Whip Basics. The Forum

Thanks, Craig!

Beautiful whip, I like the wooden handle and the color combination, great job Rachel.

Mario

Thank you very much, Mario!

I'd missed this one somehow Rachel, that is a nice looking whip.
I have never considered grey and orange but they look good together, well done.

Nice one Rachel. You are steadily becoming a whip factory. That twisted tail looks very clean, well done. I love the grain in that handle, its beautiful. What type of wood? My only suggestion is to shorten the tassel on the cracker to no more than 1 inch. That dyneema will grab and tangle too easily if its any longer. Also try a longer cracker, say 10-12 inches, and see if it works good on your whips. Little adjustments like that can make a lot of difference.

Thanks, Paul, I wasn't sure about the combo but I like it more and more!

Roy, thank you, it is red oak. Ok for handles if the walls are a bit thicker, but not best. I wanted to use up the last of that, and I have a good long wait on the ash I have- it is wet, wet.

I thank you VERY much for those tips. I will definitely implement that. Making crackers is where I really lack practice. That one is 8.5" with I believe a 1.5 inch tassel. I think it was 8 strands...
I thank you again!!!

Here's the newest addition. It is a gift for a friend, a little whip for on the 4 wheeler or for chute work. Strongly inspired by Roy's Little Cow:
It is 12 plait with 12 inches of bb.s.
it's 40" to the fall hitch, 76 "complete length, handle and all... 10" cracker, 12" Goncalo Alves hand cut handle.

I love this one Rachel. That looks like a handy little dude. Perfect for the jobs you described. Did you enjoy working with the Goncalo?

Oh goodness it's just so cute!

Thank you Roy and Efren!

Roy I really like how the Goncalo works up and smooths out so nice even just by hand, fine and tight grain! Not bad to chip out terribly like some woods.
Thank you to you, Roy, for some FINE wood through Whip Nation!!!

That's a handy looking whip for sure.
Beautiful Handle,

Rachel, that (in my opinion) is much the finest handle you've made so far: it's not only very graceful, but it somehow just calls out, 'Grab me!' A really fine effort!

That is another really fine looking whip Rachel.
You are getting rather good at this whip making

That IS a fine handle Rachel. Your skills are just leaping ahead!!

Thank you very much Fritz, Mr. Robert, Paul and Roger!!!
I am VERY pleased with that beautiful wood I ordered from Whip Nation.
Mr. Robert something about that small whip with that handle does say lets go play. It pops good in the house, too . We will go give it to our friend today. I hope he will like it.

Agreed, that's a nice looking handle. And the whole whip too. Small whips are lots of fun to make and use in my opinion -- and way too underrated in general too


- Pokkis

One word - Beautiful!

Thank you Jeff! Thank you, Pokkis!
I agree about small whips being fun to make- and I think they take extra care to keep "right". Very fun, indeed!

Beautiful Rachel. You're definitely a whipmaking machine now