the inner surface 20 22 on the slip bodies 12 and 14 may have upwardly projecting teeth so that these inner teeth engage the slip and force the slip to bite into the exterior tapered surface of the actuator member when the actuator member moves downward thereby axially locking the position of the actuator member with respect to the outer tubular ot by providing a slip body as disclosed herein including an upper c ring slip body and a lower c ring slip body substantial axial forces may be transferred from a slip assembly to the tubular being gripped it is significant that the desired high gripping forces are uniformly applied to each gripping surface on the slip body and this objective is obtained by providing a unitary and preferably a monolithic slip body as disclosed herein this unitary slip body thus cooperates with an actuator member which is also unitary from at least that part of the camming surface on the actuator member which engages the interior surfaces of the upper c ring slip members 12 and the actuator member camming surfaces which engage the lower c ring slip members 14 significant advantages are obtained by greatly reducing the number of slip assembly components compared to prior art assemblies moreover dimensional stability is achieved between camming surfaces on the actuator member the interior surfaces of the slip bodies engaged by the actuator member and the outer gripping surfaces of the slip body which engage the tubular being gripped manufacturing tolerances may thus ensure that each of the upper c.