Arizona whips

[Ron May]

Craig having to re-do things happens to me a lot.
It sucks but the re-do is worth it.

Ron

[Craig Frank]

[Robby Amper]

Here are two ingredients for my next whip, which I picked up while on leave in Custer, SD. Maniacal laugh.

Craig - what happened to that idea? I was really curious to see what it'll become.

Robby

[Craig Frank]

Robby - unfortunately, competing priorities. I'm still going to make the South Dakota whip, but I need to do the Arizona one first in order to make money for our Boy Scout troop.

[Craig Frank]

MUCH better results this time. This is also the first time that I used the constrictor knot to hold everything down until I could cover it with one continuous wrap of hockey tape, giving me a much more even taper with less lumps.

[Craig Frank]

[Ron May]

Very nice taper Craig.

Ron

[Rachel McCollough]

It does indeed! Good!!!

[Craig Frank]

Thank you! Someday I'll finally make a decent whip.

[Rachel McCollough]

Practice makes us all better! Yes you can!

[Robert Gage]

Craig, that does indeed look a whole lot better! Well done!

[Ben Varsek]

@ Craig Frank:

The replaited belly shows no gaps and has a nice taper - good job Mr. Frank !!!


All the best
Ben

[Craig Frank]

Thank you, Ben and Robert.

Arizona whip is on hold now. The two shades of red that I ordered haven't arrived yet, which pisses me off. They were supposed to be here by Friday. I even paid extra for expedited shipping, but the seller waited almost a week to take them to the post office. According to the tracker, he printed the labels on Tuesday, but the post office didn't get them until Thursday and they haven't even left the office yet.

So I guess I'll go ahead and start my SD deer antler whip.

[Ron May]

Craig, what is SD ?
That antler is going to look great.

Ron

[Craig Frank]

South Dakota

[Craig Frank]

I'm using a six inch rod that I'll stick into the antler two inches. I'll start the braiding at the two inch point, leaving four inches of braided steel handle coming out of the antler before the transition. I need to find a drill press to cut the hole and buy some apoxy. I don't think this whip will have a transition knot.

I also need to sand down the branch on the side of the antler to make the grip more comfortable.

[Ron May]

Craig that's going to be very interesting.
Can't wait to see the final results.

Ron

[Rachel McCollough]

Looks good, Craig! Very exciting, this will be a cool whip!

[Robby Amper]

Now you have my full and complete attention, Craig! I love everything with antler.
Ferrules, knife handles, on a necklace... And a whole whip handle from that wonderful
material... A dream for me. Please post a lot of pics! Only if you like, of course!

Robby

[Craig Frank]

Thank you, Robby. Here's the start of the first belly. I'm slowly starting to learn the square start from Bert's how-to. Still a little gappy, but not horribly so.