Whole lotta whips...My collection.

DJN · Post by **DJN** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:35 pm

We all seem to love looking at pics of whips out here, so...Just thought I'd finally post some pics of collection. Here are a bunch of pics I took today:

Here is the whole collection laid out.

Here are my three Morgans- 6, 8,& 10ft.

Morgans again...

6ft Morgan-

8 ft Ben Scott-

Morgans and Ben Scott-

Morgans and Scott again-

Handle comparison of Morgans - the 10ft on top is from early 90's

Both styles of Terry Jacka Catwoman whips-

Russell Schultz 6 ft-

The row of Joe Strain-

6ft Black Indy, 7ft custom red & black- both by Strain

9ft custom Indy by Joe-

Ben Scott and some gear-

And another-

And now, a little bonus...

The Terry Jacka Catwoman whip in use in Halloween last year- I'm the Bat and girlfriend is the Cat.

Well I hope you weren't bored. Thought there might be some people interested.

Damian

G-MANN · Post by **G-MANN** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:39 pm

I think you need more whips

Cheers,
G-MANN

DJN · Post by **DJN** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:40 pm

I know...It's a sickness...

D

Alabama Jones · Post by **Alabama Jones** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:43 pm

Thats alot of whippage!

Nice

G-MANN · Post by **G-MANN** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:47 pm

I am the same way but with Fedoras.

Cheers,
G-MANN

Post by **Dalexs** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:04 pm

If I didn't know any better, I'd say it looks like he mugged Sergei.
That is one fine collection!

Ripper · Post by **Ripper** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:41 pm

Very nice!

winrichwhips · Post by **winrichwhips** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:43 pm

Holy whip collection, Batman!

I see that the 7 ft red and black Strain whip you have is also pictured on his website.

I hope to get up to three Morgans soon. I know a guy with a 12 footer from the 80s, and I think if I make him a fancy enough whip he will trade it to me. Right now I have an 8 and a 10 footer.

The Ben Scott whip looks very nice. I guess it's a shame that he isn't taking orders for whips anymore.

I finally bought a whip by Joe Strain this spring, a 16-plait two-tone 7 footer. Though, now that I've seen it and studied it, I'm not sure I want to keep it. Right now my favorite whips are the ones I use regularly, and I don't crack the Strain whip at all.

Thanks for sharing!

-Adam, www.winrichwhips.com

Post by **BullWhipBorton** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:42 am

You can never have too many whips! Thanks for sharing, that is an excellent collection of some great bullwhips. I like them all!

I remember when Ben was making his Indy whips, it was before a lot of the whip makers here came onto the Indy gear scene, He made some really impressive TOD bullwhips too. It was a shame he had retired early form whip making, he had some talent working leather.

If I didn't know any better, I'd say it looks like he mugged Sergei

Ya know he has been gone an awful long time, hmmmmm?

Dan

midwestwhips · Post by **midwestwhips** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:46 am

Damian,

Thanks for posting the pics they are great!!!

You've got an excellent collection, and that is a cool batman and catwoman picture too!!!

Thanks,

Paul Nolan
MidWestWhips

The_Edge · Post by **The_Edge** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:36 am

It's very interesting to see the construction differences between those Morgan whips.

I really like the layout and composition of your hat, jacket and whip shot. Very nice.

Thanks for the pix.

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:12 am

I'm just happy to have ONE whip!

Man, that's a sweet collection. Though thinking about it, I have that many guitars, so it's just a matter of WHAT you collect alot of!

Herr Jones · Post by **Herr Jones** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:38 pm

Great collection and nice pics.

I’m 20min out of LA, might I be able to have an up close look at ‘em?

Best,
Herr Jones

jabahutt70 · Post by **jabahutt70** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:30 am

DJN,

Awesome Collection! Tell me, what is or are your favorite(s) and why?

winrichwhips wrote:
I see that the 7 ft red and black Strain whip you have is also pictured on his website.

Adam,

I noticed a similar looking whip on your website, though not exactly the same. One of your 6 foot natural & whiskey whips~ the one on top of the bag. Both yours & Strain's look fantastic!
So, are ya thinking about selling that 7 foot Strain?

winrichwhips · Post by **winrichwhips** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:56 am

Jaba:

If you look further in my gallery, you'll see a black and natural whip that looks closer in design to the black and red Strain. The only thing is that I used all black knots instead of two-tone knots like Joe did.

I probably won't sell the Strain that I have right away. If someone were to want it now, they'd have to make me an offer so that I don't lose any money on it.

The one thing I wanted to take note of about the Strain is how he drops strands. Though, I went back and looked at the strand drops in my Fraser whips and my Schultz whips. I actually had to look pretty hard to find the strand drops in the Fraser whips, though Joe's strand drops are pretty easy to find. I think in any future fancy kangaroo whips I make I'll drop strands like Fraser and Schultz. In the Strain whip, though, the taper and tension in the plaiting are superb. And the plaiting at the handle-lash transition is so tight it is beyond belief. Joe emailed me and said that he doesn't think he's ever spent so much time working on a whip to get it to come together like he wanted.

:idea: So, think about that, guys. Have a whipmaker order you a whip from another whipmaker. The guy making the whip knows that it will be going to someone who can nit-pick about every little detail, so he might go the extra mile to do extra good work. Though, we all know Joe does extra good work all the time, so ...

-Adam, www.winrichwhips.com

DJN · Post by **DJN** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:00 pm

Thanks everyone. Glad you enjoyed my little picture album. And Herr Jones - or anyone else in the Los Angeles are feel free to get in touch with me if you want to get together and see- play with the whips etc. I'd love to hear from you. Email me at dnshade@yahoo.com

Damian

Texas Raider · Post by **Texas Raider** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:39 am

Nice collection, DJN!!

TR

McFly · Post by **McFly** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:58 am

Dalexs wrote:If I didn't know any better, I'd say it looks like he mugged Sergei.
That is one fine collection!

lol - my thoughts exactly.

Very nice collection... if you ever decide to start mailing out whips to random COW members... make sure my name is on the list a couple times.

In Christ,
Shane