video - One Finger Whip Finish - just for fun ;-)

[Hans Weilenmann]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Duab70VkSjQ


Cheers,
Hans W

[JohnScott]

I got a headache watching that, but it didn't last very long.

Got to learn to do that one of these days. Thanks for the video, Hans.

John

[AlanB]

A andy little trick, its got me out of trouble many times.
Cheers,
A.

[ScottP]

Hans,

Love that; however, months of bathroom remodeling have turned my fingers into 80 grit sandpaper.

Regards,
Scott

[herefishy]

Scott, you might try rubbing your fingers with a Pumice stone - takes down the roughness.

[Steven]

That, as my 17-yr old daughter would say, was "pretty sick."

[Byron haugh]

Hans,
Why are a series of half hitches called a whip finish? I learned to tie the whip finish by "full hand" rather than a series of half hitches...... I often use a whip finisher tool now - or should I say a "series of half hitches tool"? LOL

[Hans Weilenmann]

Hans,
Why are a series of half hitches called a whip finish? I learned to tie the whip finish by "full hand" rather than a series of half hitches...... I often use a whip finisher tool now - or should I say a "series of half hitches tool"? LOL

Byron ??

A series of half hitches are single turns of thread crossing over themselves, one after the other. A series of simple knots.

A whip finish is as shown in the video - a series of adjacent touching turns of thread, and a tag end which is drawn parallel along the shank underneath the full set of thread turns.

Cheers,
Hans W

[Byron haugh]

I meant tying half hitches back over the tying thread

[Hans Weilenmann]

I meant tying half hitches back over the tying thread

Byron,

You have to be clearer, as I still do not follow. In the 15 second clip there are four adjacent turns of thread towards the eye, and a tag end pulled tight under all four. Are you suggesting, or seeing, otherwise?

Cheers,
Hans W