Club Obi Wan

Well, as you may know I got my 10 foot Stenhouse yesterday, well I was playing around with my new roo and snapped a few cracks which were very nice by the way then as I let loose with a last crack and OUCH! The popper tangled in my beard and felt as if it ripped my chin off!!!!.
Darn good thing I was wearing my goggles. LOL.
So for all of those crack heads out there with beards BEWARE!!! Now the question is aside from shaving any ideas on how to keep my face attached when cracking? Please, lots of input from everyone ..

Indiana Blizzard wrote:Now the question is aside from shaving any ideas on how to keep my face attached when cracking? Please, lots of input from everyone ..

Wear a motorcylcle or space helmet.

fuuuuunnnny...

I accidentally cracked my whip on my big toe once. It still hurts when it's cold
As for the beard thing, wear a bandana over your face, like an old west stagegoach robber!

that might work

Ah the joy of telling those great whip cracking accident stories. I have had a few myself, told them over and over. Just remember practice makes perfect and with summer coming up we can all get back to doing just that. There's nothing like whip cracking on a hot summers day to get the old blood flowing again. I will be out there, panama on my head, some jazz on, cigar burning, and giving the old whip a few hundred cracks.

So for all of those crack heads out there with beards BEWARE!!! Now the question is aside from shaving any ideas on how to keep my face attached when cracking?

Just wondering which crack you were trying to do. Maybe that one should not be in your arsenal of whip cracks for a while. <chuckle>

Another thought - maybe you could shave the beard down a bit.

Seriously tho' just keep practicing and don't do that last "goin' in the house so this is the baddest crack ever" crack. That's when I've found I do the most damage to myself, the cracker goes flyin' and the whip usually gets tangled on something.

Keep 'em crackin'

Jerry

Maybe that is a partial explanation for the Indy stubble (other than the fact that adventurers rarely have time for primping)...some facial padding without the hang-ups!

Arkansas Smith

Paintball helmet. Mine saved my ear !

Ken

Maybe you could use one of those face warmers people use when they ski. Do you know the ones i'm talking about? They look like the botton part of a hocky mask but they're made out of neoprene, or something like that. I guess it depends on how long your beard is

Well my lovely bride has made it clear that i am not to shave...yesterday I put my beard in a pony tail with rubber bands but i was not that confident in it not getting tangled so i was still a bit timid in my cracking ,so i guess a helmet of some kind might be the ticket.

Bogie1943 wrote: There's nothing like whip cracking on a hot summers day to get the old blood flowing again. I will be out there, panama on my head, some jazz on, cigar burning, and giving the old whip a few hundred cracks.

Yes thats the danger Josh!

Ken

Maybe that is a partial explanation for the Indy stubble

In case anyone is actually curious as to why Indy has stubble is that Archaeologist don't shave before an excavation because when clean shaven, they have open cuts which make them more vulnerable to catch diseases in unfamiliar places