Earlier this month I attended a rawhider's gathering in Decatur, Texas, organized by Clint Haverty. Clint has been organizing this particular gathering for several years now. This… Read more "Rawhider’s Gathering"
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.
Imperial
This is whip number 33, a 7 ft. bullwhip in imperial red paracord with a 10 inch Royal Ebony handle. The whip actually started out to be… Read more "Imperial"
Gaucho
Whip #32 is a 10 ft, cow whip with a 16 plait overlay of black nylon. It has a twisted, tapered core, 2 plaited bellies, a 30… Read more "Gaucho"
Cafe Latte
Whip #31 is a 5' 6" nylon stock whip with an 18 inch, half-plait, ash handle. It has a twisted-tapered core, an 8 plait belly, and a… Read more "Cafe Latte"
Flint
About 5 miles from my home is the Alibates Flint Quarry National Monument, a flint quarry that has been used by humans for 13,000 years as a… Read more "Flint"
Iron Eye
Vincenzo Belante of V.I.P Paracord came up with a very nice looking combination of knots to hold a ball. He calls it the V.I.P Iron Eye and he… Read more "Iron Eye"
Red Dog
This is whip #29, an 8' 8" ft nylon bullwhip with a purpleheart handle. It has an English eye fall hitch, 3 bellies, a twisted, tapered core,… Read more "Red Dog"
