Club Obi Wan

I know that most here probably buy their whips new but just out of curiousity are there any bullwhipping sites that might have classifieds?

After the Ottawa Summit, my wonderful Mrs. gave a green light to look for a good 8 foot Indy . So..now the shopping begins .

I'd also appreciate any candid comments on buying used...

Warm Regards
Kilgour Trout

Here's one you have to join it to see the messages. I see ecwhips has a 7footer natural hide advertised on there. I have a 7.5 footer from him that I just love.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Whipsforsale/

You could try ebay. They occassionaly have whips that come up for sale from well know whip makers.

No doubt about it,
Adam Winrich makes some sweet stuff, I opped for a deer hide bullwhip made from him,
I'm extremley pleased with the handling and over all look, not quite as Indy-ish as my Morgan, but thats not what I ordered, .

And Deerhide is even stronger than cowhide, so thats just something else to throw into the pot of considering.

Cow hide and deer-hide are great alturnitives for Indy-on a budget, Hmm now where'd I hear that before, .


ATB

Jim J.

Hey Folks, this helps quite a bit. ITG, do you find this group to be informative and helpful? Pagey...I'll be interested in your review of the cow hide as I'm continuing to here excelllent things about Adam's work. Racerx...thanks for the suggestions....

To all... thank you and keep it coming, I really want to make the right decisions.

At the Ottawa summit, there was lots of discussion about makers and characteristics. We had a comparison between A Stenhouse 8 foot a Strain 8 foot and a Morgan 10 foot which revealed some interesting things.

I was also curious about how different a lead core and a leather core handle make the whip react differently.

Warm Regards
Kilgour Trout

Hey Kilgour,

With regards to your question about lead vs leather cores: the whip with lead core will generally be heavier, crack louder and move slower through the air, give it some advantages to target work but not well suited to multiple cracking while the leather-cored whip will be lighter, easier on the arm, and suitable for both multiple cracking and target work.

In my experience it is more of a joy to crack lighter, well balanced whips than heavy ones. The heavy ones tend to require the use of hearing protection (which can be kind of a bother IMHO).

I particularly became a fan of lighter whips when I had the opportunity to crack many of the whips in Canasta's collection, including severaly whips by Joe Strain. I found that the whips I liked the best were the lighter ones.

-Adam, www.winrichwhips.com

I was cracking my Winnrich IOAB 8 footer not so long ago. My wife told me to aim my cracks away from her because it was so loud! I love my IOAB whip. It's definitely showing good use, but it's standing up nicely to my learning curve. And Adam, when the fall does eventually need to be replaced (due to me cracking the heck out of it ) I will send it your way for a new one. Then you'll be able to see how well your work is holding up!

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Kilgour Trout wrote:ITG, do you find this group to be informative and helpful?

Well, I rarely check it, but I want to say it has an affiliation with the Whip Enthusiasts group. If you want a place in addition to COW to ask questions about whips, try the Whip Enthusiasts Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WhipEnthusiasts/

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Just to let you know -if you ever decide on putting on a new fall THIS WAY, it works great with the old model IOAB too. The way you have yours put on now was a little complicated for me to replace, but Adam was great in guiding me how to put a new one on with the fall hitch technique, and could probably help you with that or make it for you if you decide to send it to him.

Regards,
Swindiana