Some thoughts
Posted: 10 May 2017, 05:47
So as noted in my intro post (and also see my sig) I'm primarily interested in what I've seen called 'sensual' self bondage. I'm mostly interested in the sensation of being bound or restrained and I don't really desire to set up anything that I literally cannot escape from until a timed lock or something similar goes off. My preference is restraints that feel like they're secure but are easy to escape from.
So given that, I'm here to explore this and have a few thoughts about ways to do so. As I said in my intro post I've mostly messed around with improvised stuff up to this point. One area where I'd like to improve is wrist restraints. We do have some handcuffs and they work OK (these are really basic and have the catch to easily disengage them without needing a key) but they can be uncomfortable in some positions especially if they're being pulled on (as in a hogtie).
What I'd like is something I can do with rope that meets two main (and related!) critera: easy to put on and escape from but feeling very secure and tight when it's on. If at all possible it's also ideal that I should be able to do that while already partially restrained.* I've done some looking around, here and on other sites, and haven't quite found what I'm after yet.
I did find a method on the LikeRa site that mostly works OK and will probably become a "go to" for me. This involves starting off with a longer rope with a loop tied into one end, big enough to fit both hands into with a bit of room and then gradually looping it around each wrist in turn in sort of a figure eight pattern.
This actually works really well. It's very secure and can be very tight or a little looser as desired, it's easy to set up (though it takes a few moments) and easy to get out of (just find the end of the last loop and pull).
The other method I've seen which I've tried is creating a single larger loop that I doubled a few times until it was small enough for me to put both wrists into and then I'd just rotate my hands inside of the loop to tighten it up. The idea being just rotate them the other way to loosen it up again. This seems to mostly work fine, but it's hard to get it properly tight while staying easy to escape from.
Those are both pretty good and meet most of my criteria but neither is quite perfect. Just curious what else is out there.
Another thing I've found while checking into this stuff is Karada and I made one that I've left set up so I can put it on pretty quickly when I want to. I really enjoy the feeling of this being on me and I've found it satisfying to just put on and leave on all day under my clothes.
I was considering a variation of this where I use some sort of hard ring in place of the loops tied into the rope to fix the sections that go around the body (sort of like what's seen on some of the harnesses made with webbing). I've found some similar designs online but nothing exactly like this. Does anyone know of one or am I going to improvise?
*For example, what I started with when I was a kid and still sometimes enjoy is doing a tight blanket wrap and then securing my hands behind my back inside of the wrap. This is a bit tricky with the very limited space available (and it's nearly impossible to do the blanket wrap properly when my hands are already restrained). I could maybe do the LikeRa method like this but it'd be difficult.
So given that, I'm here to explore this and have a few thoughts about ways to do so. As I said in my intro post I've mostly messed around with improvised stuff up to this point. One area where I'd like to improve is wrist restraints. We do have some handcuffs and they work OK (these are really basic and have the catch to easily disengage them without needing a key) but they can be uncomfortable in some positions especially if they're being pulled on (as in a hogtie).
What I'd like is something I can do with rope that meets two main (and related!) critera: easy to put on and escape from but feeling very secure and tight when it's on. If at all possible it's also ideal that I should be able to do that while already partially restrained.* I've done some looking around, here and on other sites, and haven't quite found what I'm after yet.
I did find a method on the LikeRa site that mostly works OK and will probably become a "go to" for me. This involves starting off with a longer rope with a loop tied into one end, big enough to fit both hands into with a bit of room and then gradually looping it around each wrist in turn in sort of a figure eight pattern.
This actually works really well. It's very secure and can be very tight or a little looser as desired, it's easy to set up (though it takes a few moments) and easy to get out of (just find the end of the last loop and pull).
The other method I've seen which I've tried is creating a single larger loop that I doubled a few times until it was small enough for me to put both wrists into and then I'd just rotate my hands inside of the loop to tighten it up. The idea being just rotate them the other way to loosen it up again. This seems to mostly work fine, but it's hard to get it properly tight while staying easy to escape from.
Those are both pretty good and meet most of my criteria but neither is quite perfect. Just curious what else is out there.
Another thing I've found while checking into this stuff is Karada and I made one that I've left set up so I can put it on pretty quickly when I want to. I really enjoy the feeling of this being on me and I've found it satisfying to just put on and leave on all day under my clothes.
I was considering a variation of this where I use some sort of hard ring in place of the loops tied into the rope to fix the sections that go around the body (sort of like what's seen on some of the harnesses made with webbing). I've found some similar designs online but nothing exactly like this. Does anyone know of one or am I going to improvise?
*For example, what I started with when I was a kid and still sometimes enjoy is doing a tight blanket wrap and then securing my hands behind my back inside of the wrap. This is a bit tricky with the very limited space available (and it's nearly impossible to do the blanket wrap properly when my hands are already restrained). I could maybe do the LikeRa method like this but it'd be difficult.