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It's been a while since I posted any of my work besides the whip for the swap.
Here is the first whip I put an English eye on, it is a 7 foot in Black and Dark brown with a 4 to 6 round eye, and the wood is Bloodwood which is a strong red throughout. The pictures are prior to waxing.

Oh, Devin!! That handle is such a beauty! I really love this one!

OMG Devin!
That is really a wonderful whip, i love the color combination and that handle is great
CONGRATS

Enoch

Devin, thank you! I love it when others share their work. You inspire me consistently to improve!

~T.

Thanks guys! I hear ya Terry, seeing other people's work is part of what keeps me trying to improve.

Sweeet Handle and nice dark whip as well nice roll to the braiding and very smooth.. looks like that will crack very easy with a light throw to it..

Geat work

That is one beautiful whip Devin. The handle has a rich natural color that goes great with the thong. Great work on this one.

Seriously fine, Devin! That handle cries out to be held....

Devin, that looks awesome! I love it.

Nice! That handle has a great shine to it.

Thanks everyone, and you guys are right, the handles does do well with the darker thong. The Bloodwood itself polished really well, but was a bear to cut. I may shellac less dense woods like Walnut or ash in the future as they don't take quite the silky smoothness the denser woods tend to get.

That is one sweet lookin rig. Devin, do you ever use Beeswax to seal your wood? This is something I'm just now looking into, a mixture of mineral or olive oil and beeswax.

Roy, I sand with paste wax and then coat the handle with a stick of beeswax and melt it in with a rag. When the beeswax wears off I apply a mineral oil and beeswax mix to the handle.

That looks great. The handle spells class.

Like the color Combo. Good Job.

Thanks again guys, I agree Keanu, there is something classy about the polished red.

Here is my most recent effort,

The thong is in rust paracord, and the handle is an 8" piece of Lignum Vitae. The grapevine is in dacron, and the eye is served with artificial sinew. It needs to be glued and waxed yet. The grapevine service also makes up for the shorter handle, and the center of balance is at about 10"

That's going to be gorgeous!

Two very nice whips Devin. I like the bloodwood handle combo THE MOST!

Very nice Devin. Let me know how you like that rust color after its waxed

Cool whip.
I really like that handle shape.