Bullwhips in real life?

Floribama Steve · Post by **Floribama Steve** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:25 pm

I'd heard it mentioned that a famous adventurer/arcaheologist carried a bullwhip with him on his travels. And I wanted to know, how would a bullwhip benefit an archaeologist in the real world, if at all?

Snakewhip_Sable · Post by **Snakewhip_Sable** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:33 pm

Might come in handy in Central and South America digging where panthers live.

...or where bulls graze.

This is a good question.

Kodiak · Post by **Kodiak** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:49 pm

I've got three horses at my house. One of them is insane. Once, while I was taking them a bale of hay, the said insane horse tried to trample me. And that's when my cheap "By the Sword" bullwhip came in handy.

While that is a true story, I really don't see how a whip could really help in the field all that much. While the whip might have kept me from bodily pain once, I has also caused me bodily pain several times when it didn't crack right, or when I was moving furniture one time and it got hung up on a door handle (

). If you could really handle your whip, like really handle your whip, it could help in the field. But you would be spending a lot of money on bullwhips, because as you all probably know they wear out really fast when you are swinging from them and such.

Look in the Bullwhip section for more info... I think I posted something similar to this over there.

-Kodiak

(and note that no animals were hurt when I defended myself from said insane horse. Cracks scare them away.)

Farnham54 · Post by **Farnham54** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:10 pm

Dude, Because it looks COOL!!!

Cheers
Craig

Post by **Michaelson** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:36 pm

It's said that the bull whip is used quite often as a hunting instrument by the gauchos of South America for hunting bird to eat. The favorite throw is the side throw, as it's the hardest 'hitting' and easiest for a mounted horseman to use on a bird in a tree. So, yes, I'd say the whip has been used as a tool in adventures for a LONG time, as folks didnt' just start hunting with the whip recently, but for many generations.

It put food on the table for many men in the jungle, and continues to do so to this very day.

Regards! Michaelson

Post by **BullWhipBorton** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:35 am

You use it to keep the shovel bums in line.

Get back to work!

Less talking more digging!

Dan

racerx · Post by **racerx** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:03 am

Also,

I imagine that its pretty handy for snake killing in a pinch.

.

Jim J.

Floribama Steve · Post by **Floribama Steve** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:28 am

BullWhipBorton wrote:You use it to keep the shovel bums in line.

Get back to work! Less talking more digging!

Dan

Is that why they always sang so lethargically?

Oy ya ya yo....

jabahutt70 · Post by **jabahutt70** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:48 pm

Though I'm not an archaeologist, I'll carry a whip with me when out hiking w/ my dog, depending on where I'm actually going. I have a Toy Fox Terrier, so he's small but fearless. There have been times out on a morning hike in the forests & hills where we've seen a fox or two. Letting off a couple cracks kinda makes them think twice about snackin' on my dog, Bones. Bones is used to the sound, so it doesn't bother him. Coyotes are growing in number around here, too, so also late in the afternoon is a good time to carry a whip. Haven't come in contact w/ one yet, but it's good to be prepared.

There's also a recreation area we go to, containing many ballparks and soccer fields. The area is very close to the expressway, bordering many acres of woods. I've spotted several coyote droppings along the perimeter of the area. So I'll take a small 6-footer, easily concealed. I'm afraid that some day there'll be a coyote attack on a small child or animal. There have been numerous fox attacks in recent years.

Steve.

Ripper · Post by **Ripper** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:24 am

It also comes in handy when the ex-wife is around......a few cracks and she scurries back under her rock...

thefish · Post by **thefish** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:52 pm

I live WAY out in the county in Athens, Ohio. One of our neigbors, (neighbor as in two or three miles away,) has cows and dogs that don't have the sense to stay out of the road, (I call this neighbor "Redneck Bigfoot" because he's very tall, has a long scraggly beard, and a bushy mane of hair, and is ALWAYS wearing a flannel shirt, overalls, and a John Deer ball cap. He looks like a West Virginian Wookie!) Anyway, his dogs like to just lay in the middle of the road, and don't bother to move when you come barrelling up on them in your car. Honking the horn doesn't work. Then they just come closer. Also, invariably, he has cows out, who have about as much common sense as the dogs.

The horn don't work, but the whip sure as heck does, (sounds like a rifle, and ONE THING that country "Dawgs" understand is the sound of a rifle.)

It's come in handy on my way to work a couple times.

Athens, is also home to Ohio University, named in Princeton Review as the #2 Party School in the country, (and with the new president's focus on athletics as a means in boosting public awareness, and therefore enrollment at Ohio U, it's only going to get worse.)

I find that the bullwhip comes in handy on Saturday nights in town when drunken frat boys stagger out in front of the car, and then give me a hassle for their stupidity if my brakes squeel or I lay on the horn.

Once again. Whip works where horn doesn't.

Word of advice, however. Don't try this at home. I get away with it only because I know most of the police officers ;-)

-Dan

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:04 pm

One question. Do you have a convertible or do you crack the whip out of the side window or the sunroof?

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:06 pm

Technically, I guess that is two questions.

thefish · Post by **thefish** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:19 pm

Neither. Hate convertibles.

I stop the car, open the door, stand up, and typically start with an overhead crack. If that doesn't work, I just throw the whip in a forward crack over the top of my door. ;-)

It's only happened about twice. Once with the cows, and once with the Frats.

-Dan