The "Making of" Gallery - Rachel McCollough

[Rachel McCollough]

Thank y’all!
Mr. Robert, yes, sir and yes, sir! Garret and Drizabone!

[Rachel McCollough]

Finally back to shop in the midst of COVID-19 in our area.

Four handles just needing more sanding, one needing a little more shaping, then ready to drill and finish...

[Ron May]

Rachel, it's still hard to believe that those are the product of your hands and not a machine.
Impressive.

Ron

[Robert Gage]

Great stuff, Rachel!

[Andrew Van Werkhoven]

Your handles are works of art in their own right!

[Rachel McCollough]

Thank y’all, very much!
New pictures of new whips coming soon!
Now, for a fix up:

Oh look, a black bull lurking around the pine tree!
8’ 16 plait black. Ebony knob with TH cover.

This whip came back for a little fix up. The young owner wished to change the fall to a different weight and length, and could use a hand.

After a little thinking, the whip now has a new top on it that is a little more user friendly.
Included is a little instruction video for the owner.
He will have his whip back in hand soon, with a few more tools added.



How to change the fall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmwebGD ... e=youtu.be

And, the cracker:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD_R8aT ... e=youtu.be

[Ron May]

Pure beauty. I love the simplicity and sleekness of this style.




(Rachel, your links didn't work so I fixed them. I hope that's alright.)

Ron

[Rachel McCollough]

A double thank you, Ron!!!

[Rachel McCollough]

A whip that came to me to mend.


https://youtu.be/0iTEmf27hGo

[Rachel McCollough]

A whip that came to me to mend.







https://youtu.be/0iTEmf27hGo


These work well for me to take to work and work on.

[Ron May]

I wonder how old that whip is.
It might be a challenge, but you are more than able to repair it.

Ron

[Rachel McCollough]

Ron, my husband said he knows it is at least 30 years old.

[Ben Varsek]

Rachel, the black bullwhip looks absolutely fantastic in both the original and in the new version. Even tough you are making such a huge spectrum of different whips, whipdesigns and styles, they all have your handwriting. Just by looking at the picture of this bullwhip, I could tell that it's a Wolf Creek whip.

Thank you very much for sharing the pictures of that seasoned cow whip. Whips like this one are a pice of synthetic whip history.
People ususaly didn't buy cow whips as a "wallhanger" but as a tool to be used. The fact that you will bring this whip back to life after all these years is phenomenal.

Ben

[Rachel McCollough]

Ben, thank you very much!
That’s right, a tool to be used!

[Rachel McCollough]

Waxing a whip, stamped some handles.

A new handle for Lonnie’s old whip. Granadillo.





Playing with some whips and working, too.



Shop work.

[Mark Elliott]

Beautiful work as always, Rachel. That Granadillo is gorgeous!

[Ron May]

Just beautiful.

Ron

[Robert Gage]

Great photos, Rachel!

I had to google 'granadillo'. It seems to refer to a variety of woods - for example, 'a species of flowering tree native to Cuba and Jamaica', or another, also known as 'Mexican Rosewood'. It's gorgeous!

[Ron May]

To me that wood almost looks like tiger wood.

Ron

[Rachel McCollough]

Thank you! Here are a couple more pictures of it:





Cow whip, 30 years old, repaired the tip and put the Bois D’arc handle from Lonnie’s whip onto this one, as the Bois D’arc is definitely a traditional type material and handle.