Whip making
So, the Etsy shop is finally starting to generate a few sales and also some inquiries for custom stuff. Here’s a get-back whip a customer asked me to make. It is about 38 inches long with a 2-ball (not sure why, unless it’s just because it is blue) using black and royal blue. He also … Continue reading A Get-back whip and a Couple of Fobs
7 ft, 2 belly, 16 plait bull whip, 8 inch handle, English eye fall hitch, chocolate brown and rust, waxed. Nothing fancy, I just wanted to work on making a solid whip, straight seams, no gaps, nice even taper, good looking transitions, no bumps (to speak of, anyway) and a nice smooth roll out. I … Continue reading Rustic
Here’s a get-back whip custom made for a customer. The whip is 36 inches long, overall in black and white and baby blue. The knot holding the 8-ball is a 9×8 Turk’s head knot with a pineapple interweave. The core is a 4 strand round braid covered by an 8 strand whip maker’s plait. the … Continue reading Baby Blue
Whip #24 is a 12 ft, teal and turquoise, nylon cow whip. The handle is a 15 inch piece of Goncalo Alves hardwood. It has a tapered-twisted core, 2 plaited bellies and a 16 plait overlay that ends with another twisted taper. The weighted fall is 24 inches long. It has some pattern work on … Continue reading Kind of Blue
Whip #23 is a 5 ft. stock whip with a half plait handle. The thong is a 16 plait in black and rust with a twisted taper core and an 8 plait belly. The stock is hickory, 18 inches long with a black and rust 16 plait handle. It has an 8 strand double-edged plaited … Continue reading Hickory Stick
Here’s a few little projects I did to ward off boredom over the last week or so. Here’s a couple of key fobs. One uses a globe knot to encase a 1.75 in wooden ball. The globe knot is secured with a 6 strand Matthew Walker knot that transitions into a 6 strand round sinnett … Continue reading Bored
Whip #21 is a 5 foot stock whip of gold nylon 550 paracord. The handle is Goncalo Alves, 18 inches long with a tung oil finish. I started this whip by making a twisted taper core of 4 strands of chocolate brown gutted paracord and dropped two of the cords, one at a time, as … Continue reading Maiko’s Stock Whip
