Visit an Italian Fireworks Factory - Big multi-break canister shells and bottom shots - dry wrap

Visit a small artisanal fireworks factory nestled in the hills above the ruins of Pompeii near Napoli, Italy. See the Italian dry wrap method of making large, multi-break cylinder shells without the use of wet pasting. No paste means a much faster assembly time.
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[@seansappok1141]

Man they have the best shop ever lol, making fireworks outside in Italy, man that's a dream!

[@PassionePirotecnica]

Complimenti. Avete ripreso dei veri maestri italiani della pirotecnica. Ottimo documento e complimenti alla nostra ditta di punta nel mondo della pirotecnica italiana.

[@step2cky]

Great video as always! Thanks Jesse! What Italians call "Contrabomba" is actually a color shell, that is part of a multibreak shell. The bottom shot is called "Controcolpo". For example, a 3 break Italian shell (called "Bomba da tiro") can have these effects: 1. Intrecci: multiple color inserts that break all at the same time (the "stutata" effect). That's usually the first break because it happens when the shell is still at full speed, so the inserts spread more into the sky. 2. Contrabomba: the large color shell that they build around 8:35 3. Controcolpo: a salute A bomba da tiro can have a lot more breaks of course. But even the "small" ones are always a piece of art!

[@PassfireMovie]

Thank you for the clarifications!

[@marcelh9286]

It is a fantastic video!!! The so called "fermata" shell made in this video with the superscription "* O" has the effect "(intreccio) + (controbomba)". "*" = intreccio = a mosaic of colour bombettes (8 bombettes in the first break). "O" = controbomba = a large bouquet with a heart of round stars and rings of large cilindrical stars. The bombettes in a "stutata" shell have a large delay, about 5 seconds or more. The bombettes in an "intreccio" have a short delay.

[@sherbetdab6066]

Wow,dunno how I got here,Glad I did,this is fascinating to watch,a proper Skill,after all,you're day could go very badly in that profession!!🤔🤯

[@johnhutchinson5398]

I’ve been doing the dry wrap for thirty years now. I use as little glue on anything as possible. All my multi break shells work just fine with no glue. The Italians has got it down for sure but some still believe in the paste wrap.

[@PYROCHEM-Alex]

Really interesting document especially when you show how the stars are stacked in the internal bombs and how they close the shells without glue. A true artisan workshop. As an Italian, chemist and always passionate about pyrotechnics, I can only be proud of it. The only thing I would have done is work with the separate flash powder in small piles, but surely they know that too ... Thanks for the video. Bye bye from Italy. Alex

[@johnhutchinson5398]

Love all the passfire videos. I was a member for years until I got disabled and couldn’t afford the fee anymore but I sure learned some great things from all of that information. My homemade press star roller recipes. Well just name it and I probably made it. Great place to go for great information. Wish we had a place in the US to buy nesting hemispheres. Shipping is out of this world to experience just because of Covid and the price of products that skilighter raised after loyde sold the place and the new fella moved it to California. Man what a mess. Use to get some great deals without having to buy 75 or 100 bucks worth of stuff.

[@Excudebat-gk6pj]

Many thanks for rare sneak peak behind the mystical curtain of the craft.

[@Dunstire]

When you see the time,effort and skill that goes into making these shells,it's no wonder they cost as much as they do

[@AlChemicalLife]

Holy Flash powder ! I could watch people work on shells like this all day. But man look at all that Flash ! I wouldn't be rubbing it like that guy was...

[@thomassmith5049]

This is true Italian Malta Shell wrapping “”, this is the wa😢I learned how to make shells “”, truly Artisan Craft

[@andrewmoe7078]

Wow! That looks like very hard work!! 😳

[@rickyfireworks]

what a show!! I enjoy building them too .. nice video 💪💪👏👏 a greeting from Italy💪💪

[@ChiraqVet]

Id give anything to go to Italy to watch them build shells. They seem like they pack way more punch than anyone else in the world. But dont quote me on that, i could he wrong.

[@mikea8927]

One of the best if not the best builder out there!!! Where's the demo on that beauty cylinder tho!!

[@johnfr07]

True artists!

[@mmmvvkk]

These guys make beautiful artisan products! Skilled craftmanship

[@Storm88Pyrothecnic]

Nice video !!! 😉👍🏻

[@maxamps45]

people freak out when I tell people I got a jar full of flash powder sitting in my shelf and here we have people handling mountains of it. the danger of flash powder is blown way out of proportion. it's totally safe.

[@northblitz7979]

Awesome stuff right there. Thanks for sharing👍🏻

[@middletnpyro]

Thanks Jesse!

[@ff-sv5qs]

"you ate a whole salame and now you have high blood pressure" 😂😂😂

[@federicodeluca3748]

I'm happy to visit Italy amico mio bravo!!

[@richardwilliams1334]

Will there be a display of these things going off at night sometime. Masters at their work. Great to watch nothing like the toy crackers we see over here in NZ. Thank you for sharing.

[@Bangvuurwerk]

Adelfia, Italy, Festa del San Trifone, around 9 til 12 november. There’s a video on my channel of last year

[@PyroPowerItaly]

Love this Videos very interesting!! Like

[@TheeButtaDawg]

Awesome vid, very disappointed there was no display of the made shell at the end

[@satinderjit4]

Awesome!

[@andyh7537]

Would have loved to see how those rendini inserts made at the beginning were used in shell construction. Excellent video though!

[@MrVeryCranky]

Tamping all those stars and powder makes russian roulette Look like a kids game.

[@bottomshot4546]

to the layman it looks reckless, but that's years of experience and know how, these men have a great deal of feel for what they're doing. if the stars and burst were that sensitive the shell certainly wouldn't make it out of the gun.

[@Artamon_Arts]

Nice

[@PnwPryo]

No fear with that flash powder 😮

[@karlojoki6314]

Not just that but he handle it with bare hands, no glowes, no mask..

[@SasquatchArtistBenoit]

What does a finished piece like that typically cost? Looks like hours of cumulative labor to make one.

[@noc4265]

In Mexico I can get a 8in multi break cylindrical for -70usd… pretty expensive compared to 8” spherical which are closer to 12-15usd

[@SasquatchArtistBenoit]

@@noc4265 what's the difference between multi-break and cylindrical ? I can pretty much guess the multi-break are the ones that project into different directions and then explode?

[@martijn8935]

​@@noc4265Can anyone buy an 8" or is that only if you have a diploma or is it illegal for sale in Mexico?

[@willowpine2604]

Did you travel in Greece in Chios rocket war festival at Easter ?

[@davidmarshall385]

jesse hey its david from minnesota hows yah hope alls well masters at there work of art flash is super dangerous i use the ab method i love flashpowder and those huge multibreaks cant beat em in this video a mystery solved how they get 8 breaks in 1 shell there using what they call the tounge fold method then they whack the shell with whatever it is not advisable in my thinking i was drooling looool

[@pyromuffin4431]

YO these guys are not afraid of flash holy crap 🫡

[@philiet]

How long does each of those take to create and how much are they sold for?

[@omnisurplus7326]

Where can you purchase that tube filling with flash powder

[@thomassmith5049]

Dry wrap shells

[@oneday6134]

It’s an art

[@bharat4282]

Super

[@ArtOfPyrotechnics]

they got balls working with that big pile of flash powder

[@slaydestroyer1486]

Warum kommen da schwarz pulver hürsen rein und kein Bks alls zerlger ???-----Weil sonnst die anderen efekte in 1000 teile zerlegen würde !!

[@pa-pyro2804]

I would love to know that flash break charge formula thats tricky to do

[@Exotic69420]

70/30 Perchlorate/Aluminum

[@slaydestroyer1486]

Wen siicher viele fragen warum dir heren nur das papir drüper wickeln und nicht kleben dafür ist die schnur nach her gedacht 😉Alls kleber ersatz

[@slaydestroyer1486]

Das muss ja sehr reaktives bks sein wenn er nur einen papir alls druck hülle nimmt nice😂

[@mikea8927]

Can I please have one!! Haha I'll trade a strobe rocket for one.

[@fordyfoxman]

No wonder shells and fireworks in general cost so much to buy when each fireworks takes so long to make

[@Silvestern]

Yeahhhh nice video sub +1 greatz from holland 🎉🎉🎉

[@Kili.pkn.]

Wo kann man sowas bestellen mit Erlaubnis?

[@CasusBelli1000]

Just watched this after same process in Japan. ... well... says a lot about both countries 😂

[@firebesher2611]

Was die wohl kosten mag?😮

[@VuPham-sv7uo]

19:00 Give me the ingredients and the proportion of the propellant to be put in

[@tjlovesrachel]

Lolll it’s just homemade granulated 2fa bp most likely… a little bit of homework on your part would’ve negated this question

[@Matspyropowerhouse]

How are this company’s able to work flash powder in such mass quantity but not blow up ???

[@dashofawesome64]

I saw some videos in india of firework production search it up. Where they have like a full wheelbarrow of flash. One little spark the guy turns to stardust and the small building would be gone.

[@AscanioBorsato666]

W NAPOLI

[@kohnbonn9744]

My guy got a duff shirt on lol.

[@HomeGrownPyro1]

Love the hoodie, would like to buy one along with the dvd. Do you have any for sale or a link?

[@PassfireMovie]

The hoodies are sold out, but there are DVDs and shirts available: DVD (includes free 4K download): www.ebay.com/itm/184570541167 Black t-shirt: www.ebay.com/itm/184575017362 Forest Green t-shirt: www.ebay.com/itm/184575078146 Blue t-shirt: www.ebay.com/itm/184575092691 Grey Pocket t-shirt: www.ebay.com/itm/184575034768

[@HomeGrownPyro1]

@@PassfireMovie awesome, thank you. Have a good holiday season

[@felixthecat265]

Excellent.. love to see the liberal use of saint's images, no doubt for prophylactic purposes and the whole 5kg dry powder extinguisher with the bird's nest on top.. EU factory safety directives...? What EU factory safety directives..? This is Italy!

[@karlojoki6314]

True really happy to see it

[@royk444]

❤

[@3ccdmike]

With "dry wrap" there is no drying time and that's why I think they chose to do it that way.

[@광회]

Cho tôi xin ct nháy

[@tjlovesrachel]

Always trust a man in a duff beer shirt

[@micronphilipmonte6975]

That is stutata shell

[@linwoodnymph6113]

TGFFF!

[@davidhess6899]

How much flash do you think is in each salute?

[@davidhess6899]

Ps how much flash in their standard bottom shot?

[@slaydestroyer1486]

Sehr unprofessionellen so viel bks auf einen haufen zu lagern genau dort wo man arbeitet den so einen menge explodiert auch ohne hülle 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Lugh444]

I could never do this. I absolutely hate touching brown paper 🤢 It's a thing 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@tjlovesrachel]

Gives you the goosebumps right?

[@Lugh444]

@@tjlovesrachel Yeah! You too?

[@tjlovesrachel]

@@Lugh444 lolll sometimes... not all the time ... but I still build fireworks

[@PnwPryo]

I love brown paper

[@brettteeter5204]

Nice