The Best Way to Store a Whip?

[Dr._J]

Hey all,

How do you store your whips after cracking? Do you let them hang or put them in a coil? Do you use a whipholder or use the fall to wrap it? Do you hang them up or lay them flat? Also, do you Pecards your whip or wipe them down after EVERY use? Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Dr. J

[Michaelson]

...I Pecards after every use, and hang coiled from a wooden hook on my wall. No problems for the past 20 years or so with that practice, but then that's just me and MY practice. Regards. Michaelson
p.s. Oh, Dr. J, speaking of YOUR whip, the best way to store it would be....at my house?Guess not? (grins)

[The_Edge]

Hey all,

How do you store your whips after cracking? Do you let them hang or put them in a coil? Do you use a whipholder or use the fall to wrap it? Do you hang them up or lay them flat? Also, do you Pecards your whip or wipe them down after EVERY use? Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Dr. J

I hang my whips on a couple leather wrapped wooden pegs in the garage. Some of them have the coils secured with a holster and others are tied down using the fall. Most of the time I don't even tie down my stock whips because they just hang with out falling or uncoiling. If the whip has a wrist loop I hang it by that. If not then I just hang it by the coils. I put Pecards on the falls after every session but not the entire whip. I only dress the rest of the whip every couple months unless it has gotten wet. Everyone has their personal preferences though.

The only things you need to do is coil the whip using it's natural curve and store it in a dry area out of direct sunlight, but not in the dark. Other than that you are good to go.

-Kyle

[Dr._J]

Thanks fellas. Your comments are appreciated. Oh, and Michaelson, your new whip is in the mail...

Regards,

Dr. J

[Indiana Joe]

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and store it in a dry area out of direct sunlight, but not in the dark. Other than that you are good to go.

-Kyle[/quote]

Why not in the dark? Just curious.....

[The_Edge]

and store it in a dry area out of direct sunlight, but not in the dark. Other than that you are good to go.

-Kyle[/quote]

Why not in the dark? Just curious.....[/quote]

Mildew. It's fine for a short periods of time like transport in a bag or something. But if you're going to store your whips for the winter don't hang them in a closet or stuff them in a box for three months.

-Kyle

[Sergei]

Yep, that's the reason. I grew up out East where it's more humid. It's just a guarantee that if you kept anything leather in your closet without regular wearing, there was a nice healthy coat of green mildew. The best cure for it, was to get it out into at least indirect light. I can't tell you how many shoes, baseball gloves, regular winter gloves, hats, jackets, etc. I have ruined by neglecting leather gear in the closet or a dank, dark basement.

[Indiana Joe]

So, if one lives in a very dry, arid climate then one would not have to worry about mildew? Without moisture, I am thinking a leather item may be safe in the closet.

I'm not trying to argue but only get a better understanding. I live in humid Georgia so this would not even apply to me. But someone living in parts of Arizona or Texas?

Thanks ahead of time for your input!

[Sergei]

Isn't Georgia, humid? I guess that's my point, higher humidity equals mildew in the closets, basements. Arizona BTW, is extremely arid. I wouldn't think you would have a problem with high humidity there at all. The other problem is making sure the whip doesn't dry out in the low humid climates like the American Southwest. I live in Southern California where for the most part it's extremely dry, when you just go a few miles inland from the ocean. But people that live right on the coast, have the same problem with their leather. They get moldy. So location, location, location...

And Texas, well that depends, right? Huston is very, very humid, whereas Amarillo in the panhandle would be bone dry.

-Sergei
p.s. Hint: If you use your whips weekly, the storage issue becomes moot. Just keep the whip coiled in your bag in between sessions.

p.p.s. Another thing to add to the long term storage discussion is to make sure that the place where you store your whips are varmit free. If you use something like Pecards, insects, mice, etc. would avoid it. However, I have had chucks of leather eaten up by mice on some of my camping trips. Also, there are a number of horror stories that I have heard that revolve around dogs chewing on their whips. In fact, I know of a person that this happened to TWICE. I'm not naming names, but....

[WhipEnth]

The how to's and what not to's have pretty much been covered, but I thought I'd share a picture of what I use to store and show off some of my whips. However, I'm not sure how I do this.[img] I use a whip 'tree' that also doubles as a target holder.
I show off some of my faves in tmy living room and a few others scattered about the house. Keep your whips out of direct sunlight and use them often enough they never grow dusty. That last part becomes a problem when you start amassing a whip collection.

Keep 'em cracking,
Seb~[/img]

[Sergei]

The how to's and what not to's have pretty much been covered, but I thought I'd share a picture of what I use to store and show off some of my whips. However, I'm not sure how I do this.

I think this is the picture you are referring to Seb. It came from the Dallas News article.


-Sergei

[Sergei]

Seb,
This is how you would post a picture image on this forum. You bracket your picture with the [img] commands. But first you need to find the url address of the picture. The best way to do this is to right click on properties over the picture to get the address. Highlight the entire address and select it and COPY it.

- Then you place the start image bracket command: [img]
-Then you PASTE in your url address immediately after the command.
- Then you place the end image bracket command; [/img]

So for example in the above post, you would see something like this:
[img]http://www.dallasnews.com/texasliving/s ... 1eaa78.jpg[/img]

Make sure that the url address you give is an externally visible address like from another website. Personal file addresses on your PC won't work. I hope this helps.

-Sergei

[WhipEnth]

Thanks Sergei,

It all became clear after I sent my posting.
Bingo, that's the whip tree, but I have better pictures. The WE photo album is full but as soon as I clear space at Yahoo, I'll try to add those whip tree pictures.
You'll also see them in pictures from this upcoming Whip Weekend.

,
S~