How is that couriers call as soon as you go out even if you haven’t left the house for days? This morning, I’d decided to accompany my friend, Adam Anarchy, on a motorbike ride to the Porsche dealers in Chiswick for a test drive. Might as well take advantage of the last few sunny biking days before …
Things are moving ahead. I have a secondhand AP Dillon 15,000lb/6800kg dynamometer arriving in the next day or two. Admittedly, it’s overkill but it was a tiny fraction of its new cost, so was an irresistable bargain. Here’s the brochure which will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about it. In simple …
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 …
UPDATE: I have just heard that the delivery is in the UK and will arrive with me on 2 January. I think this ready-to-use rope will take the market by storm 😉 -End of update- I am just closing a deal for and initial batch 1,800 x 8m lengths of super soft and very blonde …
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. …
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’ll be talking about rope: what the difference is between various type, choosing the right rope and how to look after it. You might be surprised by some of the facts like how thicker rope can be less safe or how easily rope can break in some situations. RopeJester will be covering my favourite subject, …
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!
‘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’ve been busy sourcing rope recently. Prompted by the recent reports of rope breaks, I decided to look for something that would reduce risk without compromising look and feel. By mid-November, I should have samples of a new super strong reinforced jute in 5mm and 6mm. There is new stock of Tossa Lite on the …