KANGAROO HIDE 12 PLAIT BULL WHIP SINGLE COLOUR

KANGAROO HIDE 16 PLAIT BULL WHIP SINGLE COLOUR

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    Prices for 20 and 24 plait  and higher plait whips are available on request.
 

My kangaroo hide bullwhips are handcrafted from the finest quality kangaroo skins available. Specially hand selected, free from blemishes and tick marks to give you a handcrafted bullwhip which, with care, will last you a life time and be handed down through generations. I construct my bullwhips with 4 plaited bellies and  for that extra pop a shot belly can be  incorporated into the whip .Please let me know if you want a shot belly or natural belly when ordering. I start with an 8inch spring steel handle, Over this is then plaited a four strand kangaroo hide belly, over this a 6 plait belly is plaited. Next comes another plaited belly, this time an 8 plait kangaroo belly and once again this is covered with a final 12 plait belly. Finally over all this is plaited the final 12 or 16 plait overlay. Over the years, 38  in all, of making whips I have found this method of crafting a bullwhip to be the best, making a strong sturdy whip, which, as I said before will last you a lifetime if well taken care of and can be handed down to your children. In the 38 years that I've been in this business I've repaired a lot of whips and on odd occasions a whip comes through for some minor repair which can in one such instance a few weeks ago, be 100 years old. A whip that was passed down from father to son but because it had been really looked after during it's long hard life it was in almost perfect condition.

TAKING CARE OF YOUR WHIP 

When you have finished playing or working with your whip at the end of the day give it a light coat of leather dressing  on the fall because this is the part of your whip which works the hardest and like your popper will eventually wear out so the more care you give it the longer it will  last . The main thong of the whip has a lot of dressing applied when it is plaited so will not need dressing for quite awhile unless you notice it is drying out. I light coat every two or three months should be ample. Speaking of poppers, a lot of people seem to become very concerned when their popper wears out, that's what it is supposed to do, it's not a big deal and if you can learn how to Make your own popper you'll be laughing. Use a top quality leather dressing,

DO NOT  use neatsfoot oil. For all my plaiting I use a product called Jay-ell leather dressing but that's here in Australia and probably not available overseas, just use the best quality dressing you can find, your whip will thank you.
              CAUTION: Take care when cracking your whip, make sure there is no one near you. These whips are not toys and can cause considerable pain, cut flesh and break bones. When a whip cracks the tip is traveling at over 1400 feet per second. Faster than the speed of sound and in some cases faster than a speeding bullet. The bang produced by a whip when it cracks is actually the end of the whip breaking the sound barrier. The bang is a mini sonic boom. Should your whip hit anything or anyone when it cracks it is quite capable of cutting flesh and breaking bones. Be careful!

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