under the stress of cracking the whip. And, the camera angles do make it look a bit thicker than it actually is.

Well done Mark, good looking, both plaitng and handle.

Mark, it flows very nicely.
Thanks for the video.

Ron

Very nice indeed, Mark!

Mark that is a beautiful whip! Fantastic job

Mark, the grain of the handle is mindblowing, the thong looks superb and the flow of the whip is fantastic. Excellent work!!!

Ben

Thanks, Ben.