First Tiger Wrap

[rushing]

Well I stripped an old rod I didn't use much so I could experiment with doin the tiger wrap as well as try my first spiral wrap. I have the under wraps done for the guides but have yet to put them on. I wanted to finish the tiger first. I am very pleased with how it turned out minus the fact I lost the battle of keeping the wrap dust free. Not sure what happened with that but stuff happens. Black and metallic copper under with black and a sacrificial thread or the top. As the rod spins its very 3d with a lot of movement. I dig the tiger effect.

Freshly cover in finish.

My next tiger I think might try three under... metallic red, metallic black, & pearl white glow in the dark with black nylon over the top with two sacrificial threads. But I still need to work on my multi thread wrappin skills. lol

[upnorth]

That is an interesting wrap. I have seen it before, but yet to do one myself.

[Jim Uran]

That is cool, how do you even achieve that effect? Is there cutting of thread involved, I guess I wouldn't even know where to start. I'm easily confused though...

[rushing]

Its pretty simple. Its just black and metallic copper wrapped side by side with 3 layers of finish over it. Then black and and a sacrificial thread wrapped in the opposite direction over the top. Once the top wrap is done carefully remove the sacrificial thread and coat with finish and it comes alive.

[upnorth]

Do a web search there are instructions on how to do it. Pretty easy, just need to do it in multi phases.