Hey rjccj and Shagdb - thanks for your comments. I think, we'll have some more surprises for you
when the Whip Basics onlineshop is on air
rjccj - to answer your question... There are some posts saying that nylonwhips have "no soul"; "no character".
But... It's not the material that has the character, the soul. It's the maker who does. When you take the best
steel money can buy and a bad cutler - you'll have a bad knife. No character. No soul. Use a standard steel and
a master cutler, and you'll have a great, wonderful knife.
Same for the whip material. Take the best roohide available on the planet and a whipmaker who didn't got the hands.
You'll get a very poor whip. On the other hand, a master whipmaker and nylon - you'll get a whip, second to none.
I keep saying - if you like to compare nylon and leather whips, then compare at the same level. If you have a masterly
braided leather whip, don't compare it with a cheap nylon one. And don't compare a high end nylon whip with a sloppy,
cheap warehouse whip. You see the point?
Nylon whips are great. If you live in an area with much rain, snow or often muddy ground, a leather whip will not serve
you well. A high end nylon whip needs the same time to break in like a leather whip. And it'll perform as well.
In the end it's a question of philosophy. If you like leather - buy leather whips. If you like nylon... There's no more question
of being better or not. It's a question of your own preferrence. I came to Tony with the idea of a nylon stockwhip. What I had in
the end, was the absolutely first, ever made hybrid from nylon, wood & roohide. Out of that was developed the Whip Basics
signature range nylon stockwhip with glas fibre cane. That's it.
Robby
http://www.whip-basics.com
I've been asked how all that works. Well... There are lots of Vendors you can buy whips from. 
