Skip is a great whipmaker, no doubt. And as all the folks wrote here before, his whips are a class of it's own.
But here we are on the adventurewhip, right? Okay, here we go. It's an 8 plait whip, made out of a light tanned
latigo hide. The good news... All eight strands run down the whole whip. Not a single strand is dropped.
That makes it very exact and straight in it's motion.
Mola Ram wrote:
Honestly, knowing how Victor makes his whips, that "adventure whip" should easily destroy all comparable
"budget" whips.
I agree with Mola Ram. This whip is by far more than a beginner's whip. It's also for the advanced.
Why I'm so sure about that? I own one. And I use it hard. That's why. Here's some pic.
It maybe not that sa as some would it like to be. But therefor it's not called "
One more Indy whip",
it's called "
The Adventure Whip". The wrist loop is very strong. I have that bad habbit to slip my
hand through the wrist loops of my whips. When I give lessons, it often happens that I just open my
hand to point something out etc. And the whip falls with it's full weight into that wrist loop. More than
one wrist loop didn't survive that. And I'm not talking about hundreds of times doing that. I mean doing
this for ten or twelve times... The adventurewhip had this now for twenty or thirty times. No prob at all.
Okay, there are things, more important than a wrist loop. Back to the whip itself. It's very well balanced
and it runs through right to the point. The latigo fall is far away from good and bad. It's nearly indestructible.
And who hadn't the situation: Crack! Part of the fall together with the crackers gone.
Next point. The material. Everywhere you can read "Roohide whip". But some whipmakers just make the
overlays from roohide. The bolsters are cowhide. Okay - a bolster is there to give some weight, to beef
it up. No problem with that. But if cowhide is used in roo whips - because it doesn't affect the performance
of the whole thing... Why not have a whip which is completely braided out of cowhide? Made from latigo.
Enough for now, I think. Wichita Jones, if you're considering to buy a good whip (
not a cheap whip -
big difference!), then take that one. You won't be disappointed.
Robby
www.Whip-Basics.de
), but I’m really looking for a good whip. 
Sorry for any offense.