Club Obi Wan

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

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

funny!

it takes certainly many hours of training.

what kind of whip are they using?

jp

Great,

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

That was pretty neat. Thanks for sharing that Bernie.

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

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

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:

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