Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright

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Sir Roger Tuson

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Hi guys,

Couple of weeks ago I mentioned that an old friend of mine has agreed to refurbish my acoustic guitar (that I bought off him 30 years ago!). As we both have so much history with this guitar, he agreed to do it for just the cost of parts so I said I'd make him a whip in return.

He asked for Black and Goldenrod but left the design up to me. So, here is Tiger, Tiger... a 6'6" Bullwhip (still needs fall, knots and wax but I ran out of cord so am waiting for a delivery)

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That turned out very nice.
I love the colors.


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Cool whip, Sir Roger, I really like the plots and patterns.
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Roger, that's an astonishingly attractive choice of colours. I like it a lot - and (as you know) I think 6 and 1/2 feet is a very good all-purpose length. I hope your friend is pleased! I certainly would be....
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Sir Roger:
Really, really nice work!!!!
I love it.
Inch by inch.
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Post by Sir Roger Tuson »

Thank you people. I'm very pleased with it so far. I'm aiming for golden heel, transition and fall.
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Post by Scott A. Cary »

Roger, that's great. I especially like that third photo - It
s got a neat sort of optical effect (although my eyes may be playing tricks on me, as I'm quite tired today). At any rate, nice work!
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 Jyri Haveri »

Beatiful sir Roger! Really like those colours and pattern
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Post by Mark Elliott »

Scot it does have a bit of a 3D effect in that shot.
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Very, cool! Keep us posted!
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Post by Ben Varsek »

Sir Roger, Tiger, Tiger turned out beautiful and I realy like the story behind it!
I'm looking forward to see the pictures of the final result!

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love!
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Post by Sven van Leeuwen »

Sir Roger. When I started read I thought it would be a interesting colorcombo. But when I saw the pictures... wow. It's a ver nice combo.
And good plaiting!
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Post by Jeff Roseborough »

Love the colors! It looks very nice and not a hint of "wander" in the plaiting. Very good job!
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Awww, thanks guys. Much appreciated!
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Post by Brandon "Sparky" Lam »

Ooh the black and yellow look awesome together! ^_^
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Post by Sir Roger Tuson »

Thanks Sparky. I have a twisted black and gold fall to go on and am doing a 7x6 pineapple for the transition and a 2-tone heel knot to keep the Tiger motif.
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Post by Brandon "Sparky" Lam »

Oooh nice! What kind of heel knot will you be doing? :D
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Post by Sir Roger Tuson »

Well, I am thinking of either straight forward 5x6 black/gold doubled/tripled or another gold/black pineapple. Still deciding.
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Post by Brandon "Sparky" Lam »

I'm thinking a knot like this would really accentuate the "stripes" (not my image, pulled from a facebook group) -

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Unfortunately I have no clue what it is called or how to do it :O
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