Tapered Rod Stocks (Thanks to Scott~)

[Sir Roger Tuson]

I've just seen this thread for the first time (so easy to miss new threads sometimes). Sparky, these are fabtastic. How close to completion are you?

[Matt Henderson]

They look extremely tasty, I can't wait to see them finished!

[Brandon "Sparky" Lam]

Hey everyone! Thank you for the compliments!~ I apologise for not coming on much in the last month, it has been insane with study.

I'll try get an image of them as of at the moment when I finish my last exam, but for now, here's a little stupid video I recorded while I was at Sydney :P

https://youtu.be/VetswJYqvus

One of them is missing a decorative knot at the keeper, but apart from that, they are both fully functional!

[Ron May]

Sparky that was a fun clip.

Ron

[Scott A. Cary]

Brandon, I actually laughed out loud!

[Robert Gage]

I certainly smiled broadly!

[Brandon "Sparky" Lam]

Glad to know you enjoyed it!~

Here's a few images of them -




As you can tell, the keeper end of the red one is still missing a grapevine, but oh well~

On another note, here is the reason I was so excited for them - Because the rods themselves are tapered, I was able to slot them within each other. BECAUSE I could, this is the reason I made these whips~



The handles, which are originally about 18in long, shorten to about 12in! ^_^ I know it doesn't sound like too much of a difference, but it's the difference between handles poking out of your backpack and fitting easily inside my backpack!~
(Sorry for my excitement)

Anyway, here's a short video of them in use! (You can tell my 2 whip cracking requires some work haha)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80MjE5OtfHo

[Robert Gage]

Sparky, those look like huge fun! I can well understand you excitement!

[Brandon "Sparky" Lam]

haha Robert, they definitely are! This is actually the first time I've ever had a set of double whips, so it's fun to work out combos with my knowledge of object manipulation from fire spinning~

[Jyri Haveri]

They are working nicely!! Nicely done!

[Ron May]

Good job Sparky!

Ron

[Brandon "Sparky" Lam]

Thanks again! ^_^ They are quite fun to play with!

[Scott A. Cary]

Collapsible stockwhips? WOW! I'm glad these turned out so well for you.

[Rachel McCollough]

That is too cool right there. Never seen it before!!!

[Ron May]

I missed that part Sparky. Collapsible whips? Wow.
That's definitely a first.

Ron

[Mark Elliott]

Brandon, I am continually amazed by the ingenuousness and artistic creativity shown by members of this group, but this pretty much hits the top of the list. Very, very cool.

[Mark Elliott]

Ingenuity is what I meat, ingenuousness means pretty much the opposite. Once again, I hit the submit without proofreading. sorry

[Mark Elliott]

*Meant, good grief, I give up.

[Brandon "Sparky" Lam]

Thank you Scott! And again, thank you for sending these rods to me! I'm not sure what I plan on doing with the rest, we shall see ^_^

Thanks Rachel, that's why I made them~ Also because I knew I'll be doing a bit of travelling around, so I needed some easy to carry stockwhips!

Thank you Ron! It's definitely a new idea I haven't really seen around, really happy they worked out so well!

ahaha typos are all good! Thank you very much, Mark! It's very humbling to hear that everyone enjoys the collapsible part of these whips ^_^

[Scott A. Cary]

Brandon, there's no need to be humble about collapsible stockwhips - these are a game changer! You saw it here first, folks...