I hope you did not get the wriong idea from the title. haha Any way who uses/is allowed to use white things on thier hunt whips. I love being very traditional and proper but I have been wondering aabout the white thongs. Anyone?
Staff.
Professional staff.
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Professional staff.[/QUOTE]
Ditto.
Black for members of the field without colors, and member of the clergy.
Blue for members with colors
Red for honorary staff
White for professional staff.
Green for juniors
I think that’s right.
I think JSwan is talking about poppers, not thongs.
A white thong is appropriate for professional staff only.
Argh!! (smacks head)
Yes, I am thinking of poppers:lol:
So, a few years ago I ordered a hunt whip off ebay. I love the wood handle. One little problem??? -the lash is red.
Anyway, I am always amazed when details such as these arise. Is there a single source or resource (other than the much respected resources on this board :)?
I really think that these traditions are very interesting.
Are you sure that’s a hunt whip? Or could it have been a hunt whip for um… well… I’m blushing…:lol::lol:
I think the “bible” for foxhunting in North America is the Wadsworth booklet. It only costs 5$. I think you can get it at the MFHA website, tack stores, Amazon, etc.
Yes, white thongs are for professional staff only (with a white popper to match).
Almost! It’s black for clergy, blue for regular members of the field and ladies with colors, and red for gentlemen with colors and honorary staff.
I have a great source for thongs, both white and brown. Genuine Kangaroo leather. Price is about $100 for any length, depends on exchange rate. It’s a guy in the Neatherlands.
His email is.
Name is Ad Beekman
Great to deal with and fast delivery. I used Paypal to pay him. I got his name from our huntsman and she is very particular on her whips. Makes her own handles even.
I saw the title and wanted to reply “I prefer nude briefs”…there was quite a lively thread on the subject (underwear not whip thongs) on Hunter/Jumper…:lol:
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Yes, white thongs are for professional staff only (with a white popper to match).
Almost! It’s black for clergy, blue for regular members of the field and ladies with colors, and red for gentlemen with colors and honorary staff.[/QUOTE]
I blame the lack of my morning coffee for my screwup!:lol: I know better - I even included new poppers in little gift baggies for members one year.
I wonder if anyone is ever surprised that clergymen/women foxhunt.
Funny, I was told by several different masters and huntsmen to lose that ‘fake’ popper as soon as possible in favor of a ‘real’ popper, color unimportant, so that one would have a serviceable whip when needed (NEVER to be used by a field member without specific direction by Master or huntsman). Mine have always been white, pretty much. But, these days with baling twine coming in all sorts of cool colors one can make a ‘real’ popper to the appropriate color code!
Yes, MTE has a large assortment of PINK poppers in stock, made out of plastic baling twine! I almost got one, as I do LOVE pink. 
I must say, those DO crack a lot better than the “real ones”.
Baling twine? What’s involved in making a popper out of baling twine?
The instructions I use were posted on FOL 10 years ago, by Jos:
“Attach it to the eye of your thong using a “sheet bend” knot, or braid it
in and then “sheet bend” it, if a horse has shortened your thong by
stepping on it! This process will be made easier and more secure if you
soak the thong in water first to get it very supple. Then tie 3 overhand
knots in the twine, about a hand apart, the first one being about a hand
down from the end of the thong. This stops the twine from fraying during
repeated cracking.”
Note only the plastic twine should be used, not the old sisal stuff (if it even exists anywhere, any more).
Ok - I was wondering how you keep the twine from fraying! That gives us a whole new palette to choose from! I think my twine is orange. (last year some of my hay was baled with sisal - I used it in the garden and to make… geez… at the risk of offending someone… “a bundle of sticks tied with sisal” for the woodstove. )
So you can add to your list:
Orange twine popper: for foxhunters who are ingenious and resourceful and cheap
Speaking of poppers… I usually carry a my hunt whip (graced with a GREEN popper, courtesy of rivenoak–is green the official color for riders who are likely to be a bit seasick in the saddle? :lol:) while I’m out trail riding in the neighborhood in case we encounter a loose dog (very, very seldom, and almost never interested in harassing us, anyway), and I usually practice cracking it now & then just to keep the horses used to the sound & to try to get more than a pusillanimous “twup” out of it…
Last week, while practicing, I managed to get the fringe of the popper stuck to the velcro on my glove.
:rolleyes:
Didn’t I feel special!!!
