a quick guide to dropping strands cleanly
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2024
- Here's the method for drops I learned from this video of Blake Bruning's:
• How to Plait-Drop Stra...
Hope these two videos together will help clarify the concept and help you hide your drops!
Very good video Tory, gonna have to give this a try soon
Super helpful!!! thanks Tory, Good work :)
So here's a question, I don't understand why nylon whipmakers trim the dropped strands so fast after dropping them, I mean aren't you concerned it might work itself loose and pop-up? When you are dropping over tails, why not trim on of the core strands instead and keep the dropped strand going for a bit as a core strand, as one would do with leather? Seems to me this would create the same taper but make a stronger drop that will never work itself loose. BTW this really isn't a criticism, it's a genuine question.
I've never had a dropped strand come loose, but I also have changed the way that I drop to the method you're describing. That being said, when I braid backward and add strands, they're still only locked down by a couple inches of braiding. Ultimately I'd love to make adjustments to the build so that the added strands are an integral part of the core, but that will take some critical trial and error that I don't quite have time for right now.
Though to actually answer your question, the core reason it's done this way is that it's the only way beginners can wrap their minds around, and I was not immune to that mentality.
What exactly is the point/purpose of dropping the strands though?
I've yet to find anyone explain this.
Thanks.
Dropping strands is necessary to continue the taper of the whip. If we're talking specifically about nylon, where you can't taper the strands, if you didn't drop at all you'd have too much mass at the end of the whip, and that whip wouldn't handle well at all, certainly not from a sport perspective. The only times you don't drop at all are when you're braiding leather, which can taper with the belly, and even then only up to about 8 plait. Any more strands than that and you're almost always looking at dropping, even if the strands themselves taper. To put it another way, you need a certain amount of cumulative strand width to cover the belly; as the whip tapers, you'll find yourself with too much cumulative strand width to cover comfortably, and that's when you drop.
@@swordguybuilds Okay, that clears up quite a bit for me... thanks much.
Only thing that's kicking my ass now, is I'm trying to figure out how to drop strands and resume the correct pattern, but each time I've tried that it inevitably gets screwed up/doesn't align the same anymore.
Can you suggest any clip/video/tutorial that explains that?
I appreciate you A LOT!
Thank you very much! I actually don't know if I've seen a video that explains it comprehensively, but I can probably share one or two of the rules. You do need to drop two strands at a time, and within the same sequence; that is, if you drop a strand on one side but work the one on the other side before dropping, the pattern will break. You also need to either drop both strands from the top and then both from the bottom the next time, OR if you drop one-top-one-bottom each time, figure out which side needs to drop which way. It's difficult to be more specific than that because the cues I look for are strictly visual, but I'll try to put together a video that explains it better. Hope that helps
ive been dropping strands 2 at the same time, is it better to drop one at a time?
I think it's always better to drop two strands together, but that's really just personal preference. The only time you'd have to drop two together is when you're maintaining a chevron pattern, and in all other cases it really doesn't matter