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kwill · January 19, 2002, 02:09 AM

Sorry, no offense intended. The question just didn't pass my straight face test. My answer was direct, maybe a bit blunt, but I doubt I've damaged the viability of this forum.

When I was a small boy I practiced with my whip all the time and thought I was invulnerable. One day a friend of my brother's had had enough of my Zorro act. He picked up a rake, caught the whip on the next crack, then rushed in and beat the tar out of me. Even doing a "doublecrack" (whip cracks on forehand and backhand), there is at least a .5 second delay for recovery. That's plenty of time to move inside the whip's range rendering it useless. IOW, you don't even need the rake.

January 19, 2002, 02:09 AM	#6
kwill Junior Member Join Date: December 21, 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 6	Sorry, no offense intended. The question just didn't pass my straight face test. My answer was direct, maybe a bit blunt, but I doubt I've damaged the viability of this forum. When I was a small boy I practiced with my whip all the time and thought I was invulnerable. One day a friend of my brother's had had enough of my Zorro act. He picked up a rake, caught the whip on the next crack, then rushed in and beat the tar out of me. Even doing a "doublecrack" (whip cracks on forehand and backhand), there is at least a .5 second delay for recovery. That's plenty of time to move inside the whip's range rendering it useless. IOW, you don't even need the rake.