After getting the first batch of my new 5mm Osaka, our first thought was “It’s perfect but we need this in 6mm too”. 11,500m of 6mm arrived Monday and it meets all my expectations. Both the 5mm and 6mm seem to be exact diameters, which is not as usual as one might imagine. I suspect …
My supplier says the new Ichiban Light rope is ready to ship this week! Unfortunately, it will take about 28 days to get here as, to keep costs down, it is coming by sea, not air. Even this initial sample order of 1,800 x 8m lengths is getting on for 300kg, so isn’t cheap by air. …
In the latest delivery was an experimental batch of 10,000m of rope made from some pre-waxed double twisted yarn. The idea was to create a rope that came pre-treated and wouldn’t need any treatment. It didn’t turn out exactly that way though. Initially, the rope feels extremely crisp and even makes a lovely creaking crunchy …
Rope is flying out the door! I have just placed orders for more than 40km (25m) rope today as the rope store is looking rather bare and I’m down to my last 50m of 6mm Amanawa Linen Hemp. The latter seems to be selling itself with a lot of the orders being repeats from happy …
I was very pleased to read this post on Fetlife from Das Falke in Berlin who recently order 5 reels of my new delivery of Tossa Lite: “This Tossa Lite is walking out the door I must say. The more knowledgeable and discerning riggers seem to recognise that Tossa Lite has many of the attributes …
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!
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 …
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 …
I recently came across a post on Fetlife entitled ‘Buyer Beware’ and noticed my name in the slug, so opened the thread with some trepidation thinking I might have an unhappy customer. What I found was far from that! It turned out to be somebody asking for feedback about my eBay shop who had had …
How long is a piece of string? The question I am often asked is what length, type and thickness of rope should I use? If you want a strict answer, kinbaku is typically performed with equal length ropes of 7m-8m. Whilst there may be historical reasons for the length, it is certainly easy to handle …