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Nicely done. Great job on the handle too.

Ron

Well done and inspiring!

Thank you guys that was a fun pattern to plait.

Ross, well done. Your plaiting is an inspiration and in time I hope to try something like that.

Great job, Ross.

Very nice, Ross! Red and black always work well together!

Whip #25 I finally finished this yesterday, it a 7ft 16 plait Bullwhip in coyote brown with chocolate brown accents, a mahogany handle (repurposed an old prison officers baton) & a copper ferrule. This whip has two plaited bellies and Ron she cracks like a dream

Wow, Ross! That looks fantastic. Love the colors. The taper is good, and the knots are perfect. Go d Jon.

*Good job.

Very nicely done.
You are really making progress.

Ron

Mark, Ron thank you, I've had a lot of fun with this today

Nicely done. The colors are pleasing.

Hayes thank you, I was quite pleased with how these colours worked together

Well done!

Ross, the baton handle looks very good and very functional. I can imagine that the shape after the heel knot provides a lot of control of the action and the colors work together very well.

Ben

Ben thank you, I was concerned that the handle might cause issues but it it actually a dream to crack and do various toss and spin tricks.... However if it goes wrong you find yourself moving very quickly to avoid the lump of mahogany coming at you! :

Whip #26
8ft 16 plait Bullwhip with a 10" handle but transition knot at 8" 2ft fall and a metal 'headpiece to the staff of Ra' concho
This whip has been an experiment to try and get a more natural look to do the original Raider justice. I took some tan paracord and dyed it in a diluted wood stain solution (mahogany) with quite impressive results! I have also test dyed some strands in a Teak solution today which gives a more orangey colour. This whip will be exclusively advertised in the Indy groups for the first few weeks and will be a very limited run (I don't want to make a habit of dying my own cord :)

Nice Ross. Good taper and the concho is cool.


Ron

Well done Ross, you nailed the weathered look.

Thanks guys it just needs to be slightly less red & a bit more orange to be perfect. (yes I'm always overly critical of my own work :)