Here's the list of videos that will be included in the RARs:

1000th_Subscriber_Thanks__amp__Preview_.avi   5.36mb
Chain_Braiding_Rope_by_TKB.avi   7.06mb
Decorative_Overhand_Knots_by_TKB.avi   7.93mb
Double_Looped_Knots_by_TKB.avi   8.82mb
Fan_Service_Video_-_Question__1.avi   10.46mb
How to Dye Rope - In Your Kitchen_.avi   15.87mb
How to Make a Collar - With Rope_.avi   28.57mb
How to Make a Rope Blindfold_.avi   14.17mb
How to Make a Rope Whip_.avi   35.59mb
how to remove handcuffs without a key.avi   9.35mb
How to Rope Wrap A Spreader Bar.avi   13.31mb
How_to_Build_a_Rope_Web_by_TKB.avi   26.86mb
how_to_make_an_elegant_rope_leash.avi   10.25mb
How_to_Make_Rope_by_TKB_.avi   9.11mb
How_to_Tie_a_Panel_Knot_by_TKB.avi   6.88mb
How_to_Tie_Rigger_Gauntlets_by_TKB_.avi   10.21mb
How_to_Tie_Rope_Panties_by_TKB.avi   11.87mb
How_to_Tie_The_Claw_by_TKB.avi   10.2mb
How_to_Tie_the_Zip_Snare_.avi   5.2mb
Making Book 2 - L_A_ Weekend One_.avi   49.46mb
Making_Book_2_-_L.A._Weekend_Three_.avi   12.79mb
making_book_two_LA_weekend_two.avi   18.75mb
Prisoner Rope Cuffs by TKB.avi   7.11mb
readme.txt   1.55 KiB
Rope Shackle.avi   12.94mb
Rope_Flogging_Cuffs_by_TKB.avi   6.22mb
Shibari Shots by TKB.avi   7.1mb
Special Access to Rare TKB Videos_.avi   6.07mb
Thank You Viewers_.avi   4.15mb
The Arm Gauntlet by TKB.avi   11.75mb
The Bit Gag by TKB.avi   6.81mb
The Box Knot by TKB.avi   5.74mb
The Challenge Knot by TKB.avi   16.64mb
The Cross Knot by TKB.avi   6.44mb
The Double Coin Knot by TKB.avi   5.55mb
The Dragonfly Sleeve by TKB.avi   40.21mb
The Flower Knot by TKB.avi   13.91mb
The Foot Bender by TKB.avi   8.35mb
The French Bowline Arm Shackle by TKB.avi   5.77mb
The Good Luck Knot by TKB.avi   10mb
The Hair Corset by TKB.avi   13.27mb
The Head Cage by TKB.avi   8.53mb
The Monkey Fist Ball Gag by TKB.avi   19.11mb
The Prosperity Knot by TKB.avi   10.89mb
The Quick Rope Finish by TKB.avi   6.39mb
The Rabbit Knot by TKB.avi   8.08mb
The Rope Helix by TKB.avi   15.87mb
The rope ladder.avi   12.38mb
The Rope Strap by TKB.avi   10.74mb
The Sliding Sheet Bend by TKB.avi   8.53mb
The Trinity Knot by TKB.avi   8.87mb
The True Lover_s Knot by TKB.avi   6.75mb
The winged suspension.avi   45.68mb
The_Corselet_Harness_by_TKB.avi   13.73mb
The_Flexible_Rope_Strap_by_TKB.avi   7.44mb
The_River_Knot_by_TKB.avi   6.95mb
The_Rope_Belt___Buckle_by_TKB.avi   7.68mb
TKB - Dual rope suspension.avi   14.1mb
TKB - Knot Based Harnesses.wmv   15.97mb
TKB - Portland (Day One).wmv   28.17mb
TKB - Portland (Day Two).wmv   48.1mb
TKB - Rip Off Our Videos_.avi   14.56mb
TKB - The Ankle Wrap.wmv   45.8mb
TKB - The Art of Bondage.wmv   10.74mb
TKB - The Basic Wrap.wmv   32.11mb
TKB - The Cats Paw.wmv   6.54mb
TKB - The Leg Bow.wmv   20.83mb
TKB - The Mod Pearls.wmv   38.77mb
TKB - The Rope Shackle.wmv   21.32mb
TKB - The Star Back Harness.wmv   40.44mb
TKB Book Release Party Interviews.avi   17.97mb
TKB_at_Body_Bound_2008_.avi   19.78mb
TKB_Visit_TwistedMonk.com_.avi   11.95mb
Two Knotty Boys Interview - Segment Three.avi   33.8mb
Two Knotty Boys on Taugshow_.avi   25.78mb
Viewer Message Montage by TKB.avi   6.06mb

These will be packed up WITHOUT ANY PASSWORD and upped to as many servers as I have the patience for.

edit: RARed, uploading now, 11 files at RS.com, 1.06gig total, recovery records included for those on crappy dial-up

edit: dead alternate mirror links.... lemme know if you want me to re-up to MegaUpload in 1gig chunks.

The Rapidshare links above are still alive as of March 2010.

this is fantastic
you guys are soooooo into it

Whoops, I *thought* I'd reviewed the other bondage books in print already... seems I did it elsewhere, and not >here<.

"Rope Bondage: Precision and Persuasion with Rope" by Scott Smith:  I wouldn't bother with this book and DVD by Scott Smith... it's only 64 pages, and the DVD is about a flogging demo, NOT bondage.  If you can find it for $20 or less it's probably OK at that price... barely.  An old Boy Scout manual would probably do you as much good, though.
http://www.amazon.com/Rope-Bondage-Precision-Persuasion-Educational/dp/1887895035  $39

Somewhere out there on the 'net is a 3 DVD series on bondage, but I'd talked to one of the guys here in Dallas that had it, and it wasn't worth the effort.  Any of the books below will do you better.

Jay Wiseman's 'Erotic Bondage Handbook' is also on my "not recommended" list: too few illustrations.  In one spot he spends 2 or 3 pages of text description on a knot, and I'll be fucked if there's a single picture!  I've been a rope fancier for ~ 4 decades and *I* couldn't figure it out.  Like his other books, most of this book is safety and warnings, with very little meat on the real topic.
http://www.amazon.com/Jay-Wisemans-Erotic-Bondage-Handbook/dp/1890159131  $12

Chanta Rose has 'Bondage for Sex', mostly along the Japanese style.  Too many steps omitted for the beginner, though.  Gorgeous photos, and she DOES show my favorite (the Crab Tie / Frog Tie). 
http://www.amazon.com/Bondage-Sex-Chanta-Rose/dp/0977723801/  $24


I'd personally recommend any of these four, with caveats on each:

Midori: 'The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage', good illustrations, color 'finish' photos, purely Kinbaku-bi (beautiful bondage).
http://www.amazon.com/Seductive-Art-Japanese-Bondage/dp/1890159387  $21

Bridgett Harrington: 'Shibari You Can Use', grainy low-quality print... but you can make it out.  Again, more Kinbaku-bi.
http://www.amazon.com/Shibari-You-Can-Use-Japanese/dp/061514490X  $20

'Two Knotty Boys Showing You The Ropes', this one is their own stylistic macrame, not very practical for real bondage.  It's amusing from a rope top perspective, but I doubt I'll ever use it for anything.  It DOES have a bunch of the beginner's knots and techniques that you'll need, though.
http://www.amazon.com/Knotty-Showing-Ropes-Step-Step/dp/193116049X  SPECIAL - $11.53 at Amazon (new)

'Two Knotty Boys Back on the Ropes',  much like the other book, although possibly a bit easier for the beginner to see what's going on since this one has full color photography.  ISBN 1931160694   http://www.amazon.com/Two-Knotty-Boys-Back-Ropes/dp/1931160694  $14.96

I don't mean to denigrate Dan and JD's macrame style... I've done a LOT of macrame myself when I was young.  I figured it was good practice, and had ready 'deniability' in case anyone wondered why I was so interested in rope and knots.  There's not many shipyards in Phoenix (land of the Stinking Desert), so you hide in the open however you can.  Between macrame and Boy Scouts I got a lot of good practice at a tender young age, FULLY aware of what and why I was pursuing knotty topics.


Master K's original book 'Shibari, the Art of Japanese Bondage' gets into the kind of bondage that WILL keep ya restrained.  Kinbaku-bi is a Japanese art form, and doesn't work as well if the bottom is trying to get out of the tie.  I'm more into "ugly but secure" myself. 

Another good book if you speak Deutsch is 'Bondage made in Japan' by the Better Sex Line.  It's far and above the nicest one I have, and if it was available in English it'd be my top choice for newbies.  The photo quality is stellar, and it's not all Kinbaku... there's a number of good general-purpose ties in there.  Sadly, since it's in Deutsch it's way off the bottom of my "recommended" list.  http://www.amazon.de/Bondage-made-Japan-Helen-Lloyd/dp/3798601151

I wouldn't stress over the knots, though.  If you want to get into it, find a good solid single-limb cuff knot that works for you, and branch out from there.  The "Portugese Bowline" is pretty good for a cuff knot, as is the "Foole's Cuff" (a la Philip the Foole).  I've seen 10 or more different ways of making a cuff, but all ya really need to do is learn ONE of 'em well so that you can tie it quickly.  Nearly all of the two-limb knots are some variant on a "square lashing", so Boy Scout skills to the rescue! 

For the best link site I've found for bondage knots, see this treasure trove:
http://www.massachusettsbondage.com/tutorials/Tutorials.html
as well as the one Emily mentioned earlier:
http://www.animatedknots.com

FYI, 'kinbaku' and 'shibari' are used alternately in Japanese depending on the sentence structure, both mean 'tying up' or 'binding tightly'. 'kinbaku-bi' would be 'beautiful tight bondage' or thereabouts.  Japanese is hard even for the Japanese people. 

<grins> Speechless?  That I'd spend $100 on a bondage book, or that there's so many of them still in print?

I have *vast* archives...  


and of course, my EARLIEST guide to bondage... 



BTW, the Two Knotty Boys have a NEW book due out in February... http://www.amazon.com/Two-Knotty-Boys-Back-Ropes/dp/1931160694

Wow thanks so much for all of the knotty information.    I have been resorting to handcuffs and SportSheets (? I think that is the brand name) Restraints up until now.  I did buy a Japanese rope handcuff set but found when you are sweaty and struggling with someone who is resisting you with all his might, they are imfuckingpossible to get on.  Oh, I should review the cursing policy on here tonight before I get myself in trouble I guess!

Anyway, I have already been practicing some of these and it will be so much easier to hide a rope in my bra or panties then a loud and heavy set of handcuffs.  SWEET!!  This is going to really help me out next time.

Oh he struggles all right.  I have ended up with a lot of bruises and sprains and cuts getting him tied up!!  And I got my head bashed against the wall so hard once I almost blacked out!

Anyway, that is why I like the handcuffs.     Painful for him yes, but it makes it a lot easier for me to use that as a method to initially get him restrained. I can usually get one ankle or one wrist secured by distracting him and then cuffing one part of him before he knows it is coming.   It feels like cheating though.

I am glad you told me the quick restraints can capsize because that would have been bad if I didn't know that going in.  I DO want to give up the handcuffs though because they are very painful and I would like to not send him home with those kind of marks on his wrists and ankles.  Plus I think it would be VERY hot to get him somewhat restrained and then slowly tie him up the rest of the way.  I think it would be very satisfying to be able to do that to him.  Well I guess you'd know about that eh?

I need good take down methods and good knots so that I can rape him like we BOTH want!  I have been successful so far but he fights me harder every time and I do NOT like to lose.  I appreciate all of your help Ropefiend!!