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Bull Whip

    This Mexican import is a favorite with working cowboys and professional “Dude Wranglers” because it is rugged, inexpensive and needs almost no breaking-in.

    With the popper removed, the broad latigo fall is a safe-and-sane "hitter" with a long reach.    

    However, in recent years the swivel-handled 4 plait cowhide bullwhip has acquired a bit of a reputation for being "hard to crack." It seems that getting a really loud sound out of one takes an awful lot of practice ... and muscle -- especially when compared to finely braided kangaroo hide bullwhips and stockwhips made in the Australian style.

     One way to overcome this difficulty is the use of a leather cracker. The leather is denser than the nylon it replaces, so there is more weight and less wind resistance at the end of the whip. Also, less force is required to form the "hairpin bend" which accelerates the tip to the supersonic speed need to create the shock wave that we hear as the "crack" of the whip.

Economy Bullwhip

   A less "ambitious" version, this one might be better used as a costume accessory or a wall decoration, although it can be bought just to see if you like the idea of "throwing the bull" whip without breaking the budget. Color selections vary from time to time.