Whip #97 is a 9-foot 20 plait bullwhip in emerald green paracord with 3 plaited bellies around a twisted-tapered core. The handle is built around a 12-inch… Read more "Esmeralda"
Author: Mark Elliott
Paramedic, husband and father, whipmaker, skeptic, perpetual student, bird photographer. Pretty good medic and whipmaker, 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.
Blue on Black
Whip #96 is a cow whip with a 9-foot, 2-belly, 16-plait thong built around a twisted tapered core. The handle is 12 inches long and is turned… Read more "Blue on Black"
Hayes Cow Whip II
Hayes Rutherford, a fellow whipmaker, and I traded whips a while back and he sent me an extra handle in case I didn't like the one he… Read more "Hayes Cow Whip II"
Piebald
Well, it's been five and a half months since I finished a whip. I'm not sure why I stopped plaiting, I just wasn't in the mood, I… Read more "Piebald"
Latigo Snake Whip
Here's a 6-foot snake whip made with an alum-tanned latigo, 2 plaited bellies, an 8-strand overlay, 30-inch latigo fall, and a Padauk heel. Whip #93.
Top Hand
Whip number 92 is an 8-foot nylon whip with a 16-plait rust overlay and 2 bellies over a shot-filled core. It has a 12-inch handle, a weighted… Read more "Top Hand"
Red Raider
Here's a 6-foot. 20-plait bullwhip made of red and black, 3/16=inch, nylon whipmaker's cord with an 11-inch Indian Ebony handle. The core is 8 strands of ungutted,… Read more "Red Raider"
Palo Duro
Here is whip #90, a 16-plait, 9 ft. cow whip in natural, saddle tan, and whiskey kangaroo hide. It has 3 plaited kangaroo-hide bellies around a core… Read more "Palo Duro"
Waddie
Whip #89 is a 6 ft nylon cow whip with a 12-inch Indian ebony handle, a 28-inch weighted fall, and a 12-inch cracker. The whip was built… Read more "Waddie"
Big E
Whip number 88 is a 9-ft, 16-plait, rust-colored, nylon cow whip with 2 plaited bellies around a twisted tapered core. It has a 14-inch Wenge handle, a… Read more "Big E"
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