Jimmyjigs Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 Do you all whip finish your jigheads? And do you use a whip finish tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 I do my bucktails and a few of my rubber and silicone jigs. I use the tool. I have 2 sizes of them to accommodate different sizes of jigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 I do the whip finish by hand and with a tool. I've yet to decide which is faster. But both methods work very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyjigs Posted February 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 Jigman,Cadman,Had a fellow tier who tied the whip finish by hand so fast it was impossible for me to ever learn it.Almost hard to see it! Unfortunately I finish heads with 2 modified half hitches that go around 4 times instead of just one. Never had any come apart but, if I don't really cinch them up a whisp of thread can stick out which has to be clipped.Might buy the tool.Thanx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 When I was tying a lot of bucktails I got to the point that I could tie two dozen an hour start to finish. I had one guy who placed a 90 dozen order every year and I had a deadline when he ordered. I do at least 10 whips per head and several more at the end of the chenille before gluing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 I use the tool, I can do them by hand but not as fast as I can with the tool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fshng2 Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Tool is fast and neater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slammingjack Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 For some reason learning to whip finish with the tool was the hardest thing for me to learn. Can't do it by hand yet . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkman Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 When tying small jigs, like hair jigs and such I whip finish, I got use to a hand whip finish but when my hands hurt, I go right to my tool when I tie jigs with rubber skirts, I catch a loop, which is just a modified half hitch, it real secure too, what ever way you go, just learn to do it right, it's so important, you really can't go wrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
