The first Swedish settlers in Texas arrived in the 1830s and went on to found one of Texas' largest ranches and even founded a town in northwestern… Read more "Witchcraft Whips"
Author: Mark Elliott
Paramedic, chef, husband and father, musician, skeptic, perpetual student, bird photographer. Pretty good medic, crummy musician, skeptical to the point of cynicism, hit and miss on the others. Lived in the Texas Panhandle since a was a kid, a stranger in a strange land.
Strawberry Roan
https://www.youtube.com/embed/L3BkHtlSYR4 Whip #65 is an 8-foot cow whip with a 12 inch Cocobolo handle. The whip has 2 bellies over a twisted-tapered core, an 16 plait overlay… Read more "Strawberry Roan"
A Pair of Leashes
Here's a couple of 4-1/2 ft, paracord leashes I made for a customer. The main body of the leash uses a round, 8-strand gaucho braid and the… Read more "A Pair of Leashes"
Milk Cow Blues
Whip #64 is an 8-foot cow whip in chocolate brown and acid midnight blue paracord. The whip has 2 plaited bellies around a twisted-taper core that is… Read more "Milk Cow Blues"
Ghost Lightning
There's a scene in the Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove where there is greenish lightning rolling off the horns of the cattle during a thunderstorm. I reckon it… Read more "Ghost Lightning"
Blackhawk
Whip # 62 is a black, 7-foot, paracord whip with a 13-inch steel handle core. It has a twisted-tapered core, 2 bellies and a 16 plait overlay.… Read more "Blackhawk"
Los Hermanos
Here are a couple of 6-foot, 12-plait kangaroo hide bullwhips. The handle is plaited around a 1/4-inch spring steel rod 10 inches long. They have 3 bellies,… Read more "Los Hermanos"
Roadrunner
Whip #59 is a 7-foot nylon whip with 2 bellies around a twisted-tapered core. The fall hitch is an English eye. It has a 10 inch 3/8-inch… Read more "Roadrunner"
Cowpoke II
Cowpoke II is a copy (more or less) of a whip I made last year. A feller in the Big Bend area of Texas saw the post… Read more "Cowpoke II"
Runt
Tiny is not a word used much in Texas, and when it is used it is usually in an ironic sense, but here's a cute, tiny whip,… Read more "Runt"
