This is a lovely British Hunting Whip from 1935. It is made of bone or antler and leather with a silver collar.The collar
is engraved with the initials J.L. and is engraved with the date 25.12.35, evidently a Christmas gift for someone in 1935.
This whip is in excellent condition and has a rich vintage patina to the lovely woven leather. A great find for the collector.
Hunting whips - these whips have a hooked horn handle, a short shaft or stock and can have a long leather thong with a silk or cord lash. The different parts of the whip fulfill different functions:
The whip handle is used for opening gates. There is sometimes a "crown" screw on top of it to help when pushing a gate.
The handle of the whip or crop is usually staghorn, although ivory and silver are sometimes seen.
At the end of the stock there is a leather flap - the keeper. If it is a simple loop of leather (often rawhide) it is known as an open keeper, a stitched keeper is made of two pieces of bridle leather sewn together with a slot for the thong to thread through (see image). Traditionally hunt servant's whips have open keepers. The thong is used to prevent hounds coming too close to your horse's feet, it can also be wrapped around one's hand or wrist when opening gates so that the whip cannot be dropped. When the whip is "cracked" it is the end of the thong breaking the sound barrier that we hear. The braided thong ends in a loop through which the lash threads - this is often the part of the thong that breaks. The cord lash can vary in color from hunt to hunt.
Polo or Jockey Whips I have included these whips on this page because they have staghorn handles like hunting whips. They are much longer, the idea is that one does not need to take one's hands off the reins to use the whip.
Size: Length 74" x Width 5" x Depth 1"
Weight: 1 Pound
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May 27, 2020
Awesome!!!!! Shipped quickly, packed very well. Also, a nice card sent with. Will be sure to keep as one of my favorite future shops. Thank you!!!
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