It was a sleek, brown piece of art to my eyes. He did some basic cracks and the noise blew me away. I couldn't believe that a whip was capable of making that loud of a bang! I immediately had to have one. After a lot of begging and pleading, my parents bought me a cheap Mexican bull whip. I think it was a 6 foot whip, but can't remember for sure now.
You probably have guessed how this turned out. I was finally able to get some occasional pops out of the whip, but nothing compared to what I had heard at my friend's house. The frustration with trying to get the whip to crack along with my total lack of any technique and periodically hitting myself, finally took it's toll and I put the whip away.
A few years ago I recalled that memory and how enthralled I was with that whip after seeing it being cracked. I started searching the internet trying to learn as much as I could about whips. It turned out there was much more to a whip than I realized. So after a lot of research, and learning as much as I thought I could, I jumped on ebay and bought a cheap Mexican bull whip. That's right, I learned nothing from my internet searches, not because the right information wasn't there, but because I chose to ignore it. There couldn't be that much difference between a $75 whip and one costing three or more times that, right? Wrong!
I struggled with that whip for over a year before I realized that there was a difference, a HUGE difference, between a cheaply made whip and a quality made one. That realization came after buying a whip from Em Brand Whips. There was just no comparison between the Em Brand Whip and what I had before. The Em Brand whip took very little effort to crack. An easy roll out that was so fluid and natural feeling, almost sensual, which produced a crack at the end. I was sold !!
I have always enjoyed working with my hands and making things, from stained glass to welding, so I decided I was going to make quality whips. With the help of books (Ron Edwards, Tom Hall, etc.), other whip makers literally from around the world (Tony Layzell, Bernie Wojciciki, plus others that don't even realized they helped), and a lot of time and frustration, I'm now making whips that I'm proud enough of to sell to others.
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