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Beautiful whip, I like the color of the wooden handle and the color combination of the thong, fantastic work Rachel.

All the best
Mario

Thank you very much, Mario

Latest, finally I'm working on the whip I intended to be working on 8 whips ago.
This one is 7.5 ft 12 plait neon pink and dark acid purple.


This one is based on the figures I've been working on to work the clunkyness back out of my pattern.
It's rust 10 ft 16plait.

Very nice,
Did you learn what you wanted to?

It is always a hallmark and a milestone to work on the whips you envisioned at the beginning.

Thanks Ron and David
Yessir I am learning what I wanted to. A heavier whip, little more weight further out, not too much. There's the fine point of balance. Whip # 10, 11 both too much weight forward. Now, back to at least better balance. They don't seem to be so light or to heavy on the tip. If my math transfers to this next one it will prove to me I finally hit on something. I hope
It'll be the same ratio as the 10 footer above, but 7 foot.

Rachel - both are fantastic. I really like the plaiting pattern on the pink one. As always, your handles look flawless.

Thank you Craig . Good to see you!

Yes. Sorry for the lack of posts. It's a combination of busy schedule and luck of original thought. It's about to get worse again.

Life happens, you are very busy with very worthwhile things. Visit with us when you can

Golly, Rachel - if you ever drop that neon pink and acid purple whip, you'll never have to hunt for it!

I feel sure that weight distribution in the thong is the real secret of a good whip. I'm full of admiration for anyone who can get the results they want from mathematics. (I know most of the achievements of the modern world depend on maths, but I still usually feel as bamboozled as I did when I failed to grasp algebra as a schoolboy!)

That 10 footer looks the business Rachel.
I really like the higher plait counts. 16 Plait gives the plaitwork a cool finish when plaited nicely, and you're certainly getting the hang of this.
I'm inspired to start another whip too now. It won't happen until the new year though I don't think, got too much on at the moment.

I feel sure that weight distribution in the thong is the real secret of a good whip.
-Mr. Robert Gage

I sure agree with you from my limited experience!
Math and I have a precarious relationship, but it supplies a consistency I can't have without it... So I go to the playground and play nicely with Math hoping it'll help me out...

Thanks Fritz, I like the heavier whips myself, too.
I really look forward to you starting a new one, the one you made thy Mr. Robert has is sure beautiful!

Thanks,

that's my best work so far.
My next one will also have a wooden handle, I think it works really well with one.

That big badass rust 16-plait is really cool, in fact it just became my personal favourite of all your whips. All business and no nonsense. I bet it looks much more of that after some years when the handle ages a bit. Does it have a loaded core or something like a tapered twist?


- Pokkis

Fritz I look forward to seeing your next one!

Pokkis, thanks! No loaded core, just the tapered twist. Thus far with the exception of my first whip and the recent short one I made with a bb loaded core, all of them have tapered twist cores.

Rachel, that's what I expected, just wanted to make sure. Many people put way too much metal inside their whips for my taste


- Pokkis

You've got a handle on those handles.

Well, no matter what you put inside of a waxed 16 plait, a waxed 16 plait is heavy- at 10 feet! At least for me as one of the shorter folks
Yes with the 16 plait waxed at that length I don't see a giant need for metal, except in a working whip at personal preference of the handler.

Thanks, David