Update: Now fully live! Apparently, there have been a few hiccups during the launch which delayed the official launch. The good news is the site is officially live. ESINEM-Rope has teamed up with iBuy2Give so you can support charities when you buy rope and accessories. By using the site, when you make a purchase, you …
There has been much speculation about the origin of the word ‘kinbaku’ as a word to refer to shibari and, indeed, whether shibari and kinbaku have the same meaning. I won’t go into the latter in any detail as I have written about this before but it does seem to depend upon who you ask. …
Here’s a guest article from Alan Wood of Weekend Gardener about marijuana and sex. As you can see from the site, they certainly lack no expertise in the former. Being a gentleman, I haven’t enquired about the latter. I would obviously not advise combining anything that might impair your judgment with BDSM. Of course, we …
Yep, finally, as of today, ESINEM-Rope has dumped Amazon and sales will be through my own site and, at least for the time being, via eBay. Why have I decided to eschew this monolithic international sales platform, you might ask? In short, for an easy life, although there are several other reasons. What’s in it …
A red version of my Tossa 6mm The batch of the new red jute shibari rope has just arrived. This 3,000 meter delivery is from a new supplier and a little different from the other coloured rope that I recently introduced. This a double yarn rope, in 8m hanks, that is almost identical to my …
20% off all shibari tutorials at ShibariClasses Until 14 November, you can get 20% off all shibari tutorials at ShibariClasses. All you need to do is to enter HAVEITOFF-20 [see note below] as the coupon code when you check-out. What’s more, this is in addition to any existing discounts like course bundles, e.g. ‘Tying Techniques’ …
‘Shibari Quick Start Guide’ now on-line Another tutorial, the ‘Shibari Quick Start Guide’ , is now on-line. This is a concise tutorial for those of you who can’t be bothered with the whole manual and want to cut to the chase. You know, when you are the sort to just dive for the quick start …
More BDSM tutorials Whilst it is first and foremost a shibari school, we are broadening our scope with more BDSM tutorials on ShibariClasses. The first was ‘Introduction to Impact Play’, followed by ‘Advanced Impact Play’. These explored various tools of the trade including paddles, floggers, dragon tails and canes. Since everyone has their preferences, we …
Here and now Climate change is very much in the news, which got me thinking about eco-friendly shibari tuition and how our businesses stand in this respect. I’ll come back to that later but I want to talk about what’s happening now. It’s all well and good protesting, expecting somebody else to solve the problem, …
SPECIAL OFFER: See bottom of page Like the original Ford, I have only been offering rope in one colour: natural. You will be delighted to know that we now offer coloured jute shibari rope at ESINEM-Rope…or should that be ‘rope of colour’ these days? I can’t keep up 🙂 Ten colours available We now offer …