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Stolen Whip

6/29/2015

12 Comments

 
Last week I attended CombatCon as a vendor.  I had a great time, met lots of new friends and I'm planning on going again next year. 

The only dark cloud in my experience was when someone decided to steal a whip from me.  I was attending a class that Anthony DeLongis was teaching and had left my table to be manned by an assistant.  He must have been distracted at some point and one of the most expensive whips on the table disappeared. 

This was a very distinctive whip.  It will be easily recognizable from a distance and positively identifiable from just a bit closer.   


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I am appealing to the whip and combat communities to help me find out what happened and get this resolved.  I am offering a reward.  If you help me find out who took the whip and I get it back,  I will personally build you the whip of your choice and rush the order.  This offer will stand even if it is years down the road and the whip has been trashed.  I just want to know (who) did this and share that information with people who may be interested to know. 

The whip community is small and with the internet, it is very tight.  I know this whip will show up and I want it common knowledge that it is stolen property.  Please, share this blog post and the pictures on all your social media.

The whip is 7 foot long, 18 plait, ending in a 6 plait with a 3 foot fall that is weighted with ball chain.  It has a milky chalcedony on the end knob and a silver ferrule between two accent knots.  As you can see, the colors are silver and black.  It is all black on one side with one strand of silver that drops out at about the 3 foot mark and all silver on the other with one black strand that goes the entire length of the whip.

As far as I know I am the only one making whips with this fall and setup.  Yes, there are probably lots of sliver and black whips out there but not with the stone, the ferrule and the weighted fall.  This is a one of a kind and easily recognizable.  Please help me find it. 
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There is a ray of hope.  This happened in a casino in Vegas.  Vegas loves security cameras and there was one perfectly positioned to see the face of everyone at my table.  Everyone who entered the vendor room had to register and have a pass.  There is a good chance that they can match the face of the person who took my whip with their face when they registered.  That will take some time and some help from the CombatCon staff. 

That leads me to my next order of business.  I love all the staff!  Every one of them were super friendly and helpful even before this happened but especially after.  I can not say enough good about them.  There were a few times that I wondered something out loud to nobody in particular....  just like magic, a staff member would show up with the information.  It is impossible for me to remember all the names, but I would like to say a big Thank you to everyone who helped me.
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To the person who took my whip-

You have a grace period right now.  You can choose to send the whip back to me before we discover your name.  If you do that, no harm done. 


Send the whip to-

HolyOak Whips
1081 Jackson st.
Moab, UT.
84532



Thanks again to everyone who has reached out in support.  It doesn't bring the whip back but it does help to know I have a lot of friends.

XOX
~Bobbi~

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12 Comments
Robert Amper link
7/1/2015 09:58:56 pm

I am sorry to hear that, Bobbi. But who the hell was that "assistant"...? It seems that this was no one you just met at the convention and asked him to watch over your table, didn't you? I mean - is it really a problem to watch the table for one or two hours? Okay, if your table was about 20 feet long, well... But I don't think it was such a big one, right? So who the hell wasn't able to perform that simple job to stay in place and watch over the whips?

Robert Amper, Whip Basics

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Bobbi
7/3/2015 09:00:13 am

Hi Robby,
No, I didn't jut grab a random stranger at the convention to watch my table. The table was just 7 foot long so not to much to watch. Sadly, it was Tom Meadows who was looking after it when the whip was stolen. If a Grand Master can't keep your whips safe then who can, right?? But my husband is working on a way that I can secure the whips to the table next year. So, Hopefully I won't have this problem next time.

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Robert Amper link
7/4/2015 08:43:35 am

You know how I think about self declared whip "Masters". And then a self declared Grandmaster...? Well. I think it does not need any special abilities to watch over a table with whips. It would be enough to stay there. Probably it would've been better for you to ask a random stranger to look after your whips. This is embarassing. Not for you. But for "Grandmaster" Tom Meadows.

Over his video right under this you wrote "...at what he's best". Making a lot of cracks with a short whip doesn't qualify one to watch a table with whips, doesn't it?

Robert Amper. Whip Basics

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Devin Bauer
7/4/2015 11:52:15 am

Bobbi, this is deeply disturbing, I hope you get the whip back soon, as word spreads fast in a small community.

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Bobbi
7/5/2015 02:30:23 am

Thank you, Devin.

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Master Jack K
7/5/2015 11:17:20 am

That's just bad form. I hope you retrieve the whip in good condition and the low life that stole it gets his share of the karma that follows such behavior.

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Bobbi
7/6/2015 12:17:59 am

Thank you for keeping an eye out for me. I do believe in karma. The person who did this is begging to be stolen from. and... they stole something that pays for my handicapped child's therapy. When that comes back 3x3x3, it will hurt a lot.

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Robert Amper link
7/5/2015 06:58:49 pm

We produced a little video together with Movie Factory adressing that story. If you like... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gli6Xh67S98

Robert Amper, Whip Basics

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Tyler Blake link
7/6/2015 04:54:50 am

I'm sure sorry this happened, Bobbi- Hopefully this person will grow a conscience and send the whip back. I'm putting this and the video on my website right now.

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Bobbi
7/14/2015 12:46:14 pm

Thank you, Tyler! I appreciate that so much. Any help I can get to get the word out and more people looking out for it the better. xoxo

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Ian Abel
7/20/2015 04:46:25 am

you should do like an A farm type of deal then you have a wide board and make a half of a leather holster for all the whips then screw them in so that way its tight enough so that no one can pull them out and then they can touch and cant walk away that what we do with our swords and whips and guns at the renaissance fairs when we do open camp then people can walk around touch and feel and they cant do any real damage sorry to hear about what happen just thought I should pass this on

Ian

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Bob Ouellette
7/27/2015 01:48:48 pm

Is there any news on the recovery of the whip?

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