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This little guy is being raffled off this weekend at the annual Chisolm Trails Chuckwagon cook off. I usually don't get many opportunities to build sporty shorties so I jumped on it this time. Its five feet 12 plait in black/white. Core is 18" of BB's. I tried something different by ending in a 4 point fall hitch with a 15" twisted fall. I am very happy with the results.

Nice pattern work, looks like a fast whip too.
I'd certainly buy a raffle ticket or two for a chance to win it.

Pretty, Roy! I like the sporty shorties

I like the checker flag design towards the top.
It fits the fast sporty properties of the whip.
Some one is going to be a very lucky winner !

Now, see, I wish I could get my 8-6-4 drops to look like that. There's always a little kink where each drop occurs. Nothing like that anywhere on your whips. So jealous.

This thing looks great. I've never done a black and white whip before. Whomever gets this one will be a happy camper for sure.

Very nice. Somebody will be real happy to get this whip!

Golly, Roy, that is absolutely gorgeous!!!! You set the bar higher each time!!!! So smooth taper and plaiting, and fancy pattern work in the thong... That is too cool. Wow.

And I sure like that twisted fall to go on a fall hitch. Perfect.

That looks superb Roy.
Really quite special looking in those colours.
The twisted fall is something I am going to have to look into as that looks so different too.

Very nice! Love the interspersed patterns.

-C

Thank you all very much for the compliments. Fritz it sure is speedy. I had fun testing it out in the living room after Lindsay left this morning.

It just looks so clean and crisp and quick like a fencing sabre. Not gonna lie though, I kept thinking that maybe there was an actual small cow in one of the pictures and I'd missed it.

Smart man, Roy. You don't want her to catch you whipping indoors. ^_~

David I am afraid she might have hidden cameras that watch me break her rules. Its fun to be bad though

Rock on, brother. Just...don't break anything.

Very good looking whip. I've tried mixing up the plaiting pattern mid stream, but mine didn't look nearly as smooth as yours.

Very good looking whip.

That's a really fun-looking whip, Roy! But a 5-footer indoors? You must have a bigger living room that I do!

Thanks Craig, Bobbi and Mr Robert. Mr Robert we have high ceilings but I usually end up smacking the ceiling fan at least once when I am breaking Lindsay's "no cracking in the house" rules.

Efren de Gala wrote:It just looks so clean and crisp and quick like a fencing sabre. Not gonna lie though, I kept thinking that maybe there was an actual small cow in one of the pictures and I'd missed it.

Haha! Efren, perhaps this could be a new model for me. The little whip for little cows