This is the Gallery of "Wolf Creek Whips" - Rachel McCollough

This new Gallery replaces the former "Masters Gallery", which will work from now on as pure archive. Here you will find not only the work and art from folks who sell whips, but also from folks, who create their whips out of pure passion. And we have an additional gallery. It is called "The Gallery - Making of".
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Thanks Rachel, I'll give that a go ^_^
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Rachel, that's really fantastic!!!
Beautiful choice of colors, i like so much the Bird transition, it add a tridimensional effect to the whip!!!
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Gio, thank you very much! I really appreciate your words!
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One of my next whip builds coming up this week.
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Rachel, is that for a steer whip?
I look forward to seeing this in progress.

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It will be a smaller bull :)
I will post progress pics as I go....
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I have a sneaking suspicion that I may know which whip that will become! ;)
I'll give it a try, Dad, but it's going to be really hard...kind of like trying to saw something in half using a banana.
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Scott A. Cary wrote:I have a sneaking suspicion that I may know which whip that will become! ;)
You might be on to something! :D
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Rachel, the Amper Style whip looks very, very beautiful and I'm looking forward to see the smaller bull come to life!

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Thanks, Ben!!! I look forward to seeing the Bull grow too. Whips are really so close to being a living thing.
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The Amper Style is on definitely on my wishlist!
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Thank you, Ethan.
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Alright, core is epoxied and bound on and ready for the belly.

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Twisted Taper core, the whole taper and balance of the whip is greatly influenced by this right here.
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Rolled and bound, ready for the belly.
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Just a simple demonstration of the solid base a Twisted Taper core provides. It drives the movement of the whole whip.
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Rachel, that looks super.
Such a good base for the following bellies and overlay.

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Thanks, Ron!
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Rachel, seeing this, it's no wonder your whips perform so well. Brilliant!
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Mr. Robert, I appreciate it!
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Post by Scott A. Cary »

Rachel, that willows superb! Huh? Damn autocorrect... What I meant to say was that looks superb - I have no idea how that got changed to willows.
I'll give it a try, Dad, but it's going to be really hard...kind of like trying to saw something in half using a banana.
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Post by Ben Varsek »

Rachel, the core of the mini bull looks superb!
The pictures show very clear how tight your binding is - not just by looking at that wonderful curve but also by comparing the diameter of TT core before and after the binding - excellent work!

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Post by Rachel McCollough »

Thanks, Scott! Good and solid as we can make it in the transition, I hope-
Bendy like willow is good... ;)
Autocorrectosarus strikes again!

Ben, thank you very much :)
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