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Bead. The japanese crown is a beautiful lanyard knot for a kadara body harness.

Bead

But it is rather tricky to tie. Dont panic. The same look can be archived using nothing but overhand knots. Make a granny knot but keep it very loose. Cask. Double coin (1 line) This knot goes by several deferent names.

Double coin (1 line)

Double coin knot. Carrick bend. Josephine knot. From behind, bring the line between your thumb and index finger. Wrap around your index and middle fingers. Wrap around your middle and ring fingers. Important step: Before moving on, bring the end behind the line next to your thumb. Note that there are four lines across the top. Double coin (2 lines) This knot goes by several deferent names.

Double coin (2 lines)

Double coin knot. Carrick bend. Josephine knot. Step one: Live long and prosper. Overhand cuff. This is a decorative cuff based on the overhand knot.

Overhand cuff

It has an appearance somewhat like a rope shackle. Start with the center of the rope. You do know how to find the center? Right? Bedpost hitch. MEMO: Though this tutorial doesn’t show it, this knot is just a clove hitch with an extra tuck.

Bedpost hitch

The regular clove hitch comes apart under variable direction pull. This knot is called the constrictor hitch and holds up much better to variable direction pull.clove hitch video | constrictor hitch video Tying to the bedposts is a bondage classic. Methods of tying a limb are covered elsewhere, but tying the other end of the line to a bedpost is not normally covered. Many books give older sailing knots to use for this purpose but they do not work very well in modern slick smooth line.

Make a simple round turn around the bedpost. Reach under the standing part and hook your finger to the back part of the loop. Japanese Crown. The japanese crown has become widly popular as a lanyard for tying the kadara body harness.

Japanese Crown

It is one of the few knots used in Japanese bondage that is actualy of Asian origin. Also called the ten-knot because it looks like the kanji character for ten (十) because of how the underneath side of the knot appears. Begin with 2 parallel lines. Shown here in red and black for clarity. Wrap one line around your hand. Take the other line and place it underneath the upper coil of the other line. Patriot gauntlets. An alternative to lou duff style arm gauntlets.

Patriot gauntlets

This was the basis for the 600 foot rope mummification I once did at Shibaricon The main bulk of the rope will always be behind what you are tying around. The tie itself is just bringing parts up to the front. Make a bunny ear on the left side. This bunny ear will be laying in front. Shamrock. Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/kinkyr3/public_html/jackelfrink/wp-settings.php on line 512 Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/kinkyr3/public_html/jackelfrink/wp-settings.php on line 527 Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/kinkyr3/public_html/jackelfrink/wp-settings.php on line 534 Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/kinkyr3/public_html/jackelfrink/wp-settings.php on line 570 Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/kinkyr3/public_html/jackelfrink/wp-includes/cache.php on line 103 Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/kinkyr3/public_html/jackelfrink/wp-includes/query.php on line 61 The shamrock knot is a decorative knot that forms four ‘leaves’ around a central bud.

Shamrock

Box knot. McCrown. So the japanese crown knot is too complex and you cant remember how to tie it?

McCrown

That’s ok, just use this “Americanized” version. Remember that all parts of this knot are symmetrical. This tutorial shows it tied left to right and “right side up”.