You might be forgiven for thinking the header image is Shredded Wheat (an English breakfast cereal) but we are actually getting close-up with rope. This is some of the latest batch of my Amanawa Linen Hemp photographed through a digital microscope at x 1,000 magnification! OK, I admit for most purposes getting this up close …
There’s 15% off all Tossa Lite jute shibari rope at ESINEM-Rope to launch a new addition to the range: Tossa Lite Natural. The promotion runs till the end of the year. The 15% coupon code (LITE2016) is for one use per customer, so fill your boots while you can! Tossa Lite Natural jute shibari rope came …
This is a question that I am sometimes asked. The consensus from manufacturers seems to be a maximum load of 250kg. They don’t seem to qualify if this is the maximum load or maximum user weight. One assumes this relates to the users weight, so one can halve that for a single ring as it is likely to be …
It seems fairly common practice to run the suspension lines up to the ring or karabiner and then back through the bight where it comes off the knot, depending on how much rope is left, this might be repeated several times. This means that the bight carries a high load on a single strand (see …
What do you get if you cross my best-selling Tossa with Osaka, which is as close as it comes to Japanese pro rope? The bastard off-spring combines the best of both! Okinawa is latest addition to ESINEM-Rope‘s extensive jute shibari rope range which fits neatly between Osaka and Tossa for those like the flexibility and loose lay of Osaka but want …
In order to expand my range and offer you even more choice, I have now teamed up with one of the largest BDSM kit suppliers in the US to open a new BDSM shop. They have everything you could think of, plus quite a few things that you have probably never even thought of, never …
This was made in order to settle some debate about the causes of failure of bondage rope. In another video, we were shown how synthetic rope could easily be cut using friction. In this example, the static part was cut due to the heat generated by friction. I wanted to test if my belief that …
‘Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask’ about the primary tool of our trade, I strongly recommend this article which delves back into its origins, showing amongst other things 3,500 year old rope! [private] In his “History of Rope” Bill Fronzaglia provides some fascinating facts. Well, fascinating to us rope geeks …
A strong plywood ring turned to 1″ (25mm) which is a slightly more compact and slimmer version of the one seen in almost all of my photos and shows. At around 5.75 ounces (160g), it is around the same weight as a hank of rope. It won’t weigh down you rope bag, so is perfect …
Nina and I are still in love the new Asanawa Lite. It looks every bit as good as it did at first sight and the feedback we are getting is endorsing this. “I recently spent the evening at our weekly Schwelle 7 Bondage jam using my new set of your “FeatherLite” Tossa. I must admit …