As I said in the introduction, this project will also require you to know and master a few knots, both for practical and decorative purposes.

I'll assume you either do know them or will be able to learn them so I will not be covering them here . There are a lot of great ressources about that on the Internet.

( I also plan on doing separate instructables on these various knots soon)

- The half hitch and the overhand knot ( you DO know them ,trust me :) )

- Basic rope whipping ( to hold strands together, the picture below should be enough )

- The constrictor knot, serves the same purpose as the above.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constrictor_knot)

- The star knot ( makes a wonderfull handle knob)

Best explained here : https://sites.google.com/site/newknoticalarts/tutorials/star-knot

- The matthew walker knot ( holds well as a final knot around the handle)

( Sorry, I couldn't find any really clear tutorial to share on this one )

- The turk's head if you want to mark the end of the handle.

- Any kind of multi-strand knot you know and would like to use as a decoration on the handle ( crown knot wrappings, half hitch coverings, various round braids..)

Only the first three of the list are really mandatory if all you need is a working whip.

But it would be sad not to wrap things up in your favorite fancy knots.

See the last picture to see what goes where.