whip cracking.

[bernie47]

I was cruising through youtube and came across these blokes whip cracking to music, #### good I thought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVlJ9eqEXZU

[giovanniceleste]

Hello Bernie,
what you saw on youtube is a typical show of Italian folklore.
Exactly is a region of Italy called Emilia Romagna.
The word "sciucaren" that you read on the title of the video means cracking.
cheers
Gio

[jeanfifi]

funny!

it takes certainly many hours of training.

what kind of whip are they using?

jp

[kwad]

Great,

Now I'm gonna have that song stuck in my head all day

That was pretty neat. Thanks for sharing that Bernie.

[cabbynum]

I have always been very curious as to what kind of whip it was.
i watch that video every morning and it starts my day off great.
Does anyone know what whip it is? I know it is some kinda stock whip but the handles are so flexible.


thanks


Clarke

[Cracker]

Good find Bernie

I bet Gio can tell us what type of whip they are using . Almost looks like a type of buggy whip.

Jim

[giovanniceleste]

These flexible whips have agricultural origins.
Some aspect to these whips can remember the bullock whips because they are made in two parts:
The handle is constructed of a special wood called "Bagolaro" or "Vermilion", which was reduced to 4 thin segments which, after being twisted, were dried in the sun.
the handle length varies from 60cm up to 130cm (23 "to 51")
The thong is a long rope made of hemp fiber or "canapa" twisted together
In Ron Edwards's book "How to Make Whips" in the handle section, you can see this type of stock.
I hope that this explanation was clear and sorry for the poor quality of the pictures.
You can see another whip on this site:
http://worldwidewhips.com/collection.ph ... em&lang=en

Ps: I have plans to build a target whip made with this type of handle about 12 "long

Handle:


Body:

[Canasta]

I have one of those whips.
Didn't know much about it though.
A friend of mine found it in a park and sent it to me.
He did try to find the owner prior though.

C