Whip Basics. The Forum

Thank y’all!
Mr. Robert, yes, sir and yes, sir! Garret and Drizabone!

Finally back to shop in the midst of COVID-19 in our area.

Four handles just needing more sanding, one needing a little more shaping, then ready to drill and finish...

Rachel, it's still hard to believe that those are the product of your hands and not a machine.
Impressive.

Ron

Great stuff, Rachel!

Your handles are works of art in their own right!

Thank y’all, very much!
New pictures of new whips coming soon!
Now, for a fix up:

Rachel McCollough wrote:Oh look, a black bull lurking around the pine tree!
8’ 16 plait black. Ebony knob with TH cover.

This whip came back for a little fix up. The young owner wished to change the fall to a different weight and length, and could use a hand.

After a little thinking, the whip now has a new top on it that is a little more user friendly.
Included is a little instruction video for the owner.
He will have his whip back in hand soon, with a few more tools added.



How to change the fall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmwebGD ... e=youtu.be

And, the cracker:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD_R8aT ... e=youtu.be

Pure beauty. I love the simplicity and sleekness of this style.




(Rachel, your links didn't work so I fixed them. I hope that's alright.)

Ron

A double thank you, Ron!!!

A whip that came to me to mend.


https://youtu.be/0iTEmf27hGo

A whip that came to me to mend.







https://youtu.be/0iTEmf27hGo


These work well for me to take to work and work on.

I wonder how old that whip is.
It might be a challenge, but you are more than able to repair it.

Ron

Ron, my husband said he knows it is at least 30 years old.

Rachel, the black bullwhip looks absolutely fantastic in both the original and in the new version. Even tough you are making such a huge spectrum of different whips, whipdesigns and styles, they all have your handwriting. Just by looking at the picture of this bullwhip, I could tell that it's a Wolf Creek whip.

Thank you very much for sharing the pictures of that seasoned cow whip. Whips like this one are a pice of synthetic whip history.
People ususaly didn't buy cow whips as a "wallhanger" but as a tool to be used. The fact that you will bring this whip back to life after all these years is phenomenal.

Ben

Ben, thank you very much!
That’s right, a tool to be used!

Waxing a whip, stamped some handles.

A new handle for Lonnie’s old whip. Granadillo.





Playing with some whips and working, too.



Shop work.

Beautiful work as always, Rachel. That Granadillo is gorgeous!

Just beautiful.

Ron

Great photos, Rachel!

I had to google 'granadillo'. It seems to refer to a variety of woods - for example, 'a species of flowering tree native to Cuba and Jamaica', or another, also known as 'Mexican Rosewood'. It's gorgeous!

To me that wood almost looks like tiger wood.

Ron

Thank you! Here are a couple more pictures of it:





Cow whip, 30 years old, repaired the tip and put the Bois D’arc handle from Lonnie’s whip onto this one, as the Bois D’arc is definitely a traditional type material and handle.