Club Obi Wan

I called David Morgan yesterday to order his new book and chat with him. He says he has been working extra hard getting all his whip orders caught up with anticipation of an Indy IV order. While he has heard nothing the prop people gave him very short lead times on the prior movies and he wants to be ready. Mr. Morgan has an 8 foot bull completed, in stock and his order time is two weeks, the best it has been in along time. He said his orders have been steady, he has just been working harder than normal.

Hey, if the prop guys called today that 8 footer in inventory could find its way into Harry Ford's hand, imagine that!

Mr. Morgan is a very modest man. He says he got into whip making to fill a need for quality American style whip when Australian whips were not made in the American style. He hopes his new book will get others interested in braiding, which was his goal for writing the book. He likes the Indiana Jones movies because Indy uses the whips as a tool not as a stage prop. The whip is used as situations arise, not for displays of fancy whipping. This is what Mr. Morgan thinks is the success of Indy’s whipping in the movies.

I always like speaking with David Morgan and hope he is involved in Indy IV. The Morgan whip I have is one of my favorite possessions. It is in good condition after a lot of use by myself and three sons. His whips truly are a case of form following function.

Bill Walton

Very well said...

Indydawg

Whipcrack wrote:I called David Morgan yesterday to order his new book and chat with him.
Bill Walton

I noticed you didn't enter the contest for a chance to win a free signed copy. Oh, well... Thanks for the update and the story. It's always a pleasure talking to the man, isn't it? He is so modest since he is a legend in his own time.

Take Care...
-S

Thanks Indydawg and Sergei, I'm in the contest now.

When I see pictures of David Morgan, and the whips he makes, as slight a man as he is, at his age, I am amazed. Then I hear about the physcal problems much younger maker have had, God bless him.

Bill

Whipcrack wrote:Thanks Indydawg and Sergei, I'm in the contest now.

When I see pictures of David Morgan, and the whips he makes, as slight a man as he is, at his age, I am amazed. Then I hear about the physcal problems much younger maker have had, God bless him.

Bill

Speaking of David Morgan pictures, I should have posted this last year! Thanks Bill for jogging my memory.

This was presented to David Morgan November 2001. Mark Allen gave him this award, Lifetime Achievement, from the WWAC. It was strange a couple days after this, I was there in person to pick up my new 453.