Servicing your orders
I'm usually able to fill anything you decide to order, within limits. Not every hide is available in every color, and colors have to match my kangaroo lace, and sometimes good hides aren't available.You also have to understand that some hides are very large and make custom colors expensive. I generally ask for two weeks to make your order, three if I'm backed up on orders. If yours is the only order at the time, I don't delay working on it. However, I do have a life outside of floggers that requires some of my time and attention, so I try to find balance in daily life, especially since my surgery in September. While Happy Tails is tremendously personal and important to me and is part of my identity, it does not define me as a whole person, and I am passionate about a few other activities, as well.
When I counterbalance or weight the flogger, I consider not only static balance, but dynamic balance, as well. My static balance point is right above the lower knot, or within an inch of it. My dynamic balance point is the lower quarter part of the hand grip, about where your forefinger would normally be when you grip the handle. This insures a comfortable grip and comfortable ease of use. During our initial design analysis so many years ago, we consulted with a physicist from UCLA to advise us on inertia and balance. His help assisted us in developing balance points for special needs, like small hands, or shoulder injuries, and the like. There's a lot of debate about counter balancing, but we've found it really does make a difference.
I use floggers, as well as make them; Lezlie used to be a heavy bottom and can tell the kind of leather tails from the feel on her back, although she's now a Service Top, using her floggers on others. She knows how every type of flogger feels from the receiving end, as well as the throwing end. When you consult with her about your order, you're getting advice and expert information from both ends of the flogger.
