This is an 8-foot, kangaroo hide, snake whip with 3 plaited bellies around a shot bag core. It has a 16-plait overlay that ends in an 8-plait… Read more "Black Snake II"
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.
Sorrel
Here's a 7.5-foot, 16-plait, saddle tan, kangaroo hide bullwhip with 2 bellies and 2 bolsters around a rolled core. The bolsters are kipskin and the core, bellies,… Read more "Sorrel"
Uktena
From the Wikipedia article Horned Serpent under the section entitled In Native American Cultures, Cherokee. Anthropologist James Mooney, describes the creature: Those who know say the Uktena is… Read more "Uktena"
Wolf Creek Whips Legend
Rachel McCullogh has been making whips since early 2015. The first was a nylon snake whip if I remember correctly, and she soon became known for her… Read more "Wolf Creek Whips Legend"
Prairie Dog
Prairie Dog is a 6-foot, 16-plait, natural, kangaroo-hide bullwhip with an 11-inch Bubinga handle. This is whip #79. It has 2 plaited bellies and a bolster over… Read more "Prairie Dog"
Hot Shot
This 8-foot nylon cow whip is whip #77. It has a 16-plait overlay in midnight blue and electric blue paracord over a twisted-tapered core and two plaited… Read more "Hot Shot"
Deuce
Whip #76 is a little 7-foot red and black paracord, single-belly whip around a twisted-tapered core. It has a 8-inch steel rod for the handle, and a… Read more "Deuce"
Turquoise
Here's the cow whip I made to send to Hayes in exchange for the cow whip he sent me last week. Whip #75 is an 8-foot cow… Read more "Turquoise"
Cow Whip by Hayes Rutherford
A few weeks ago a fellow whip maker and I made an agreement to exchange whips. I'm still working on the one I'll send to him, but… Read more "Cow Whip by Hayes Rutherford"
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