How to Re-Use Thorn Whip Animation?

Hi all! A bit ago I made a mod that turned all the sickles in the game into whips, since none exist in the game and there wasn’t a real niche sickles filled. It’s been nice and works great from a mechanical standpoint, but I’d like to improve the presentation a bit.

Currently, the mod just uses the sickle’s base animations, but I’d really like them to actually look like you’re attacking someone with a whip. I’m thinking about re-using the thorn whip animation somehow, but I don’t really know how to do that.

I’m super new to the mod manager (this is currently my only mod) so any advice is appreciated!