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scout · Post by **scout** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:04 am

Just wanted to introduce myself and say Hi to everyone.I'm a keen whipcrackerand I have a few whips I'd like to tell you about.
My first whip is the same as the one posted by Relichunter a few posts down,6' cowhide, but I went for the 10 plait expensive one which was $64(haha).Actually,I learned a lot with it,and I absolutely abused it to bits and it still cracks quite well and I still like to take it out now and again. My next one was an 8' Rhett Kelly nylon Indy style bullwhip.The reason I chose nylon was because of the weather here in Scotland.For about 7-8 months we get rain,snow,sleet,ice,fog and then winter kicks in!!LOL. After the cheap whip,Rhetts whip is an absolute joy to handle and when you want it to,you can make it sound like a cannon going of,and it's so fluid and a good falling whip,excellent for multiple cracking.Just yesterday, my pair of 5'6''stockwhips from AWS @Mike Murphy arrived,so I've not had the chance to crack them yet,but they look great and I'm looking forward to getting some two-handed routines on the go.
So that about covers it up to now. I'm going to the British Juggling convention in Perth,which is about 25mins away on Sunday. They're having a whipcracking workshop there so looking forward to meeting some other like-minded people and having some fun.
So,keep cracking everyone and all the best from Fife in Bonnie Scotland
JIM

Luisiana Jones · Post by **Luisiana Jones** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:50 am

Well I am no expert in whips (i just know barely the basics

) but just wanted to say Hi to you, and to welcome you to COW

Post by **Ken** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:57 am

Jim

Good to see you posting here on the forum and that we finally have another active member from Scotland!!

You are right about the weather and you will see me bemoan it constantly!

Hopefully we will get the chance to meet up tomorrow at some point.

Explore the forum as there is a great deal of information and like minded people here so hopefully you will learn something new and be able to have good detailed discussions with the experts around here.

All the best

Ken

Indiana Texas-girl · Post by **Indiana Texas-girl** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:17 pm

scout, you're gonna love those pair of Murphy whips...I have a pair of stockwhips that are 5.5 feet long...very versatile whip in that you can do alot of different kinds of cracks.

scout · Post by **scout** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:23 am

Hi Indiana Texas-girl
I met up with Indiana Ken yesterday and we went to a park and had a good session cracking our whips.There's a biiiiiig difference between the stockwhips and the 8' bullwhip I've been using. I think you need a bit more wrist action with the stockwhips and I also think they'll get a bit easier once they're broken in,but, as they say, I'll give it a lash!!
ATB from Scotland
Jim

Indiana Texas-girl · Post by **Indiana Texas-girl** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:47 pm

scout, glad y'all had fun. Ken is a great guy and hilarious to boot. I Stock whips (or at least Murphys) are actually easier for me to get a crack out of...it's easier to do volleys and figure 8's than with a bullwhip.

Post by **Ken** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:54 pm

Jim

Was great to meet you the other day and thanks for the lift home too I REALLY appreciated that! You are really getting into this whip cracking hobby and have learnt so much more than me since Christmas than I have in the last 2 years.

Hope we can find a way to get the video clips up on the site here of your whip cracking!

Ken

Canyon · Post by **Canyon** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:56 pm

Welcome once again, Scout.

Thanks for the lovely PM.