The "Making of" Gallery - Jessie Edwards

[Ron May]

This is certainly a special whip handle.
The amount of craft and hand bead work is awesome.
I can't even imagine the hours it took to do it.
I think they are going to love it.

Ron

[Mark Elliott]

Looking good, Jessie.

[Wolfgang Timm]

Ah that‘s for my good friend Renate with whom I do whipcracking practice near a river where she lives and she‘s usually the one who is filming my videos
Westernstageprops paracords she brought from a USA vacation including a trip to Las Vegas started it all for us

[Jessie Edwards]

Yes it is for Renate. I hope she loves it. I formed the knot foundation for the accent knot and another layer of epoxy seals it all. I think I might go ahead and form the heel knot foundation today too and get that epoxied and drying before putting it all together. I should have done it last night, but I was busy struggling with the idea of epoxy over the beadwork. I’m glad now that I did it.

The epoxied handle with counterweights

[Scott A. Cary]

Wow, I've never seen anything like it. Jessie, that's fantastic!

[Jessie Edwards]

Thanks

[Jyri Haveri]

Very nice Jessie!

[Jessie Edwards]

I like to tie as many knots as I can before building the thong. It's much easier to tighten without a big long tail flopping around. So, here is the handle with the heel counter weighted and built up:



And with the knots tied:





The hardest part is done. Now, time to build!

[Ron May]

Looks really good Jessie.

Ron

[Scott A. Cary]

Even better!

[Mark Elliott]

Sweet!

[Andrew Van Werkhoven]

You make it look so easy Jessie, that's amazing work.

[Jessie Edwards]

And here is the next step: The core bound, and the first belly being started:



And the first belly bound and the whole works epoxied into the handle.



Until next time...

[Ron May]

Nice plaiting gloves.
I sometimes use something similar depending on the cord. Some cord is
more abrasive then others.

Ron

[Jessie Edwards]

These have rubber grips. I can pull super tight. I got 3 pair on amazon for 15$. The rubber will wear off after a while where the cord rubs. Of course, pink is my color, but the colors are due to the fact that I need kid sizes. You have to make sure they are rubber grip though. I have ordered some before that was a kind of lame plastic. Worthless.

[Scott A. Cary]

Is the grey part the rubber? I initially thought it was a synthetic suede or something similar...

[Jessie Edwards]

Scott, yeah. The gray part is rubber. I cut off the tips.

So, it's all done. 6 foot overall length with Czech glass beads hand woven on the handle. Plaited from the tip with an english eye in sassy red. I think it's a sexy whip. It's plenty stiff and will need a little breaking in, but cracks very nice. It can dance a little better once it limbers up.

[Mark Elliott]

Absolutely stunning, Jessie. Ron, I wasn't paying attention to where I was and posted in the "Gallery" instead of the "making of gallery," Could you fix that for me?

[Wolfgang Timm]

Absolutely stunning, Jessie. Ron, I wasn't paying attention to where I was and posted in the "Gallery" instead of the "making of gallery," Could you fix that for me?

ummm...me too

[Jessie Edwards]

thanks, and, got it