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It has been sometme since I have made any postings to this thread so I thought I would do so again by continuing to share my passion for rope with what has become my favorite knot for binding wrist/ankle. This knot is really a simple modification of an already popular knot that many use for bondage purposes called the "Lark's Head" also known as "Ring Hitch" or "Cow Hitch". The Lark's Knot is often used with a ring or a bar for its normal application of use in bondage, my modification will make usable for binding ankles and wrists in a fast, safe and secure manner (3 seconds). 4 simple actions Twist & Loop, Loop-Over, Insert limb, and Synch down.


RJ's Lark-Head Modification


The below instructions are for 1/4 - 3/8 width rope. The rope has been folded at mid-point so that you are using double lines of rope. *Whenever working with double lines of rope try to keep the lines from twisting/crossing to keep the rope from unwanted buldges and ensure it lays flat against the skin.

When working with rope for bondage purposes, take the time to check everything for yourself. You agree to take all the responsibility and liability if you use any of the below information in any way. I have tested the below knot myself numerious times and it is one of my favorites due to its speed, versatility, and circulartory safety concerns.


step 1: Holding a doubled rope in both hands palms up in front of you with thumbs pointed outwards and the rope passes through the palm of both hands. The thumbs should lay naturally on top of the rope.


Step 2: With your fists closed on the rope roll your thumbs over and inwards so the tips of your thumbs are pointed at each other then push your elbows outwards while bringing your thumbs towards your chest. This will cause the "MAIN LOOPS" to appear(See illistration #3).

Step 3: This is known as the Lark's Head and is usually used with a ring or a pole, however we are going to modify it and use it as a wrist/ankle binding. This simple modification create and interesting knot that will synch down on the wrist, however due to the bends in the rope that will form, it prevents the knot from becoming to tight yet doesn't come loose either.

Step 4: With the Lark's Head made, pull the bridge through the middle of the MAIN LOOPs far enough so that...

Step 5: You can then pull this up and over both of the MAIN LOOPS and let it fall down below where it passed through the first time.

Step 6: Shows the Lark's Head with the added modification of a loop pulled through then up and over both MAIN LOOPS.


Step 7: Slide your partner's wrist through the two MAIN LOOPS and then pull downwards to begin synching the knot. You will see that the knot look long and dranw out. At this point you should check to make sure that no twist are in the rope anywhere.

Step 8: Finish synching the knot by placing your thumb and indiex finger around the blue loop (See #8 in the pic) and then pinch it and push upwards towards the wrist as you pull down on the rope hanging down below. You will see that the knot will synch up snugly to the wrist or ankle, but the inner rope bends will prevent it from tightening to tight.


Some great uses are for quickly tieing a strong yet comfortable knot that can be used on ankles and wrists and then tied off to a bed post or crossbar. A great use for this is tie both wrist with this knot with the same peice of rope leaving slack that is approximately shoulder width in between each wrist. You will then have a trail of rope left over from each wrist that you can then tie to the ankles by placing pulling up the knees and placing the wrist on the outside of the legs. This places a person in a very accessible position. The alternative is to use a spreader bar on the ankles and then tie the ends off to that effectly creating the same position but with the arms on the inside of the legs.

If you try it, please test it out on yourself first to ensure you understand its proper use and limitations. I would also love to hear any feedback from those who try it out.

Thanks
 
RJ, do you have a basic book of knots that you can recommend? I've gone to a couple of workshops and have some good books, but it would be nice just to practice and learn what all of the knots are called (please pardon if you've posted that somewhere else on the thread)... :rose: Neon
 
neonflux said:
RJ, do you have a basic book of knots that you can recommend? I've gone to a couple of workshops and have some good books, but it would be nice just to practice and learn what all of the knots are called (please pardon if you've posted that somewhere else on the thread)... :rose: Neon
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These are the two books I bought and have read cover to cover a numberof times. Jay Wiseman's book has more knots in it and focuses on much of the safety precautions and such of rope bondage. Midori's book focuses on the mindset, philosophy and has some nice body harness examples in hers.

The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage - Midori
Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook - Jay Wiseman


If you are interested in learning different knots you can also try a great online source for different types of knots
http://www.troop7.org/Knots/

Never underestimate those boy scouts. ;)

But here is a really exhaustive resource if you want to study knots and their functions. It gives descriptions and examples of how or why one use that particular knot. Probably overkill for most, but I love rope and enjoy spending my time looking through them.

http://www.realknots.com/knots/index.htm

If you try out the above lark's head synch mod let me know what you think of it as I am looking for feedback from others. Also if you haven't tried playing around with my rope wrist-cuff give that a try and see if you like that as well. I recieved a lot of positive feedback on that one due to the way it supports the wrist and also the built in quick escape feature.

Hope the references help and please if you work on a particular knot and you really like it, come share it here with me so i can look into it as well. Thank you Neon :rose:
 
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neonflux said:
RJ, do you have a basic book of knots that you can recommend? I've gone to a couple of workshops and have some good books, but it would be nice just to practice and learn what all of the knots are called (please pardon if you've posted that somewhere else on the thread)... :rose: Neon
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From that same source

Take a look at the breastplate section

http://www.realknots.com/knots/breastpl.htm

I have been working on a body harness or two that incorporates that into it. I think it will make for some great rope work.

:cool:
 
RJMasters said:
Hope the references help and please if you work on a particular knot and you really like it, come share it here with me so i can look into it as well.
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I am retired from rope work, etc.

However, next time I speak to someone who has questions about bondage, I will definitely point them in the direction of this thread.

Nice work, RJ.
 
JMohegan said:
I am retired from rope work, etc.

However, next time I speak to someone who has questions about bondage, I will definitely point them in the direction of this thread.

Nice work, RJ.
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Thank you JM. I am certainly still mastering things like technique and experience has been coming but it is slow and sparsed. One thing I do have plenty of is knowledge which can be gleaned by anyone who has a desire to learn more. There are many resources available in which one can broaden the depth of the knowledge and understanding.

Someone who has more experience than me might be a better source to ask questions and such, but I will share what I know, and share my enthusiasm.

there are so many levels when it comes to rope bondage. From the simple over-hand granny knot is good enough, to deep soul searching philosophic art. As is often the case, the desire behind one's search for something often depends on the nature of what will be most helpful to them. I will do my best to help any you send this way, and if I don't have an answer for them I will let them know and point them on to other resources where they might be able to find the answers they seek.

I consider myself just a guy who is willing to share some of the new things and practical things as I discover them myself.
 
I visited an old friend of mine last weekend. In the midst of exchanging holiday cheer, etc., we spent some time reminiscing.

Decades ago, this guy was the worldwide Wizard of Rope as far as I was concerned. A former boyscout and a guy of incredible patience and enthusiasm, who just loved to see what he could do with knots, tension vs. slack, etc.

I told him about you, RJ, and asked if he had any suggestions for additions to your collection of supplies. He said: "A full-length mirror. Not attached to a door or the wall, but one he can lift and turn sideways to show his wife just how gorgeous she is when bound. Works best in combination with sincere observations on how hot she looks as well as verbal and physical expressions of appreciation."

He then brought out an album of photographs taken of his own wife in bondage, some of which are more than two decades old and taken with a Polaroid camera. Not lewd shots and not graphic images of suffering as in Ito's drawings, but photographs of sensual elegance, similar to the one shown in this post.

Ironically, his wife was initially terrified of being restrained. Not terrified of *him*, but terrified of what the bondage represented and the way she would look and feel when "all tied up". The patience that this guy brought to bear in learning skill with the rope was doubly tested in convincing her to be the subject for his work.

I asked her how she learned to be comfortable with and eventually love erotic bondage. She smiled and said, "He treated me as his own personal Work of Art. As if I were the canvas and the rope was the paint. He made me feel needed, because after all - paint without canvas is nothing, right? He made me feel needed and appreciated, but most of all.... he made me feel beautiful."
 
This is a beautiful story! :heart: Neon

JMohegan said:
I visited an old friend of mine last weekend. In the midst of exchanging holiday cheer, etc., we spent some time reminiscing.

Decades ago, this guy was the worldwide Wizard of Rope as far as I was concerned. A former boyscout and a guy of incredible patience and enthusiasm, who just loved to see what he could do with knots, tension vs. slack, etc.

I told him about you, RJ, and asked if he had any suggestions for additions to your collection of supplies. He said: "A full-length mirror. Not attached to a door or the wall, but one he can lift and turn sideways to show his wife just how gorgeous she is when bound. Works best in combination with sincere observations on how hot she looks as well as verbal and physical expressions of appreciation."

He then brought out an album of photographs taken of his own wife in bondage, some of which are more than two decades old and taken with a Polaroid camera. Not lewd shots and not graphic images of suffering as in Ito's drawings, but photographs of sensual elegance, similar to the one shown in this post.

Ironically, his wife was initially terrified of being restrained. Not terrified of *him*, but terrified of what the bondage represented and the way she would look and feel when "all tied up". The patience that this guy brought to bear in learning skill with the rope was doubly tested in convincing her to be the subject for his work.

I asked her how she learned to be comfortable with and eventually love erotic bondage. She smiled and said, "He treated me as his own personal Work of Art. As if I were the canvas and the rope was the paint. He made me feel needed, because after all - paint without canvas is nothing, right? He made me feel needed and appreciated, but most of all.... he made me feel beautiful."
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JMohegan said:
I visited an old friend of mine last weekend. In the midst of exchanging holiday cheer, etc., we spent some time reminiscing.

Decades ago, this guy was the worldwide Wizard of Rope as far as I was concerned. A former boyscout and a guy of incredible patience and enthusiasm, who just loved to see what he could do with knots, tension vs. slack, etc.

I told him about you, RJ, and asked if he had any suggestions for additions to your collection of supplies. He said: "A full-length mirror. Not attached to a door or the wall, but one he can lift and turn sideways to show his wife just how gorgeous she is when bound. Works best in combination with sincere observations on how hot she looks as well as verbal and physical expressions of appreciation."

He then brought out an album of photographs taken of his own wife in bondage, some of which are more than two decades old and taken with a Polaroid camera. Not lewd shots and not graphic images of suffering as in Ito's drawings, but photographs of sensual elegance, similar to the one shown in this post.

Ironically, his wife was initially terrified of being restrained. Not terrified of *him*, but terrified of what the bondage represented and the way she would look and feel when "all tied up". The patience that this guy brought to bear in learning skill with the rope was doubly tested in convincing her to be the subject for his work.

I asked her how she learned to be comfortable with and eventually love erotic bondage. She smiled and said, "He treated me as his own personal Work of Art. As if I were the canvas and the rope was the paint. He made me feel needed, because after all - paint without canvas is nothing, right? He made me feel needed and appreciated, but most of all.... he made me feel beautiful."
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Thank you JM. That perfectly describes how I feel. Thank you for sharing this as it touched me.
 
RJMasters said:
Thank you for sharing this as it touched me.
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That's good to know. You're welcome.

RJ, a photograph posted on Shank's thread is prompting the following question. What have you read about skin that turns blue/purple from bondage?

I was taught that the blue/purple color means the ropes are too tight and should be loosened or removed immediately. From a safety perspective, pink & red are ok colors, but blue & purple are not. Have you read anything about this?
 
JMohegan said:
That's good to know. You're welcome.

RJ, a photograph posted on Shank's thread is prompting the following question. What have you read about skin that turns blue/purple from bondage?

I was taught that the blue/purple color means the ropes are too tight and should be loosened or removed immediately. From a safety perspective, pink & red are ok colors, but blue & purple are not. Have you read anything about this?
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Sorry JM for taking so long to reply to this.

To answer your question I believe you are asking about the pic of Explaura and the coloration of her ample breasts.

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From Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook pg 224 concerning breast bondage.

Because constrictive breast bondage may inhibit venous return (the escape of blood from the tissue), the breasts may swell somewhat in size and become a bluish or redish color. This is usually harmless unless it lasts for prolonged periods of time. (the basic parameter of this book is that no bondage will be left for longer than two hours.)

Danger signs that the breast bondage has been on for too long or is too tight would be a feeling of tingling or numbness in the breasts, or the appearance of an aching, genuinely unerotic pain in them. If this pain cause the bottom to feel nauseated, it is definately time to loosen the associated bondage - and all other bondage as well.
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JM,

Wiseman does a great job in his book and if there is one thing he overly does is consistantly hammer safety protocol when it comes to bondage. In fact it can be almost bothersome to read the book because he is constantly reiterating safety, safety, safety. Though I have not had the experience of binding breast as shown in Explaura's pic, based off of Jay's instruction, it is typical for breasts especially larger ones to swell and have some bluish and red color to them. He also notes earlier in the reference I quoted that it is imporatnat to always get feedback from the bottom when you are binding breasts. Asking of course for the tell tell signs that the rope is too tight or causing the wrong kind of pain. Also it is important not just when binding the breast but when moving or repositioning the bottom to check again for feedback as by doing this it can alter the amount of pressure being distributed to the breasts and also rope can constrict in some place when moved or placed in a different position.

As a further consideration when doing breast bondage, one needs to take into account that the breast when bound like this are no longer mulable. In other words they do not mold and flex like they normally would when squeezed in the palm of the hand. They are tight and stretched and for this reason extreme care should any additional pressure be place on them.

For example rolling them over and laying them face down would add their body wieght onto their breasts. normally the breast would flatten out and absorb or displace this additional weight, but when bound they are not able to do this and this can cause terrible pain and damage. This should be kept in mind at all times when moving a woman who's breasts are bound as to fall forward and land in this way would cause severe damage.

I notice that in the pics she is face up which is a good sign that the one doing the bondage was expereinced and knew how to avoid uneccesary risks.

Based from what I have learned, I think what we see in Explaura's is fine though to someone who may not know, they might think the color is not a good sign. I think there is a bit of purple going on there, but as long as Explaura wasn't complaining, I would have to say that what you see is acceptable and was within the limits of normal breast bondage safety.

That's my opinion of it.
 
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RJMasters said:
Sorry JM for taking so long to reply to this.
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My apologies for taking so long to reply to your reply.

I frankly forgot I had asked you about this, and was only reminded when I noticed this new thread on the board.

RJMasters said:
From Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook pg 224 concerning breast bondage.

Because constrictive breast bondage may inhibit venous return (the escape of blood from the tissue), the breasts may swell somewhat in size and become a bluish or redish color. This is usually harmless unless it lasts for prolonged periods of time. (the basic parameter of this book is that no bondage will be left for longer than two hours.)

Danger signs that the breast bondage has been on for too long or is too tight would be a feeling of tingling or numbness in the breasts, or the appearance of an aching, genuinely unerotic pain in them. If this pain cause the bottom to feel nauseated, it is definately time to loosen the associated bondage - and all other bondage as well.
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That is helpful information, no doubt. Thanks for posting it.

RJMasters said:
Though I have not had the experience of binding breast as shown in Explaura's pic, based off of Jay's instruction, it is typical for breasts especially larger ones to swell and have some bluish and red color to them.
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In the photograph, the breasts don't look "bluish and red" to me. They look purple. Given the admonitions with which I was taught, I would not have paused to snap a photo in that situation. Instead, I would have removed the ropes at once.

However, color in photographs can be misleading and everyone has different standards or policies when it comes to safety. I'm not wagging a finger here, just giving a different point of view.
 
JMohegan said:
My apologies for taking so long to reply to your reply.

I frankly forgot I had asked you about this, and was only reminded when I noticed this new thread on the board.

That is helpful information, no doubt. Thanks for posting it.

In the photograph, the breasts don't look "bluish and red" to me. They look purple. Given the admonitions with which I was taught, I would not have paused to snap a photo in that situation. Instead, I would have removed the ropes at once.

However, color in photographs can be misleading and everyone has different standards or policies when it comes to safety. I'm not wagging a finger here, just giving a different point of view.
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Here's another point of view Which also comes from the other thread you mentioned and has some great information.

One point you make though that is worth noting is that one person's purple might be another person's reddish. That is why its always good to have that one finger between the rope and skin into effect at all times and ensure you keep getting feedback from the bottom.
 
JMohegan said:
That's good to know. You're welcome.

RJ, a photograph posted on Shank's thread is prompting the following question. What have you read about skin that turns blue/purple from bondage?

I was taught that the blue/purple color means the ropes are too tight and should be loosened or removed immediately. From a safety perspective, pink & red are ok colors, but blue & purple are not. Have you read anything about this?
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YMMV and there are safety issues present in breast bondage unique to that situation -- everyone will play to the risk level they are comfortable with. Personally, I'm not into the purple choked off tit look, so I don't know much about the safety concerns therein.

What I learned from the rope people I work with -- the hardcore ropistas, as opposed to people into SM who use bondage --- is that color means jack.

Obviously, if color change is totally outside my bottom's comfort level I'll adust it. But basically discoloration means there is some oxygen choking going on.

Unless you are leaving that tie there for multiple hours, it's not going to do damage. Numbness, likewise, indicates nothing. Uncomfortable yes, but not damaging in the timeframe of normal ties (15-45 min) The likelihood of necrosis is often extremely *exaggerated* in certain circles.

If your bottom is freaking out because something's numb and cold, or you know that's outside her comfort zone, adjust it. If you're with a serious and experienced rope freak who's on the same page, you can leave it. Unless it hurts.

What you *do* need to be completely and obsessively vigilant about is nerve damage. Nerve damage can happen in 3 seconds, it is indicated by the presence of shocking, sudden "bad pain" (even major masos who have been hurt this way in bondage report if being un fun) and it's due mainly to *bad rope placement* over the pathways of major nerves.

Places like hips, wristbones, and the divet below the bicep, the backs of the knees --these are not load bearing points or point where bondage should be really tight because of the relationship between bone and nerve.
 
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Netzach said:
Personally, I'm not into the purple choked off tit look, so I don't know much about the safety concerns therein.
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Ditto from me on both counts.

Netzach said:
What I learned from the rope people I work with -- the hardcore ropistas, as opposed to people into SM who use bondage.......
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Very interesting information. Thanks for posting it.
 
Netzach said:
YMMV and there are safety issues present in breast bondage unique to that situation -- everyone will play to the risk level they are comfortable with. Personally, I'm not into the purple choked off tit look, so I don't know much about the safety concerns therein.

What I learned from the rope people I work with -- the hardcore ropistas, as opposed to people into SM who use bondage --- is that color means jack.

Obviously, if color change is totally outside my bottom's comfort level I'll adust it. But basically discoloration means there is some oxygen choking going on.

Unless you are leaving that tie there for multiple hours, it's not going to do damage. Numbness, likewise, indicates nothing. Uncomfortable yes, but not damaging in the timeframe of normal ties (15-45 min) The likelihood of necrosis is often extremely *exaggerated* in certain circles.

If your bottom is freaking out because something's numb and cold, or you know that's outside her comfort zone, adjust it. If you're with a serious and experienced rope freak who's on the same page, you can leave it. Unless it hurts.

What you *do* need to be completely and obsessively vigilant about is nerve damage. Nerve damage can happen in 3 seconds, it is indicated by the presence of shocking, sudden "bad pain" (even major masos who have been hurt this way in bondage report if being un fun) and it's due mainly to *bad rope placement* over the pathways of major nerves.

Places like hips, wristbones, and the divet below the bicep, the backs of the knees --these are not load bearing points or point where bondage should be really tight because of the relationship between bone and nerve.
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Thank you for your added comments and input on this Netzach. It does seem a lot of the safety talk concerning rope bondage focuses primarily on the circulation issues, where as nerve damage is not talked about much.

Do you have any souces that you like to refer to that places emphasis on this aspect? I know you have spoken about having a good working knowledge of the human anatomy which can be devled through in a medical type book. Just wondering if there are any good books besides the two I have mentioned, or any online references you deem as good.

Thanks
 
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