Rubber Hose Bullwhip??

Bad Penny · Post by **Bad Penny** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:34 pm

Hello all;

I'm new here, but I read the various FAQs, and haven't seen this one covered yet.

About 1984, I bought a 6' bullwhip on Olvera street in Los Angeles. It looked great at first: it had a swivel-handle, but the whip-- stuck out nearly straight from the handle for about 3'. Not knowing a thing about whips, I thought it was simply new, and just needed to be worked out before it softened up like in the movies!

Well after almost a year of working with it, it never..."went down"! Frustrated, I did a bit of an autopsy on it, and found that most of the whip was a regular rubber garden hose! Carefully, I cut the hose out bit by bit, and planned to have a nylon rope "sewed" back into the whip, but I never found anyone who could repair and/or relace the leather around the nylon rope.

Unfortunately, I haven't touched a whip in about 20 years. I got kinda good at target practice with a regular rope, have the itch to do it again, but with a quality whip, and may do so. Thanks for reading!

Robert Duke · Post by **Robert Duke** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 9:53 am

Get a real whip. Quit "toying" around.

Get a kangaroo bullwhip. Save your pennies and you'll thank yourself. Ask others here that have a kangaroo bullwhip.

Richie · Post by **Richie** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:01 pm

I start my whip experience with a swivel handle cowhide whip from a tourist store for 50 $. This was the only one for the next 10 years and the whip was sleeping the most time in the box.
Anytime I found some whipmakers in the net that make whips how they look in the movies.
So, I buy a kangaroohide whip and this was the beginning of a mania.
Another fine aspect is that a good made roohide whip will be better and better with all the years (if you treat her right). Other than yours.

cheers
Richie

Bad Penny · Post by **Bad Penny** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 10:34 pm

Robert Duke wrote:Get a real whip. Quit "toying" around.

Get a kangaroo bullwhip. Save your pennies and you'll thank yourself. Ask others here that have a kangaroo bullwhip.

Yes, sir! Now...to explain this "new" passion to the fiancee...that's going to be an adventure in itself! I'm learning a lot from the posts here, such as going for an 8' whip over a 10' one.

Richie wrote:I start my whip experience with a swivel handle cowhide whip from a tourist store for 50 $. This was the only one for the next 10 years and the whip was sleeping the most time in the box.

Sounds familiar.

So, I buy a kangaroohide whip and this was the beginning of a mania.
Another fine aspect is that a good made roohide whip will be better and better with all the years (if you treat her right). Other than yours.

You guys are a terrible influence! (counting pennies....)