Complete stockwhip - Assessment

The good points:

- Nice taper.

- Tight plaiting.

- Straight seams.

- Tight hitch.

- Tight binding.

- Nicely shaped cane.

- Firm TH foundation.

- Tight connection between handle and thong.

- It seems to crack well.

 

The bad points:

- Will have to think again about hide utilization in order to prevent strand stretching, and unevenness in the set.

- It is not a good idea to splice a bolster, at least not at this point.

- Neither it is a good idea to do a lot of splicing unless it is absolutely necessary.

- The keeper in the thong is a bit short and tight.

- The keeper in the handle is a bit long, giving a distorted appearance.

- Transition from checkerboard to four or six seam wasn't that neat.

- Some stitches were missing near the beginning of the thong.

- The lace for the TH wasn't of an appropriate size.

 

All in all, I think the problems had to do with aesthetical issues (due to very little experience) and not much about functional ones. I still need to make a video to show how it performs.

Done