Whip Basics. The Forum

Thank you! I'm trying to correct my mistakes i made with the black one

Nice work there, keep it up!

Just one piece of advice. Build the transition binding so that it's firm over core and all bellies, it's not really a viable option to have a transition too limp over the first belly and compensating it by binding tighter on the next one. It works best to do it nice and firm all the way from core to last belly.


- Pokkis

Second belly done.
Pokkis, thanks for advice, i bind all bellyes from the core and longer and longer between all layers. Now I tryed diamond plat on all transmissons if that works. It is stiffer than it looks

No problem.

The way I've done it a few times, the binding goes further by every layer. Not calling that the "right" way, but just food for thought. The number of ways to make a whip more or less equals the number of whipmakers, and even Tyler works with some paradigms I would never touch with the dirty end of a long proverbial stick. "Works for someone" does not necessarily equal "universally makes a totally awesome whip in my hands".

Rule of thumb. If it works for you and provides a result, it's as good as it gets. I bet my right testicle (bet my left one not too long ago, sorry, you have to settle for the second best of two) that if you ever tried to make a whip with the 1:1 recipe of how the best whipmaker does their thing, it will suck enough to remove fillings from your teeth. I would be more than willing to trade plans of a good whip just to carve this point in stone. You game? One gives detailed plans for the other, other follows it. Sounds like science to me.


- Pokkis

Got my overlay started. Nice to plait outside once in a while.

Jyri, that looks great. Love those colors together.

Yes, nice colours. Would love to plait outside - don't you worry about dust and dirt on the cords?

Thanks! I don't worry about it becose there is only very dry crass and clean tiling.

Great colors, what are they?

Ron

Ron, Don't know exaxt names but other is kind of bown and other looks gold.

Aside of those great looking colors it looks like you have a whole lot of space to practice, right?

Robby

Thats one of the reason I went out Robby.. It does not help when 9 months old girl wants to keep your strands in order

Wow, beautiful colours Jyri!

Very nice colour combo, looks amazing!

Thanks guys!

Overlay done! I'm going to give it a good roll tomorrow and make the fallhitch.
Robby you must have meaned plenty space for cracking practice yes there is plenty of space for that but i tend to go in to the woods near my home. Too many people next to my flat. Sorry for being slow

Very nice looker, Jyri. Good taper and those colours really do work well.

Jyri, I love the colors on this one.

Ron

Jyri, that looks great! Nice colors and really nice taper!

Jyri, I too like the colors and the whip seems to taper very well. I wonder how she'll handle.