Texas Raider wrote:How do you actually get a whip from Jacka?
TR
David Morgan, Western Stage Props or Aussie Saddle are the main reliable sources, though I think they they USED to be available through various and sundry sites specializing in whips for other purposes that Dave Morgan refuses to sell to, (do your homework if you don't know what I'm talking about,) I don't know anymore.
At this point if you want the 10 foot, short-handled Indy Whip, you have to go through Aussie Saddle, (though I hear that Mark Allen plans on carrying it at WSP as well.)
David Morgan carries Terry's standard Australian Whip models as well as Terry's stockwhips.
Aussie Saddle carries Terry's stocks, and a couple different models of bull, (What they call the "Short Handled Whip" which is actually what Western Stage Props calls the "Australian." It's NOT short handled. Believe me. It's what the pictures I've posted are,) they also carry a longer handled DeLongis model, which is what Anthony uses. The handle and transition make it kind of like a bull/stock hybrid, (been wanting to try one of these out.) Just about EVERYTHING that you DeLongis doing, he's using an 8 foot one of these. They are also currently the only source for the Indiana Jones IV bullwhip.
Mark Allen's Western Stage Props carries a good number of Terry's stocks as well as the Australian bullwhip, (pictured above,) the Australian Target whip, which has a much longer flexible handle, single belly, and springy transition, (I've played with one of these and found it REALLY hard to get used to,) and what they call the Outback whip, which appears to be similar to the DeLongis bullwhip from Aussie Saddle, but it's only available in a 7 foot length. The Australian and the Outback Whips from Western Stage Props are available with an exotic leather wrapped around the handle, (and the knots applied over it, so you get this bizarre little fringe above the transition knot on the whips.) To me, this is just tacky.
So, it all depends what you want. It seems that Terry is being semi-selective about what he makes for whom, (it could also be that the retailers are being selective about what they want. I don't know.) If you're wanting the standard Australian Model, pictured above,) you've got three choices.
If you want anything else, you will have to be a bit more picky. OR you could just do what I would do if I wanted a 10 foot Indy Whip, and just get a 10 foot Australian, and take it to a trusted whipmaker, and ask them to cut the handle down.
-Dan
The image evoked this one for me.
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