Page 1 of 1
New DM whip!
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:03 pm
by Toldog07
Im expecting my new DM whip in the mail any day now. I'll post pictures as soon as it comes!
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:01 pm
by USNavyBlueAngel
Sounds great, Toldog07! Will keep an eye out for the pictures....
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:10 am
by K on the run
Good choice, how long will it be?
-K
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:41 pm
by Toldog07
I have the whip..how do i post pictures on here???[/img][/quote]
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:14 pm
by Strider
[*IMG]link[/IMG]
That's how. Without the asterisk.
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:35 pm
by Toldog07
i dont have a link
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:41 pm
by Boggstandard
Try
www.imageshack.com
You can upload your pictures to image shack then include the link to the pictures in your posting.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:23 am
by Toldog07
Here it is!!!
[/img]
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:45 am
by VP
Nice!
It would look much better if the pic would be taken outside and the whip would be more tightly coiled, btw.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:52 am
by Tyrloch
Actually, it does look nice! Is that a new whip, ordered straight from Morgan, or was it acquired elsewhere? The reason I ask is because it doesn't look like a recent Morgan whip -- it more closely resembles his older ones. Then again, the lighter color suggests it was made recently...
~Jace
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:00 am
by Toldog07
Actually it was aquired elsewhere, it is an older whip, the color is actually darker than it shows in the picture. and if viewed up close you can see that it is older. It is a great whip, cracks extremely loud and just screams indy when i look at it!
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:02 am
by Tyrloch
Oh, okay. It must've been the flash that made it appear lighter. I thought it looked more like an older Morgan than a recently made one. Once again, nice whip -- congrats!!
~Jace
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:08 am
by Toldog07
Here is another picture with the whip outside and coiled tighter...
[/img]
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:16 am
by VP
Yeah definitely old, the handle is longer than on modern DMs.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:26 am
by Tyrloch
The neater turkshead knot also hints to it being an older Morgan...
~Jace
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:35 am
by Toldog07
yeah it was made right around the time raiders was made. It was given to me by a relative, it is awesome, the first piece of gear i own that is actually from the period of the movies. Im also trying to get my hands on an old herbert johnson poet from that time.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:40 am
by Tyrloch
Great find!! Makes it even more so since you didn't have to pay anything for it!! Use it in good health!
~Jace
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:54 am
by K on the run
It was given to you? your one lucky guy
Congratulation!
Is it 10 foot?
-K
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:20 am
by Toldog07
yeah it was given to me as a birthday gift...i love it...yeah it's 10 ft. long
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:12 pm
by moses
Looks almost identical to a 10ft Bernardo that recently sold on ebay especially with that blue-ish fall.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:18 pm
by Toldog07
the fall is white with greenish stains from cracking the whip in the grass
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:24 pm
by Kt Templar
The one Bernado sold was this one, it's quite different esp the turks head.
I'm still smarting, someone sniped it from under me. :evil: Evil person you know who you are!
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:04 pm
by ecwhips
Kt Templar wrote:The one Bernado sold was this one, it's quite different esp the turks head.
I'm still smarting, someone sniped it from under me. :evil: Evil person you know who you are!
That may have actually been me, if that's the same whip I have. But I just put it on Ebay if you want to take another shot. Barely used!
Jim
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:10 pm
by Tyrloch
I don't think that's the one that Moses is speaking of -- there was another Bernardo whip auction that ended on Aug. 6th & was out of Austria. The item# was: 160014495175 -- that whip looks a lot closer than this one...
~Jace
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:14 pm
by Toldog07
well i assure you it's not a 'bernardo'...its an old DM whip that my grandfather has had for about 25 or so years and he got it from david morgan.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:19 pm
by moses
Fair enough
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:20 pm
by Tyrloch
Toldog07,
I'm not saying that it is or it isn't, just that the 2 whips look very similar. Just one question will settle this before it gets out of hand -- had you ever seen this whip in your grandfather's possession before a few months ago?
~Jace
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:25 pm
by Toldog07
lol, yes, all the time, when he moved here from italy (where he lives now) he used to keep it in his shed (right next to a giant moose head which was also really cool!). When i was little, i used to play with the whip all the time and get yelled at. For my 23rd birthday, which was august 8th, he called me and told me that he was giving me the whip, as he has little use for it now that he is in his late 70's. I had to wait 2 weeks for the delivery from italy but it was well worth it and now this piece of my childhood, and indiana jones legacy, is all mine!
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:33 pm
by Tyrloch
Well, if that's the god's-honest truth, then that settles it. Bernardo's only 36yrs old, so I'm sure he wasn't yet making whips 15 years ago! All I said was that it looked a lot like that Bernardo whip, which is what he does -- make copies of Morgan whips! So one more time, congrats on your new Morgan whip...
~Jace
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:55 pm
by Toldog07
thank you very much
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:06 pm
by Kt Templar
ecwhips wrote:
That may have actually been me, if that's the same whip I have. But I just put it on Ebay if you want to take another shot. Barely used!
Jim
LOL, it does look very nice.
. But the money I had for it then I've spent on something else
.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:40 pm
by Bernardodc
Toldog07,
I also thought your Morgan looked very similar to a whip I made for COW member Doc Riviere a few months ago. Here's a pic of it:
In any case, I'm pleased to see that my whip looks a lot like your old Morgan.
What a great gift...congrats!
Bernardo
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:58 pm
by JerseyJones
Toldog07 wrote:Here it is!!!
[/img]
WOW !
That is a magnificent Morgan, my friend. I love it and you are VERY luck to have it. Take care of it and enjoy!
JJ
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:07 pm
by Toldog07
Hey bernardo, i have a friend who is obsessed with the whip i recieved...if you make close matches then i'll tell him to contact you...how much do your whips usually cost?
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:14 pm
by whiskyman
Bernardo,
That's the whip I bought from Doc and later sold on ebay - and the same whip that Moses is talking about I think
Does look VERY similar - even the fall is the same shape
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:24 pm
by BullWhipBorton
That’s a very nice whip, it does look a lot like Bernardo’s current bullwhips, but then he makes a great deal of effort to make them as screen accurate as he can with out compromising the quality and design of the whip. Your Bullwhip looks in great shape for a 25-year-old whip, though im guessing the popper has been changed once or twice
. Great story and history behind it too. Congratulations on getting it, That’s one h*ll of a Birthday gift.
Dan
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:12 pm
by doc riviere
I'll be curious to see a close up view of the knot of that "old Morgan"
yes, it is very very similar to the one bernardo made for me months ago ! and i make it darker...