The lashing whip was almost a garment, useful for work or as a defense tool, worn on the right hand or hanging from the wrist. It was as indispensable as the gaucho hat, the poncho cape or the knife, without forgetting the spurs, with which in truth comprises the inseparable binomial of the actions of encourage or dominate the inferior half of the centaur species of these lands: the horse. If the spurs on their feet were a symbol, the lashing whip on the wrist was also one. It is difficult even today to imagine a Creole horseman without such an attribute. There are several types of lashing whips with differences among them such as .... etc.