New David Morgan Book!!! "Whips of the West"

midwestwhips · Post by **midwestwhips** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:52 am

Has anyone seen this? I'm quite surprised I hadn't heard anyone say anything about it!

http://www.davidmorgan.com/product_info ... ts_id=1102

David had mentioned he was working on this book when I had talked to him last summer, but I didn't know it was coming out this month.

Regards,

Paul Nolan
MidWestWhips

whiskyman · Post by **whiskyman** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:18 pm

That looks very interesting! I'll have to get myself a copy.

Boggstandard · Post by **Boggstandard** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:37 pm

I unexpectedly received a copy of Mr. Morgan's book this afternoon. He kindly provided a copy to acknowledge some pictures I provided him.

The book is very informative, well written, and contains many photographs.

Any book about whips is welcomed, but this one especially so.

winrichwhips · Post by **winrichwhips** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:18 pm

I just ordered my copy and got an email saying it's been shipped, thanks for the heads up, Paul

They might have some copies at the WWAC convention, but I didn't want to wait.

I'll read the picture credits closely so I spot which ones are Boggstandard's.

-Adam

Post by **BullWhipBorton** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:02 pm

Paul, Thanks for the heads up… David mentioned he was working on this several months ago, but I had no idea it was coming out already either. I’ll have to order a copy ASAP.

Dan

whiskyman · Post by **whiskyman** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:22 am

Just ordered my copy (I've asked Mr. Morgan to sign it for me) - looking forward to reading it! So some pics were provided by Boggstandard? Cool - I'm amazed there are whips Mr. Morgan hasn't got!

midwestwhips · Post by **midwestwhips** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:42 pm

I'm really surprised no one else had mentioned it yet.

I just got the book in today!

It looks great, I've skimmed through it and already found a couple pictures of Boggstandards. Boggs posted pictures of this whip here:

viewtopic.php?p=255700&highlight=#255700

I also found a reference to Cecil Henderson and John Schoewe:

"John Schoewe was an outstanding American whipmaker. He spent some time with Cecil Henderson when in Australia in 1942 during World War II, and later made whips for performers and the cattlemen in Florida. His Florida drover whips were well tapered and probably contributed much of the improvement in taper of these whips as made by others. He tanned his own buckskin for the points. He did not use a wear leather between thong and handle."

Looks like a great book so far, and there are some great pictures of some of the old whipmaking factories!

Regards,

Paul Nolan
MidWestWhips

winrichwhips · Post by **winrichwhips** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:30 am

Just got my new Chris Barr whip today; 16-plait lash and 20-plait black and red handle. It's awesome. I really think Chris gives Cecil a run for his money and I believe I've bought a collector's whip from a whipmaker who will become a legend some day.

Also, I made my last attempt at the bullwhip cracking record tonight. In front of an audience and witnesses I did 253 bullwhip cracks in a minute. I'll send out press releases tomorrow, and provided one gets published, I'll send this record into Guinness for verification. 253 sounds like a nice number, though down the road I think I'll try building a second, lighter whip and having another go at this record. I've got lots of notes on the training I did for this record to apply if I ever do it again.

Anyway, the official Guinness Record is still Chris Camp's 222, so I should have no problem getting 253 made official.

-Adam

midwestwhips · Post by **midwestwhips** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:11 pm

Hey Adam,

Congrats' on the record, hopefully they will get the certificate to you quickly this time!

Regards,

Paul Nolan
MidWestWhips

winrichwhips · Post by **winrichwhips** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:41 pm

Hey Paul,

How's Ohio?

I talked with the local papers today after emailing the press releases. Hopefully I'll get something in print by April 8th. The papers seem to like to put this kind of thing in the human interest/community section of the Sunday paper, and this section is usually finished a week in advance.

Last time it took Guinness a month to verify the record, after I sent in all the documentation.

Paul, how are your WWAC convention plans? I heard Steve was going to be your ride and roomie, but he's not going anymore.

-Adam

Paul_Stenhouse · Post by **Paul_Stenhouse** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:01 am

Paul,

Thanks for the heads up. I'll pick up my copy next week and drop in on David at the same time.

Best Regards,

Paul Stenhouse

thefish · Post by **thefish** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:42 pm

I need to order myself a copy of this book.

Morgan is going to be primary documentation for a paper I'm submitting to the Journal of Technology and Culture this summer, (All Akademak-n-stuff cuz I'm a kollidge pruhfesser) ;-)

Ohio? Paul! What are you doing in my neck of the nation and not bothering to call, Dude? :evil:

See if I give you website advice anymore ;-)

-Dan