Cats and Floggers - The Difference?

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darkinshadows -> Cats and Floggers - The Difference? (7/11/2006 1:18:18 PM)
I am interested in peoples views on Floggers Vs. Cats. What is the difference (personal opinions), if there is one? After a long discussion with a few friends, there were a variety of ideas - Cats are only cats if you can count the tails in one look. Floggers have more that cannot be counted. Cats are always braided. Floggers are always plain handled - cats are always solid handles. Cats are always leather. How do people here distinguish the difference? Peace and Rapture

Lordandmaster -> RE: Cats and Floggers - The Difference? (7/11/2006 1:43:42 PM)
I'm sure there's a technical difference that someone could explain better than I can, but I think of a cat as something a lot fiercer than a flogger. Basically I agree with the distinctions you listed. A cat is knotted or braided; floggers usually aren't. I think a cat is supposed to have nine tails (hence the name "cat o' nine tails"), and there's no conventional limit for floggers. Also, cats tend to be stingier, floggers thuddier.

MasterCurios -> RE: Cats and Floggers - The Difference? (7/14/2006 2:10:14 PM)
the only difference i make from the cat is the nine tails,,,as for floggers since i make them as well as buying i may cross the line between the two i have floggers that are braided,very stingy and thuddy and everything inbetween...

QuietDom -> RE: Cats and Floggers - The Difference? (7/15/2006 10:09:13 PM)
My floggers have between a dozen and a thousand tails of various materials. All the tails are flat in cross-section. None weighs more than two pounds, in my estimate. My cat weighs over twenty pounds, and has one tail, with a round cross-section. It also boasts several sharp points, and a soft coating.

BD123 -> RE: Cats and Floggers - The Difference? (9/24/2006 5:00:46 PM)
From what I have seen on the web A cat is 9-12 stiff tails (knotted or braided); floggers usually aren't braded, have softer material and many tails.

FelinePersuasion -> RE: Cats and Floggers - The Difference? (9/25/2006 1:36:34 PM)
that's not so I have seen many many diffrent unique handles, they were not plain handles, I've seen ones with knots on top of the handle and ones made out of wood and ones with diamond patterns in the handles the small one I have, has criss crosspatterns on the handle quote: ORIGINAL: darkinshadows Floggers are always plain handled -

DOM33416 -> RE: Cats and Floggers - The Difference? (9/25/2006 4:34:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster I'm sure there's a technical difference that someone could explain better than I can, but I think of a cat as something a lot fiercer than a flogger. Basically I agree with the distinctions you listed. A cat is knotted or braided; floggers usually aren't. I think a cat is supposed to have nine tails (hence the name "cat o' nine tails"), and there's no conventional limit for floggers. Also, cats tend to be stingier, floggers thuddier. I agree with this answer.

gooddogbenji -> RE: Cats and Floggers - The Difference? (9/25/2006 4:42:36 PM)
If you've ever picked up a cat and swung it at someone, you will know the difference - more wind resistance, less balanced, and it lands on its feet if dropped. Yours, benji

Tenebrious -> RE: Cats and Floggers - The Difference? (9/28/2006 2:50:17 AM)
My view is that they should be classified based on their function. I tend to think of a cat as something that works best for single strikes and a flogger as something that works best for rapid multiple strikes. What's your opinion of this one? http://www.designbyfreak.com/adult/flogger.htm Due to the weight and surface area of the tails on this one it has very intense thud AND sting qualities and because of the construction whether or not the tails can be counted in only one look is directly relevant to how they are laying. Also, it's not leather, but the handle isn't exactly plain, because it's chainmail. I classified it as a flogger, because it's easier to spin and repeatedly strike (or "flog") with it than to strike only once at a time.

Elegant -> RE: Cats and Floggers - The Difference? (9/28/2006 7:24:23 AM)
Historically, a navy use cat was made of rope flails and a prison cat was made of thick leather flails. The rope cat was traditionally three pieces of unraveled rope, making 9 flails. The the flogger (or scourge) was made of thinner leather flails or thongs of leather and traditionally had numerous flails. Definitions today vary. We (Fantasies In Leather) create floggers of 3-4 ounce leather tails. Master makes a leather 'cat-o-nine' with 9 flails of round braided leather to represent the roundness of rope. Our floggers and our cats both have handles.

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