Whips 67 and 68 are a matched pair of 5-foot stock whips in midnight blue and gold paracord with black keepers and heel knots. The heel knots… Read more "Las Hermanas"
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.
Thai Bullwhip
I just received this 6.5-foot, 24-plait, kangaroo hide bullwhip made by Peerapong Nillapat of Thailand. It has a 10-inch gold-inlayed wooden handle. What an absolute stunner of… Read more "Thai Bullwhip"
Fool’s Gold
Fool's Gold is a 8-foot, 11-inch nylon cow whip with a 12 inch African Blackwood handle. The core is shot loaded to 24 inches, it has two… Read more "Fool’s Gold"
Witchcraft Whips
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"
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"
