Otwieram wątek o starych biczach. Zdjęcia i jakieś krótkie opisy mile widziane

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"Old Tom's Whip - Circa 1960. 20 inch lead weighted handle in 16-plait, featuring a pineapple hitch knot and a perfect crowning thong to handle connection that makes it quite an unusual stock whip. Both thong and crop are 2-toned in black and tan. The 12-plait thong is 7 1/2 ft long, naturally weighted and tapers to a very fine point. The whip is in the same condition as the day it was made. It has a light falling action, with reasonable sound and is very accurate. The thong is what is termed a straight-out. Most stock whips have a swell or swing belly design where the thong throat emerging out of the keeper knot is a finer diameter compared to 6-8 inches further up the thong.

Lew was a well known collector and my mother used to bid at antique auctions on his behalf so not to attract interest. He owned the largest brickworks in the southern hemisphere and didn't need people knowing he was keen on a lot, bidding up the price so he paid through the nose. When Lew died he left an amazing legacy, generously funding the Princess Margaret Children's Hospital with proceeds of his vast estate plus being instrumental in setting up Whiteman Park. Whiteman Park is so big it has it's own railway and postcode (Zip code)! It has several museums on it's grounds including Lew's Australian Pioneer and Transport memorabilia collection. It is in this collection that 80 or so of Lew's whip collection is housed... "

kilka juz pokazywales w wátku http://www.whips.pl/forum/index.php/topic,65245.0.html

sporo jest starych hunting whipów na ebayu - nawet sie lamię czy nie kupić czegoś do kolekcji bo akurat takiego nie mam - tu najstarszy z 1875