Club Obi Wan

LemonLauren

Yep, I think Bernardo is right. I can't be completely 100% sure based just on the photos, but I'm fairly certain that it looks like one of the ones I made a couple years ago around that time for a company in Germany. They told us that one the whips they'd bought from us in that style was sold to the...

LemonLauren

He's too cute... great video, Bernardo.

I can tell he's been paying attention to the older whipcrackers in his life! I wonder how old he'll be when he actually starts getting a crack!?

Lauren Wickline
http://www.midwestwhips.com

LemonLauren

Chris, thank you for the kind words! I know that with the quantity of shows you do each year, you've really been putting your PH whips through the paces... and I'm really happy to hear that they're performing so well for you, and that they're holding up so well too. If you want to see a video of Chr...

LemonLauren

Great explanation, Franco! I thought some pictures might help too...

http://whips.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/h ... a-whip-is/

Lauren Wickline
www.midwestwhips.com

LemonLauren

I discovered an Aussie looking bullwhip while re-watching some of the old Star Trek Original Series episodes the other day... haven't seen those old episodes since I was a kid! Poor William Shatner didn't do a particularly good job wielding it though, lol. I couldn't make Alt+PrintScreen work in ord...

LemonLauren

ichnob, you did an amazing job with the french grapevine! The post office has recently decided to change some of its policies on shipping prices for certain box sizes, so when I decided to ship these whips with thong and handle separate in order to be able to use our regular boxes and keep the shipp...

LemonLauren

Thanks you guys. The Performance Hybrid section of the website just went up a couple days ago, so if anything's not clear on there, please be sure to pipe up... I'll do my best to answer your question, and update the site again to make things more clear. Kooniu, I don't have any special information ...

LemonLauren

http://performancehybrid.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/blackredgravelheader1.jpg The Performance Hybrid Nylon Whip is now available on our website... all the details are at: http://www.midwestwhips.com/performancehybridnylon.html Just let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Lauren Wickline htt...

LemonLauren

Very nice, Robby, and congratulations! I look forward to seeing Vol. III.

Lauren Wickline
www.midwestwhips.com

LemonLauren

I just love those pretty turned wood handles... and in red and black, too. Rhett is very talented! Here are a few shots of the pure white pair I mentioned I've been working on and finally now have managed to finish. Paul and I recently bought a new digital camera after our old one started refusing t...

LemonLauren

I haven't cracked a Midland or Classic Indy Bullwhip yet, but I have cracked a good handful of nylon whips, and I've always been impressed with the bullwhips Steve Huntress makes - consistently well made, firmly braided, and nice to handle. His website is http://www.neawhips.com. I believe Ron Allen...

LemonLauren

LOL, yes... I haven't had the chance to use it yet, but I did pick up a bit of really vibrant bright red, and I still have plenty of black left too. Would that make it a "BULLSwhip," I suppose?

Lauren Wickline
www.midwestwhips.com

LemonLauren

Hey all, thanks for the responses and compliments! :D I've had to "hide" that whip from Paul and myself in a closet because we just can't stop playing around with it, and I want it to still look and feel new when I sent it out to its new owner! There's just enough space in our living room ...

LemonLauren

Hey Everybody, Not an Indy Whip, I know, but I thought some of you might enjoy a peek at a new whip I'm developing. Chris Hall seems to not really be making these anymore, according to a few people I've spoken with who have chatted with him recently, and since I've been messing around with nylon lat...

LemonLauren

The sidearm flick was the hardest for me to learn, and definitely took the longest. I guess this just shows how everyone is different - some people learn that one first, and think it's the easiest! #-o Anyways, it sounds like you're having the same problem I had with the sidearm. First, keep on doin...

LemonLauren

LOL, those toy whips are way to much fun, even for grownups. The first time I got ahold of one, I completely became a kid again - I started running around the yard, "whipping" it around in the air and pushing the button over and over and over, much to the annoyance of Paul. Although it tur...

LemonLauren

Thanks for bringing some of the screen grabs into this thread Bernardo... I probably should've done that myself. I suppose maybe this might be a bit above and beyond what the OP was originally asking for (sorry Ranger36!), but it's all interesting to me anyhow. I spend way too much time thinking abo...

LemonLauren

Excellent list Bernardo, and thanks for joining in on the picture labeling fun! :D I think it's interesting you mention the idea that a screen accurate Raiders whip will have widely cut strands. Just like everyone who watches the movies and loves the whip will have a different idea of exactly what t...

LemonLauren

Due to a not-so-fast internet connection, Andy asked me to post for him pictures of his new pair of 6ft whips. They are 12 plait bullwhips with 10" handles, natural tan thongs, and patterned handles. The knots are custom as well, with my "thunderbolt" pattern in them. I just received ...

LemonLauren

Here's a picture I labeled of a 10ft Indy whip I made. Hopefully it'll help to get you started with the terminology associated with bullwhips, and specifically the Indy whip. Another key term is "plait," which describes the number of strands the whipmaker braids with. A screen accurate whi...

LemonLauren

Yep, I'm looking forward to it getting rolling again. I remember posters in the previous launch of the forum created a unique feel with the discussions opened up there, different from many forums I've browsed. I enjoyed it, and I look forward to its reincarnation. Congratulations, David. I know how ...

LemonLauren

I sure do... I can make one scaled to be a 10ft or an 8ft, whichever you want. Just drop me a line if you're interested. They're a pain to make, but I enjoy doing one every once in a while - the finished product is really fun to play around with, and you can actually get a light little pop out of 'e...

LemonLauren

OK guys, I just want to make sure nobody is putting words into Jacka's mouth. If anybody can come up with a direct quote from the fellow involving this topic, that'd be fine. But until then, I'm trying to only operate under the confines of Hollywood's original question, and the original post says th...

LemonLauren

I don't suppose anyone scientifically knows exactly why a hand-braided whip will have a natural coil direction even before it has ever been "forced" into a coil, but there are theories. First, whipmakers braid on the front of the whip, the side facing us. This allows us to see and manipula...

LemonLauren

Price vs. performance though, it's true you would be very hard pressed to find a leather whip being made and sold today, that performs nearly as well as a quality nylon whip in that same price range. So if I have narrowed my choices down to a $200 leather whip or a $180 nylon, since they are about ...

LemonLauren

Looks very nice, Bernardo! I'm particularly fond of that nice big pocket on the front, but I can see you've put a lot of thought into the rest of the design as well. Regarding the thickness, I'm guessing that the idea is for it to have plenty of room to bulge out when full of whips because of the la...

LemonLauren

LOL! You made mini Indys!!!! I haven't posted here on COW for awhile, even though I do still read the threads... we've been so busy lately, it's wild. But I couldn't pass up commenting on this. :D Your big whip looks really nice too, but of course I love your minis - have your eyes uncrossed yet? :l...

LemonLauren

I think it's a great idea to pass one of these new budget-style whips around to experienced and well-rounded whipcrackers! Professional whipcrackers across the US already own and in their shows constantly use whips from Morgan, Steve Huntress, Joe Strain, MidWestWhips, several well-known Australian ...

LemonLauren

Thanks for all the responses, everybody. I'm not super proficient with HTML, so this site really took me a long time and a lot of hours to make... it's really nice to know it's appreciated. We hope to add even more information, including some how-to and maintenance videos at some point, but that's s...

LemonLauren

A 6ft is a great length IMO, and actually a little on the longer side for the stockwhips most people choose to use for competitions and the like (keep in mind the handle is in addition to the 6ft thong). I'm sure once you get a feeling for it, it will be one of the easiest whips you'll own to crack ...

LemonLauren

Hahaha, well you seem to be right Tony... Ready Aged it is, lol. It's been a couple weeks since I've been to your site browsing - I was just taking everyone's word for it! Looking forward to seeing some pics of your natural tan Indy whips on there soon as well... :) We tend to get mostly orders for ...

LemonLauren

Personally, I'm a fan of the natural tan too... If you get natural tan, you get to watch your whip gradually turn from the color it you see in the scene in Raiders where Indy says "Stop! Stay out of the light!," to the dark dark brown "brandy"-ish color in LC. If you want to jump...

LemonLauren

It's true - Volume II is in transit, so hopefully we should have them here in the states very soon! We're really excited... :) As soon as they arrive, we'll let you all know and immediately ship them out to all the people who have pre-ordered. Thank you Robby, and thanks to everyone who has pre-orde...

LemonLauren

Indiana Tim, The only real advice I have is to find some way to try a Strain and try a Jacka - and not just any Jacka, try his CS whip. They are very different from some of his other bullwhip styles. I agree that a CS jacka would not be the first whip I'd recommend to a beginner who is planning on l...

LemonLauren

whipwarrior, Here is a picture of the whip on a standard playing card, and you can see a bit of the detail from that (the teeny tiny fall hitch is my favorite part!). I'll email you back about pricing asap... we just finally got internet in our new place, and the shop is about half unpacked by now, ...

LemonLauren

Yep, about an hour outside Vegas. The Rebels, eh? That mascot sounds a little more intimidating than the Buckeyes, lol. I hope you enjoy your whip, Bowie, and maybe we'll get the chance to meet sometime. :) Where in AZ are you? Anywhere halfway close to Vegas? Lauren Wickline www.midwestwhips.com

LemonLauren

um... I really have no idea? Ask me again after we've been there for awhile, I'm sure we'll figure it out.

Or maybe somebody else who lives out there can clue us in?

Lauren Wickline
www.midwestwhips.com

LemonLauren

MidWestWhips is moving... to the SouthWest. :) Paul and I have been looking around for several months now, and we finally found a nice looking little town in Southern Nevada. We will still keep the name MidWestWhips, and the website www.midwestwhips.com, but by the beginning of November we'll techni...

LemonLauren

First off, like Paul said yesterday, we both really love Robby's Whip-Basics DVD. We watched it as soon as it arrived, and were just as impressed as we'd hoped to be. The DVD covers 5 cracks: the underhand flick, the forward flick, the sidearm flick (aka the reverse horizontal), the cattleman's crac...

LemonLauren

Very nice display! Looks classy. Doesn't seem to be spare spaces for any future whip additions though...?

-Lauren Wickline
www.midwestwhips.com

LemonLauren

Robby, I'm glad you chimed in on this topic! We've got quite a few pre-orders - lots of us here are looking forward to your beginners tutorial. Welcome to COW.

Lauren Wickline
www.midwestwhips.com

LemonLauren

Thanks to the people who have pre-ordered so far - the DVDs are somewhere between Germany and the US right now, so it shouldn't be too much longer. The instructor, Robert, doesn't claim to be a "master whip artist," and so far as I know, he's not a movie actor or stuntman. But he at least ...

LemonLauren

Ooooo beautiful color... very nice.

Lauren Wickline
www.midwestwhips.com

LemonLauren

Great video Chris

Thanks for posting!

Lauren Wickline
www.midwestwhips.com

LemonLauren

http://www.whip-basics.de/images/ntsc.jpg A few people have discussed this new whipcracking tutorial previously, and we've got some additional information now that may be of interest... Paul and I have yet to see it in its entirety, but we have seen the clips posted on youtube. Here is what we know...

LemonLauren

It looks like we finally (fingers crossed) have full, reliable electricity and internet back. We'll be spending the next week or more playing catch-up, so please continue to be patient with receiving an email reply or a whip that may have been due around the time of the storm. A crazy storm it was t...

LemonLauren

Karol, I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you're asking... Toheti cane is a type of cane, like bamboo or rattan cane. You can buy pieces of it from Murphy's website if you want to try it out. Shagbd, I'm not exactly sure what my "Grail" whip would be. There are just too many styles and patterns ...

LemonLauren

Toheti cane is the stuff normally used for stockwhips, Shagbd. I suppose rattan could work if you could find some the right size, but I'd imagine it would have more flex to it than toheti cane, which would give the whip a weird "bounce" when it cracked, and might not be as durable. Just ou...

LemonLauren

Tony, it's great to see you back here! I enjoy your perspective on whipmaking, and I think your experience in both 'roo and nylon is a real asset to this forum.

) Hooray!

Lauren Wickline
www.midwestwhips.com

LemonLauren

Nah, of course it's not ruined. It's fine. :-) Using that much Pecards just isn't the best thing for a whip, for the tightness of its braiding and knots and for its balance. But like a bad haircut grows out, Pecards will also gradually evaporate from the whip, and most of the potential problems will...

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