This simple variation on the Lark’s Head Double Column is quick to tie and is suitable for load-bearing situations. By “load bearing”, I mean situations where a person may pull strongly against their bondage. For example, tying a person’s wrists to a headboard so that they can pull against their bondage during the scene, or attaching them to an overhead hard point where they may be pulling down on their cuffs. With this technique, pulling on the cuffs will not make them clamp down and get tighter on the wrists.
This is not sufficient for any situation where the person is unable to relieve the tension. In the bed example, the person needs to simply stop pulling and the tension is relieved. When they relieve the tension, the pressure of the cuffs will be relieved. They are still bound, but the rope will no longer be digging in to their skin.
But attaching them to an overhead hard point can introduce more risk. You can use this to hold their arms over their head, but don’t pull them up so high that they are on their tip-toes and cannot relieve the pressure on their wrists. This is a dangerous situation. Even if you do leave them on their heels so they can relieve the tension, over time doing so may become more and more difficult. Always keep clear communication with your partner and keep their health as your top priority.
Do not attempt to use this or any other wrist-only rope technique to suspend someone.
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This version includes every detailed step for those new to rope!
If you are already familiar with the Lark’s Head Double Column and with good Rope Handling, this is very easy to tie:
In-line version!
You can also tie one of these in-line — that is, beginning with a bend in the rope instead of at the bight.
(This is the same idea as is done in the Shinju, where the lower chest strap is just a Lark’s Head Double Column and the upper chest strap is also a Lark’s Head Double Column, just an in-line version that starts differently, but other than that is the same.)
Potentially dumb question but is there any reason beyond aesthetics to use the regular Larks head over this? Because unless im missing something, this just seems like it does nothing but add functionality.
The main difference here is that the wrists are a little further apart. The cuffs more completely surround the wrist, but the hands have more flexibility to move around and get into mischief. If you have anchored them so they cant reach anything, that greater freedom si not usually an issue, but there are many circumstances where that is not what you are looking to do. In those cases, the regular LHDC is a nice option.
Lazarus, this video is superb. Really nice touch going with a 1:1 ratio for the video size — inclusive for both portrait and landscape mobile screen.
This tie is a favorite for rope play with my girlfriend.
Question; When I start the tie, and I’m surrounding the bone on the wrist or am I using the wrist bone as the starting point of the tie?
Start at the fold of the wrist and build up towards the elbows in the first tutorial. This works because they aren’t really that tight on the wrists. Usually you’d tie a few fingers closer to the elbow from the bend in the wrist but as he said that would slide down under tension (bigger forearm to smaller wrist size).
Verder nice