My whip experiences for the last year
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:00 pm
I haven’t posted anything for a while now, so this is going to make up for that.
As the title says some of these stories go back to Nov. 08. I meant to post all of these things as they happened but procrastination set in every time, and it all built up untill now. With the arrival of two new whips I thought it would be a good time to finally post this.
First off was my trip to Disney World. Of course I went to the stunt show, which was great, but after the crowd left I went down and asked the MC lady if I could talk to the Indy stunt double about the whip. She told me to wait at the back of the line of little kids getting their pictures taken with him. When all the kids were gone I started talking to him about whips, and told him I make whips as a hobby, at that he asked if I would like to see the whip, I said sure, and in a few minutes he came back with a vary dark vary well used whip. After talking for a few more minutes he asked me if I would like to crack the whip, well I couldn’t say no, so after two figure eights I had thoroughly Impressed them all. They told me, kind of jokingly, that in two years when I’m eight-teen, and if I haven’t grown any more they’d give me a job.
I forgot to take a picture of the whip but I did get a picture of me holding it so we can see the handle, not that zooming in helps. I also have a video of me cracking the whip, if any body wants to see it I can put it on you tube and post a link?
In January before I left for Africa I ordered a 6 ft. raiders Strain and about a week after I got back it arrived on the same day I finished making a rather sad pair of 4 plt. stock whips. So three whips in one day is pretty sweet, but there was some very icy snow, bad for whips, solution “spring crop circle”.
During this time I had already ordered my DM but the wait was a couple months, so on my way back from Africa l stayed the night at my aunts house in Bothell, and the next day went to DMs shop to see if they had started my whip and ask a few questions. Unfortunately they were still a few weeks away from making my whip but I asked if I could come down and pick it up my self the day they were finishing it. They said sure, and about a week later they phoned and told me that Megan was sick so they would not be making my whip at that time, but they said that I could still come. So I did and had a great time and learned a lot, tho no whip. A week later I got an awesome whip 1 week before my birthday.
For the rest of the spring and summer I made my first 10 ft. and a few other whips. Strain 6 ft top, mine in the middle, DM 10 ft bottom.
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr27 ... G_1416.jpg
http://s491.photobucket.com/albums/rr27 ... psproht29/
This fall I got bored with my stock whips and decided to get my self a matched pair from Mr. Schultz. He did a wonderful job and on Dec. 31 I got a beautiful set of whips, although it was snowing quite wet and since then it has become very crusty. I still haven’t been able to try them out.
This was the picture Mr. Schultz sent me.
I also just like this pic, If you can't read my shirt it says "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr27 ... G_6447.jpg
Wow that was a lot, If you guys want to see more pic’s let me know.
ST.
As the title says some of these stories go back to Nov. 08. I meant to post all of these things as they happened but procrastination set in every time, and it all built up untill now. With the arrival of two new whips I thought it would be a good time to finally post this.
First off was my trip to Disney World. Of course I went to the stunt show, which was great, but after the crowd left I went down and asked the MC lady if I could talk to the Indy stunt double about the whip. She told me to wait at the back of the line of little kids getting their pictures taken with him. When all the kids were gone I started talking to him about whips, and told him I make whips as a hobby, at that he asked if I would like to see the whip, I said sure, and in a few minutes he came back with a vary dark vary well used whip. After talking for a few more minutes he asked me if I would like to crack the whip, well I couldn’t say no, so after two figure eights I had thoroughly Impressed them all. They told me, kind of jokingly, that in two years when I’m eight-teen, and if I haven’t grown any more they’d give me a job.
I forgot to take a picture of the whip but I did get a picture of me holding it so we can see the handle, not that zooming in helps. I also have a video of me cracking the whip, if any body wants to see it I can put it on you tube and post a link?
In January before I left for Africa I ordered a 6 ft. raiders Strain and about a week after I got back it arrived on the same day I finished making a rather sad pair of 4 plt. stock whips. So three whips in one day is pretty sweet, but there was some very icy snow, bad for whips, solution “spring crop circle”.
During this time I had already ordered my DM but the wait was a couple months, so on my way back from Africa l stayed the night at my aunts house in Bothell, and the next day went to DMs shop to see if they had started my whip and ask a few questions. Unfortunately they were still a few weeks away from making my whip but I asked if I could come down and pick it up my self the day they were finishing it. They said sure, and about a week later they phoned and told me that Megan was sick so they would not be making my whip at that time, but they said that I could still come. So I did and had a great time and learned a lot, tho no whip. A week later I got an awesome whip 1 week before my birthday.
For the rest of the spring and summer I made my first 10 ft. and a few other whips. Strain 6 ft top, mine in the middle, DM 10 ft bottom.
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr27 ... G_1416.jpg
http://s491.photobucket.com/albums/rr27 ... psproht29/
This fall I got bored with my stock whips and decided to get my self a matched pair from Mr. Schultz. He did a wonderful job and on Dec. 31 I got a beautiful set of whips, although it was snowing quite wet and since then it has become very crusty. I still haven’t been able to try them out.
This was the picture Mr. Schultz sent me.
I also just like this pic, If you can't read my shirt it says "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr27 ... G_6447.jpg
Wow that was a lot, If you guys want to see more pic’s let me know.
ST.
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