Talk:Whip

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Actually that quote is from Whip (politics). --rbrwr± 09:25, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Actually Whip (politics) was at Whip in May of 2004 :-). Przepla 20:58, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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[edit] Video game cruft

[1] I made this edit, noticing a spam link replacing in the external section. In reverting, I also removed a series of recent edits listing a bunch of video games using whips as a weapon. That information should belong in an article about video games, but not whips. SchmuckyTheCat 05:13, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Videogames and death

If it mentions TV characters why wouldn't it mention videogames and literature? It's part of the culture aroud whips and Wiktionary is about definitions themselves but Wikipedia is more about the cultural "encycolpedic" stuff... Or am I wrong? Anyway... I recalled that somewhere in this article or a related article it was pointed out how many hits of a whip are enough to kill someone... I wanted to quote that in an argument in a forum on AD&D about the system making common humans to weak against weak weapons (such as whips which are more for damage and pain than for death)but now I can no longer find it... I thought it had been edited off... If anyone knows what happened... Please, add that info back...

Actually, whips can be made both for pain and for actual combat. A properly made whip can sever the human spine, if used by a skilled wielder. Zuiram 01:51, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
There shouldn't be any video game references in this article. This isn't an encyclopedia just for nerds, and final fantasy and dragon quest are totally irrelevant. imsoclever [t] 15:01, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] removed request for expansion

I removed the request for expansion, this article is already at least long enough.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 04:33, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing information

Could anyone please describe the physical principle on which whips' function is based?--Nemissimo II 18:34, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Could someone post "How To Tie A Whip Popper"? The "popper" is the part at the end of the whip that causes it to "crack" and I know you can "tie your own" but don't know the technique. Thanks. BocaDr1 17:08, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Beats me, but if anyone knows, that might be interesting. As far as I am concerned, it's all in the wrist. Sometimes with a longe whip, I just fray the popper a bit more to make it crack louder.

[edit] Sonic boom

A quick google search [2] reveals several sources confirming that the crack is in fact caused by a sonic boom. --George100 04:35, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Which instances of a word should be wikilinked?

The first instance of bullwhip, in the second paragraph of the article, is not linked; is this a mistake, or are first-instances not linked if the article has a sub-section about the word, as is the case with bullwhip and the whip article? --dinomite 14:55, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Guidelines do recommend wikilinking the first appearance, appears to have been an inadvertent omission. I fixed it, and the wholesale blanking of the bullwhip section that occurred. Montanabw(talk) 16:22, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Slang

Is this section relevant? Is it grammatically correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.124.84.219 (talk) 07:42, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hunting Whip/crop

I think that the whip pictured is an ordinary riding whip. As far as I'm aware the correct term is hunting whip which usually has a stag horn attached to the handle and is used for opening gates etc. The whip also has a lash and thong similar to a stockwhip. Cgoodwin (talk) 01:56, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

May be yet another US/UK terminology thing. The whip that is the first photo in the article is a shorter hunt seat style whip that is called a crop in the USA, (inflexible, no lash) and farther down the page a hunt "crop" and a dressage "whip" (flexibility, small lash) are laid side by side for comparison. The horn handle whips you describe as a "hunting whip" are only seen in fox hunting in the US, (and maybe in a few specialty classes in east coast shows where members of a hunt compete in their most formal attire) though I understand they are carried in shows in the UK...? There is a technical name for them in the US, but as I am not up on fox hunting etiquette, I am not sure what it is, however the Dover Saddlery catalog might carry them...? Montanabw(talk) 04:29, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Summerhayes has the following in his "Encyclpoedia for Hosemen": "Whip, Hunting. Incorrectly called a hunting crop, this is made of steel, cane or fibreglass, which may be covered in braided nylon, or gut, or with plaited kangaroo hide with a thong and silk or cord lash attched to the top end, and at the lower end a buckhorn handle for opening gates." A Google image search and "The International Horseman's Dictionary" show the traditional style.
There is a very interesting article on hunting crops, whips and other tack at: http://www.sportingcollection.com/ Cgoodwin (talk) 05:18, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
But the crop photo that is leading the article doesn't have a lash at all and lacks the gate-opening handle; hence a crop. One of those, however, WOULD be a cool photo for leading the article if there was a free image of one somewhere! The same photo leads crop (implement). Montanabw(talk) 22:40, 23 April 2008 (UTC)