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This is my second whip in roo hide. Inspired by the post "Every Day Carry Whip": viewtopic.php?f=3&t=60650
A special thanks to Dalexs for providing me a pic from which I could extract some measurements for the build. Without further ado here are some pictures:
It is around four feet in length with 12 plait overlay. It can coil quite tightly for easy carry:
WetDigger wrote:Nice work! How much time was put into a project like this?
Thanks, WetDigger!
It took me around twelve hours. I worked one afternoon about four hours and then the next day from morning till early evening with breakfast and lunch breaks.
IndianaJustin wrote:Nicely done! Can you provide details about the internal structure, the guts?
IJ
Thanks, Indiana Justin! I described the interior and exterior in more detail on Reddit, hope you don't mind me pasting the description:
"It consists of a rolled leather core, around a spring steel spike, used as handle support.
Over that there is a five plait belly, covered with a partial bolster to thicken the transition area.
The second belly, eight plait is braided over that.
The final layer, the overlay, is made of twelve strands starting at around 6 mm. The width drops down until the last six strands near the tip are around 3 mm wide.
The fall is 3 mm thick cowhide.
The heel knot is a three pass 4x5 turk head's knot and the transition knot is a two pass 4x5 turk head's knot."
Some more details:
The steel spike used as handle is spring steel, 4.5 mm thick and 125 mm long (5 inches).
Regarding binding:
The core is tightly bound with artificial sinew, but for the rest of the layers I only stiffened the transition, as it's quite a short whip.
If you want to know anything else, just let me know!
Hey, that looks great! Beautiful work! The Pocket Bull that was provided for your reference is one that I made many years ago. It has a shot loaded core with a four plait belly and twelve overlay. I made several of them but I only have one left in my personal collection. It hangs on the hall tree and I carry it when I walk the dog.
Thank you so much Kyle! It's an honour, coming from the original maker!
The aesthetics of the Pocket Bull are amazing. They attracted me at once and knew I had to make one too. It's really a beautiful and functional design that you created.
I have to say "Thank you!" for the inspiration as well!
The Pocket Bulls were most definitely very well balanced.
I recall many years ago, at one of the early 2000 QM summits, Rundquist or Chamarro, just walking around, doing a series of 2 handed volleys with them.
(Wish I could find the videos of that...)
I got one shortly there after, and still have it hanging in my display.
I cannot say mine performs as well... It was my second roo hide whip, that I made myself. I am only an amateur whip maker. But it is definitely fun to use and quite easy to crack.
And the fact that it's so small and easy to carry around is a big bonus!
