Ash handled stock whip

[Mark Elliott]

Here's a 6 ft, 16 plait stick whip in chocolate brown and blonde paracord, TT core, 1 belly, TT fall, 18" ash half-plait handle.

[Ron May]

Very nicely done Mark.
How does it crack?

Ron

[Robert Gage]

That looks terrific, Mark!

[Rachel McCollough]

Mark, that is wonderful. Really, really, wonderful.

[Jyri Haveri]

Beatiful Mark!

I have a lot of catching up when i finally get some paracord

[Mark Elliott]

Thanks guys,

Ron, it cracks very easily. It's a pretty light whip, since it only has one belly and no shot load. I'll try to get a video when the weather clears.

[Sven van Leeuwen]

Very nice Mark. The whip looks very good. Thanks for sharing.

Sven

[Ethan Mitchell]

Nice Mark! How did you did do the keeper connection on the stock?

[Mark Elliott]

Thanks Sven and Ethan.

Ethan, when I made the roo hide stock whip I just used Edwards method to attache the keeper to the handle and covered it with a French wrap. I've also made a stock whip that was a full plait that I just started with an 8 strand flat braid and joined the ends into a 16 plait and covered the entire handle. On the last stock whip I did an 8 strand flat braid and attached it just like I would have attached a leather keeper using Ron Edward's method, but for some reason this one just never looked right when I did that, even after a couple of attempts, so I tried the 8 strand flat braid and joined it into a 16 plait diamond plait like I did on the full plait handle but stopped after about 4 inches. It was pretty snug, but just to be sure, I bound it at the place where it joined into the 16 plait diamond (there is also a bit of a knob on the end of the handle) with some of the same string I make crackers out of- FastFlite bow string material and then covered that binding with a 5x4 TH. The other end is also wrapped with the FastFlite string and covered with a 7x5 TH. This gave me a really sleek looking dne to the handle, where as the other waywas leaving a pretty clunky, awkward looking keeper.

[Scott A. Cary]

Mark, I try much like how you did the handle. Nicely done!

[Mark Elliott]

Thanks, Scott.

[Ben Varsek]

Beautiful work, Mark!
I realy like the checkerboard pattern on the handle (extension of the keeper of the handle)!

All the best
Ben

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you, Ben.

[Alexis Salgado]

Wow! Stellar work! I really like the patterning. Something to aspire to for sure.

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you, Alexis.

[Sir Roger Tuson]

Very nice, Mark. the cream cord goes so well with the handle. Lovely straight plaiting too!

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you Roger. I've really been concentrating on keeping the seams as straight as I can. Still end up replaiting things a lot, and honestly, still have lots of room for improvement.

[Robby Amper]

In my opinion you have exactly the right relation between thong and handle length. A bit shorter - useless. A bit longer - useless.
I think I can tell from that picture that you have nearly the perfect balance. Very good work.

You say „Room for improvement“...? Definitely.
But not much. That‘s for sure.

Robby

[Mark Elliott]

Thank you very much, Robby. I'll be walking on air for the rest of the day.

[Robby Amper]

I was only honest to you. You know that I would‘ve told you if I would think otherwise. But that whip I can literally feel in my hand when I watch the picture. Really good work, Mark.

Robby