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That 4-plt stock whip is so elegant. Love the belt too.

Dear All,
again, thank you so much for your kind words.
See you soon
G

I love all of these, Gio! You are such an artist.

Very, very fine work, Gio - as always! Such perfection of detail makes even simple things very special.

:-) Thank you so much indeed Bobbi and Robert

Excellent work Gio, you're a real artist.

All the best
Mario

@ Giovanni Celeste:

My greates compliments to your work Sir!!!

The stockwhip looks extremely elegant, I love the roohide belt you have made and the fact that the construction is making it possible to adjust the belt to almost any size within its lenght.
I also like how you carried out the arrow pattern to the end of the nylon whip (with the bright color beeing the dominant color before the fall hitch) - it looks fantastic!!!

All the best
Ben

Awesome Gio- how does it feel to do a simple 4 plait (but still fantastic!) working whip after doing highly intricate whips, belts, etc?

Tyler, there probably was some snoring involved.
He most definitely could do a 4 plait in his sleep.

Ron

:-) ahh ahh :-)
Thanks so much Tyler and Ron, actually many of my ideas or solutions to solve some problems on whipmaking, appear to me just before sleep, I swear :-) The night is really inspiring.
Re. four plait stock whip it was very exciting to make it for the simple fact that it was for more than 10 years since I was doing.
For some reasons I think that make a 4 plait whip can be a good test about the accuracy of own work.
When you plait with only 4 strands you can't wrong because every slightest inaccuracy or gaps, are immediately visible.
Again thank you so much!!
G

Hi All,
in these last two months I have been busy with the construction of several Raiders whip in different colors, materials and lengths.
Probably some of you will have already seen some of these whips on FB.
But for my WB friends I thought to show a preview of the latest Raiders whip 8ft.
Here below a rich gallery of pics
See you soon
Gio
8ft Nylon Raiders chocolate brown







10ft Raiders brown








10ft Raiders natural tan










8ft Raiders natural tan

Very good indeed, Gio! (As ever!) I particularly like the 10 foot dark brown whip.

Thank you so much Robert.

Too... much... beauty... can't cope...

Lovely work as always Gio. I do like your little leather bracelet too.

:-) :-) Thanks a lot Roger

I agree Mr Robert, the 10ft dark brown really caught my eye as well. Wow Gio, you have been busy building a beautiful collection.

They're beautiful! Well done Gio, and if I had to pick one and only one as a favorite, the dark brown, but the heel knot on that last one-wow! That's a fine looking knot!!!

Very well done, Gio!

Yeah, the dark brown is my favorite too, but I also quite like the contrasting knots on the natural tan one. Great work as always Gio

Thanks as Always my Friend

Wow, wow, wow excellent work Gio, excellent work.

I love the dark brown whip and the last one with the natural tan and the dark knots, it's fantastic.



All the best
Mario