Whip Making Tools (Paracord)

These are some of the tools you will need to make a whip out of paracord, many are optional, but will make the job easier

Required

• Measuring tape
• Something to cut with
  • Box cutter
  • "PerforMax" safety cutter
  • Scissors
• Something to singe the cut ends of the paracord
  • Lighter
  • Butane torch
  • Matches

Nice to Haves

Some of these items are directly related to the type of whip you are making as well.

• Hacksaw
• Spring loaded hand clamp (hold your plaiting in place when you need to take a break)
• Macramé "T" pins (great for holding strands in place if you're adding strands)
• Mini vice with padded jaws
• Perma lock needles
  • These come in a variety of sizes, smaller will generally be better (look up sizes)
• Fid
• Hemostats (SO many uses!)
• Needle nose pliers (when you need to pull a strand tight, but it's too short to get a good grip on)
• Small wire cutter (useful if your using beaded chain)
• Sharpie pen (Use to make the center of the strand for flat starts. Silver color is visible on most paracord colors)
• Safety pins (Use to mark the center of your strands when you can't have a visible mark form a sharpie)
• Glue (different glues are good for different purposes)
  • Super Glue (liquid and gel)
  • Fabric glue (Use to hold flat braids together that need to be cut down small for heel knot butts)
  • Thick rubbery glue, i.e. E6000, Goop, Shoe Goo (use to hold on chonchos)
• Caliper (measure the size of heel knot foundations and also to document whip taper)
• Knot tying jig, also called a mandrill (makes tying turkshead knots for heels and transitions much easier)
• Stainless steel drinking straw (makes feeding BB's into sinker cord much easier)