Here at CordsOf Penance Workshop, we craft traditional rope whips for personal as well as theatrical use. Consider our hand-tied, custom Cat-O’-Nine-Tails rope whip: This is an instrument designed for ritual flogging. Our Cat will not lacerate the skin like its traditional ancestors did, but for ritual flogging as well as on stage, for example in a Passion Play or as a Holy Week display prop, it will drive home the idea.
The Blood-Red Edition Cat-O’-Nine-Tails features a scarlet-dyed rope grip. As a liturgical color, red symbolizes blood, fire, zeal, and martyrdom and is therefore used on Passion Sunday and Good Friday as well as on Pentecost and on feast days of martyrs.
Fashioned with 1/4″ sisal rope, each of the nine falls, or tails, ends with three evenly spaced knots. The sturdy sisal grip lies well in the hand for a balanced swing.
The sisal rope we use for our rope whips is a natural, biodegradable product, unoiled, and untreated by nasty chemicals. It is exceptionally durable and retains its strength and its knots well without requiring maintenance like oiling, waxing, or other methods of conditioning. Sisal whips get softer with time and use, without diminishing the impact.
If you are looking for a theater prop, this unique whip would be a good choice due to its length and large number of falls as well as knots, not to mention its striking grip color.
All our rope whips and Disciplinas are discreetly packaged. Buy with confidence!
Length: 23″ not including grip loop
Tails: 18″ on average
Grip: 5″
Weight: 7 oz
