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How to Make Your Own Flogger Continued

Now that everything has been cut, you need to add the handle. Cut the wooden dowel that you've bought to the length of handle you wanted. Before we go spreading glue all over the place, you may want to practice the placement of the handle, to make sure everything rolls up correctly. Lay the handle lengthwise in the handle side of your leather rectangle. Now grip the edge of the leather and the dowel, and roll the handle up inside the leather. See figure 5. You will roll your dowel inside of the leather, in the direction of the arrow. When you have a good idea of how this is going to work, move the dowel aside and spread your leather glue over the entire handle side of the rectangle. Lay the dowel lengthwise again and roll it up in the leather.

Be careful with the glue. Remember that as you roll, the glue will squish out flat under the leather, often squeezing it out past the edges. Any glue that gets on the leather will leave a sort of dark stain, so make sure you don't get any on the side of the leather that is going to show.

Roll the handle all the way to the top of the rectangle. This means the leather will roll up into several layers around the handle. When you reach the edge, press the edge down tight all along the handle. Leave your flogger to dry. Read the leather glue instructions for an idea on how long this should take, but I would suggest a minimum of an hour or two.

When the glue is dried, your flogger is complete. I like to finish up with some fancy nails, first to secure the leather even further to the handle, and second because it looks good.

Here is a picture of the finished product!

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