Meet Greg Desaye
Whip Construction
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I make nylon stock whips, bull whips, and snake whips, hand-braided over a loaded nylon core. Helping neighboring ranchers move and work cattle here in Southwest Montana is my favorite way of testing my own whips.
DeSaye Hand-Braided Whips --
Widely Used, Long Lasting
My nylon whips are being used in many states, as well as Denmark, Australia, Germany and Canada.
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Nylon whips are not affected by the weather and last longer under harsher conditions than leather whips, so you save your good leather whips for special days.
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DeSaye whips are custom built, with colors, length, and style determined at the time of order. I'd love to hear from you if you have questions or need advice.
Whip-Braiding Background
In the early 1980's cowboy artist and whip-cracker Fred Fellows gave me my first whip handling lessons and encouragement to start making whips.
Wally Cantrell was my first whip-braiding teacher while I worked with him in Montana's Bear's Paw Mountains. Later in Arizona, I learned a lot more about braiding and knot tying from Loren Miller, retired Oregon rancher and life-long rawhide braider.
Both of my early braiding mentors have passed on, but they are never far from my mind when I am braiding a new whip.
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In the years since, with the input from many cowboys, ranchers, and other whip enthusiasts, I have developed a selection of hand-braided nylon whips that compare in functional ability to leather whips of the highest quality.
