As those who follow my ranting will know, I regard Douglas Kent’s ‘Complete Shibari’ tutorials like the curate’s egg: good in parts. The good parts are excellent and well-researched but in others he is clearly out of his depth or venturing into ‘shambari’. In many ways, he has raised the bar in bondage tutorials with …
For one week, I am offering 15% of almost all the jute and linen hemp shibari rope in my eBay shop to make way for my new deliveries of reinforced jute and more tossa. So grab a mid-month bargain while you can!
I hate to disappoint but, no, I haven’t made centre-fold nor will you see me in a bunny costume but I am in Polish Playboy. In fact, apart from a photo of Electric Faerie and I at LFAJRB from a couple of years ago and a few names that I recognise, it is all a …
My suppliers have finally been in touch to tell me that they still don’t know when the new stocks of 5mm and 6mm Tossa Lite will be in. It looks to be unlikely that I’ll see them this side of Xmas apparently, which inevitably means not until the New Year as very little moves between …
Right on time, the samples of the new reinforced jute arrived this morning. As an added bonus, I discovered they can also do a 4mm version which is good as rope always seems to put on an extra 1mm when you treat it or be slightly over specification in diameter. Admittedly, it’s hard to measure …
No doubt there are those who think I should be safely locked away to protect society but I hate to disappoint them, I intend to remain at large until they catch me. So far, whilst visiting a couple of friends who have not managed to stay below the radar, I have managed to slip in …
‘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 …
I’ll start out with a disclaimer: I am not an engineer or physicist! That said, I have a logical mind and can apply it practically…and there’s Google. I started thinking about rope breaks and it seemed to me that friction is a big factor. It has been speculated, not unreasonably, that the ‘sawing’ action of …
As more and more people are doing bondage performances these days, I thought I’d share some insights from my performance career. Admittedly, there is probably a massive amount I don’t know as I have never had any formal training in that area and becoming a performer happened largely by accident. In fact, getting up in …
On Saturday, 1 December, top French rigger Dr Phil will be running a suspension master class at The Flying Dutchman. The contents of the workshop would be a continuation of Kazami Ranki’s course and the theme will be suspension techniques, attention to details and behaviour. Dr Phil’s reputation is as a rigger technician who focuses …