Whip Basics. The Forum

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This is the Gallery of Roy Partin.

www.Gator-Whips.com

In the section: Whip Basics - The Video Reviews -
you will find a documentary on his work.



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I'm honored to be here amongst these super talented whip makers. Thank you Robby for the invite. First up is a special whip made for a special boy. It's 8 feet 16 plait in midnight blue.



This is the 10 footer I sent to Robby for the video review. I branded the Whip Basics logo into the Goncalo Alves handle

took a quick look at the galary on your site Very nice I love the wood burning into the handles and do have to ask if you have a translation for the Japanesse charaters on the few whips well the one with the nice fish on it Great work

Both are beautiful works Roy, I love the handle shape you employ with the cowwhips, very elegant.

Thanks fellas. John, the Kanji on the handle translates to "good luck" and "happiness". These great photos were taken by the whips owner Keanu.

Nice whips and congratulations on the gallery.

Thank you Carl, although I feel like a small fish in a big pond

Beautiful whips, Roy!!

Thank you mam, but they are not nearly as pretty as your's

That midnight blue whip looks wonderful
Devin is right, your handles are very elegant.

Enoch

Thanks Enoch, I agree on the midnight blue and thinking about making myself one in the same color

As everyone else has said, these are beautiful whips. I also think the burned wood looks great; it adds a great lament of personalisation with each handle. Do you burn the wood early on in the process? I would always worry I would make a mistake and have to make the whole handle over again! (But then, I'm not experienced in woodworking...)

Adam, the branding is the last thing I do before coating it in bees wax. There's definitely a risk in messing up but its worth taking. I can always sand away an error.

I really like the handle carving it gives the whip much distinction.

You, have a steady hand my friend!

Thanks Einar and Carl. It is quite a challenge to draw around a curved surface and make it look decent. I can't say that I haven't let out a few curse words in the process

I think, I would curse the whole time and in the end throw it all into the trash To work with wood in that way is definitely an art form. Not everybody is capable of doing this.

Robby

And I would cut my fingers more than the wood!

Excellent work Roy, I too love the shape of the handles. At first I thought you had made a brand, but you used a woodburning tool for the characters and logo?

I too wondered about your method of branding the wood, do you use the cheap solder-iron type woodburners? I found my hands too shaky for the work myself.