A quirt is a forked type of stock whip which usually has two thongs at the end (like the tails on some tawses). Sometimes called a riding quirt, horse quirt, or a dog quirt. A whip is a cord or strap, usually with a stiff handle, used for delivering blows to human beings or animals as a means of control or punishment or torture. ... A TAWSE is a typically Scottish implement for corporal punishment, that was often used for educational discipline in stead of the English cane. ...
The thongs on a quirt are made of leather, buffalo, or cow hide. The core of the quirt is usually a leather bag filled with lead shot, the main part including the handle is often made from braided leather or kangaroo hide. Modern leather-making tools Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides, pelts and skins of animals, primarily cows. ... A buffalo is one of several species of bovine. ... Species Macropus rufus Macropus giganteus Macropus fuliginosus A kangaroo is any of several large macropods (the marsupial family that also includes the wallabies, tree kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons and the quokka: 45 species in all). ...
The old style horse quirt is still carried by some Western horsemen, and this is the style of quirt seen in the early Western cowboy films. Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ...
Quirts, like other types of whip, are used in BDSM activities.
The Irving Klaw photographs of the model Bettie Page often showed her in a dominant pose holding a whip, usually a quirt. A collar is a common symbol of BDSM. BDSM is a term which describes a number of related patterns of human sexual behaviour. ... Teaserama film poster Photographer Irving Klaw ran a mail-order business selling photographs and film of attractive women in bondage from the 1940s to the 1960s. ... Bettie Mae Page, also known as Betty Page (born April 22, 1923) is a United States model, the subject of numerous pin_up girl photographs in the mid 20th century. ...
Quirt recalls, for example, a story he did for CBS on third world indebtedness and the policies of the World Bank and its affiliate, the International Development Association (before third world indebtedness erupted into the major bank story of much of the '80s) -- and to which William Paley, the network's chairman, objected.
Although CBS executives liked the idea of expanded business coverage in theory, they were gun-shy, Quirt concludes, when it came to stories that were less than enthusiastic about "their peers" in the money world.
Quirt mentions Ben Bagdikian in a footnote -- much that is controversial or intriguing appears in a footnote -- but nowhere does he indicate that he has given serious consideration to the case Bagdikian makes in The Media Monopoly.
The falls on a quirt are made of leather, buffalo, or cow hide.
The core of the quirt is usually a leather bag filled with lead shot, the main part including the handle is often made from braided leather or kangaroo hide and is usually somewhat stiff but flexable.
The old style horse quirt is still carried by some Western horsemen, and this is the style of quirt seen in the early Western cowboy films.
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