Just Out of Curiosity

Indiana Neri · Post by **Indiana Neri** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:33 pm

Does anyone know the difference(s) between the WSP "Indy"-whip and the plain Australian whips that they sell? I was just browsing through their cataloge and just wondering if there were any huge differences.

Indy N.

Mola Ram · Post by **Mola Ram** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 5:59 pm

Handle length is the biggest diffrence.
Adam

Richie · Post by **Richie** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:23 pm

The australien typ is much lighter than the american. Last one have a steelpike inside the short handle that give weighting and balance.

The light longhandle australian bulls feels more like a stockwhip (normaly is a cane inside the handle). They have a faster action as you control more from the whrist.

Richie

DJN · Post by **DJN** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:12 pm

They are pretty different whips. The Indy whip is made by our boy Joe Strain - Great whip and an almost perfect replica of the Morgan whip used in the films. A fantastic whip by a great whipmaker. The Austailian is made by Terry Jacka and has a much longer handle and beefer thong and as such is a bit better for target work. It is the whip that was used by Michelle as catwoman in Batman Returns (and by Ms. Berry in Catwoman ugh!). A very good whip made by a top notch whipmaker as well. As an owner of mutiples of each of those whips and many others, I can tell you they are both great whips. Just depends on what style or look you are going for.

Robert Duke · Post by **Robert Duke** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:23 am

The Austrtalian whips are also lighter than the American style whips. I would guess either no bolsters with 2 plaited bellies or a single plaited belly with a bolster. They definitely do not have the beef as an American style whip.
WSP has several whipmakers to fulfill their orders. A few are from Australia and a few from the U.S.

Sergei · Post by **Sergei** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:08 am

I agree with the comments so far. Along with Robert Duke's comment about the Terry Jacka whip being lighter, I also found the balance to be more forward weighted - like there is no lead tape or metal spike in the handle foundation. A lot of people like that style of light weight and balance towards the thong and not the handle. Maybe it's more accurate... I never looked at that way.

Canasta · Post by **Canasta** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:39 pm

Actually the whips in the Halley Berry version were made by Joe Strain.
He also made all the whips, including a coupe of 25 ft whips for the upcoming Zorro release.

C

PS
I'm really glad I got the chance to see the new version of Cat Woman.
Now I have a #2 for my "worst movies I've ever seen" catagory.
#1 being Spy Kids 3 - 3-D.

Canasta · Post by **Canasta** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:40 pm

Sorry,
That's "a couple" of 25 ft whips.
C

Fast fingers, ... slow brain.

Robert Duke · Post by **Robert Duke** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:11 pm

Several months ago while Sin City was still in production I was contacted by them to supply some falls and poppers. I am not sure which whips they were using and I haven't seen the movie yet either. I heard thru the grapevine there is some whip action. I'd like to see it the movie soon to see what they did. Anyone else see the movie yet?

Indiana Texas-girl · Post by **Indiana Texas-girl** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:48 am

Robert, you might benefit from reading the review of Sin City over at the Fedora Lounge...quite a few differing views on the movie.

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