Flogger Forge!
Here you will find a growing collection of knots and techniques that you can use to create floggers of your own design! Below find both the core components that you will need and a few examples where I pull various components together into cool designs!
Have fun!
If you come up with something you are particularly proud of, send me a pic of it! It might just end up in the Examples section, along with a link back to you!
How to read the Flogger Plans
Here is the notation I am using. This is not a notation officially known and recognized in the community; it is something that I am introducing to potentially help build a language that we can use to differentiate and describe our creations to each other…
Using the notation key below, you can see that 2FRK6 would translate to “Double Footrope Knot, made with 6 Strands”
There is also a list of the various knots and associated abbreviations currently on the site
Falls – Texture and Thumping
- Blood Knot (BK2, BK3, BK4, BK5)
- Braid (B3)
- Cored Granny Knot (CGK4 & CGK3)
- Cored Square Knot (CSK4 & CSK3)
- 1-Strand Diamond Knot (DK1)
- 2-Strand Diamond Knot (DK2)
- Matthew Walker Knot (MWK3+)
- Cudgel Knot
- Half-Hitch Spiral (HHS)
- Twisted Strands (TS)
Transitions
- 6-Strand Matthew Walker Knot (MWK6)
- Multi-Strand Diamond Knot (DK4 & DK6)
- Double Multi-Strand Diamond Knot (2DK4 & 2DK6)
- Footrope Knot (FRK)
- Double Footrope Knot (2FRK)
- Manrope Knot (MRK)
Handles
- Simple Wrap Handle (SWH)
- Half-Hitch Handle (HHH)
- Crown Sinnet (CS4, CS6, CS8, CS6+3)
- Alternating Crown Sinnet (CSa4, CSa6, CSa8, CSa6+3)
The Flogger Notation extends the Knot Notation into a language we can use to uniquely describe a flogger design and to act as a written shorthand to allow someone else to recreate that design
- Bold indicates the starting point
- Italics indicates the handle
- Arrows ( < > ) to indicate which knot is tied before the other
- F#[ ] indicates the beginning of the Falls and how many
- (#) indicates that a knot is repeated
So here is the notation describing Kara’s Rebuke: 6s – 2FRK6 < HHH < MWK6 > F6[ (3)BK2 ]
It translates to:
- (Prepare 6 strands)
- Tie a 6-Stranded Matthew Walker Knot
- From the looser side of the MWK, add a Half-Hitch Handle
- Then cap with Double 6-Stranded Footrope Knot
- Then, from the tighter side of the MWK, where you have 6 falls…
- …tie three 2-Wrap Blood Knots in each fall
Here are the latest rope consumption tables.
I have also created a spreadsheet to automate calculations. You can download it here:
Flogger Forge – Rope Consumption Calculator – TheDuchy.zip
(SHA256 = 1f897dadb6a400240371bcee55922badf997fd8caae31021181e06067918f0d6)
Knot (Variant) | Abbrv. | Rope Consumed (inches per strand) | Rope Consumed (cm per strand) | Linear Distance / Height (inches) | Linear Distance / Height (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blood Knot (2-Twist) | BK2 | 4 | 10 | 0.75 | 2 |
Blood Knot (3-Twist) | BK3 | 5 | 12.5 | 1 | 2.5 |
Blood Knot (4-Twist) | BK4 | 6 | 15 | 1.25 | 3.5 |
Blood Knot (5-Twist) | BK5 | 8 | 20 | 1.5 | 4 |
Blood Knot (6-Twist) | BK6 | 10 | 25 | 1.75 | 4.5 |
Braid (3-Strand) | B3 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 1 | 2.5 |
Cored Granny Knot (1 Strand Core) | CGK1 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 0.8 | 2 |
Cored Granny Knot (2 Strand Core) | CGK | 3.75 | 9.5 | 0.7 | 2 |
Cored Square Knot (1 Strand Core) | CSK1 | 3.25 | 8.5 | 0.75 | 2 |
Cored Square Knot (2 Strand Core) | CSK | 3.25 | 8.5 | 0.75 | 2 |
Diamond Knot (1-Strand) | DK1 | 7 | 17.5 | 0.75 | 2 |
Diamond Knot (2-Strand) | DK2 | 4.5 | 11.5 | 0.75 | 2 |
Diamond Knot (4-Strand) | DK4 | 3 | 7.5 | 0.75 | 2 |
Diamond Knot (6-Strand) | DK6 | 3 | 7.5 | 0.75 | 2 |
Double Diamond Knot (4-Strand) | 2DK4 | 6.5 | 16.5 | 1.25 | 3.5 |
Double Diamond Knot (6-Strand) | 2DK6 | 10 | 25 | 1.75 | 4.5 |
Footrope Knot (4-Strand) | FRK4 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
Footrope Knot (6-Strand) | FRK6 | 3 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
Double Footrope Knot (4-Strand) | 2FRK4 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 2 |
Double Footrope Knot (6-Strand) | 2FRK6 | 7.5 | 19 | 1.25 | 3.5 |
Triple Footrope Knot (4-Strand) | 3FRK4 | 7.5 | 19 | 1 | 2.5 |
Triple Footrope Knot (6-Strand) | 3FRK6 | 11 | 27.5 | 1.4 | 3.5 |
Manrope Knot (4-Strand) | MRK4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2.5 |
Double Manrope Knot (4-Strand) | 2MRK4 | 7.5 | 19 | 1.25 | 3.5 |
Triple Manrope Knot (4-Strand) | 3MRK4 | 10.5 | 26.5 | 1.5 | 4 |
Manrope Knot (6-Strand) | MRK6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2.5 |
Double Manrope Knot (6-Strand) | 2MRK6 | 8 | 20 | 1.25 | 3.5 |
Triple Manrope Knot (6-Strand) | 3MRK6 | 11.75 | 29.5 | 1.5 | 4 |
Half-hitch Spiral | HHS | 7.5 | 19 | 1 | 2.5 |
Matthew Walker Knot (3-Strand) | MWK3 | 3 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
Matthew Walker Knot (4-Strand) | MWK4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2.5 |
Matthew Walker Knot (5-Strand) | MWK5 | 5 | 12.5 | 1 | 2.5 |
Matthew Walker Knot (6-Strand) | MWK6 | 6.25 | 16 | 1 | 2.5 |
Matthew Walker Knot (7-Strand) | MWK7 | 6.75 | 17 | 1.5 | 4 |
Matthew Walker Knot (8-Strand) | MWK8 | 7 | 17.5 | 1.5 | 4 |
Matthew Walker Knot (9-Strand) | MWK9 | 7.5 | 19 | 1.5 | 4 |
For the handle techniques, see below and each dedicated tutorial page
If wrapping around a 7 strand bundle (1 in the middle, surrounded by 6) of ¼” (~6mm) rope. If your handle has a different number of strands inside it, or is made with a thicker or thinner cord, you will need different amounts.
| Rope Diameter | Amount of rope needed per linear inch (or cm) covered | Approx. Number of wraps per linear inch (it flattens out a little) |
Approx. amount needed to cover 7" (17.5cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4” | 14”/inch (~14cm/cm) | 4 | 98” (~2.5m) |
| 1/8” | 19”/inch (~19cm/cm) | 7-8 | 133” (~3.4m) |
| 1/16” | 37”/inch (~37cm/cm) | 14-15 | 259” (~6.6m) |
Crown Sinnet and Alternative Crown Sinnet
If using ¼” (~6mm) rope:
| Number of Strands | Amount of rope needed / linear inch (or cm) covered | Approx. amount needed to cover 7" (17.5cm) | Approx. width of handle |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 (CS4 or CSa4) | 4”/inch (~4cm/cm) | 28” (~70cm) | 1" (2.5cm) |
| 6 (CS6 or CSa6) | 4”/inch (~4cm/cm) | 28” (~70cm) | 1.25” (~3cm) |
Flogger Plans and Tutorials
Components
Here you will find a collection of knots and techniques that you can choose from for each part! With the options below, you can design thousands of unique floggers.
A flogger is built from handles, transition knots, and falls. End cap knots are just a special type of transition knot. And falls can be enhanced with weighted ends and special textures. There are duplicates in the lists below, as some knots can be useful for a variety of purposes. You can see these knots in action in the flogger plans and tutorials above!
Tried the Lyla’s Heavy Lashes design out of paracord. Looks really nice and has a real sting to it!
Hello Lazarus,
I have a question if you don’t mind. I am planning to buy synthetic rope but I don’t have a lot of options where I live. I was going to buy nylon initially but most I find are really hard and unappealing (maybe they are blended). I know polyproplene is not a good idea but how about polyamide, is it a good material for a flogger or rope bondage in general?
Thanks in advance
Hi Mustafa, If you are finding nylon to be hard, it is likely a blend. The nylon I find is typically quite silky and soft to the touch. I can’t speak to polamide, but I do like MFP (multi-fiber poly-pro), it also tends to be soft, but has great tooth and strength. The key is that you want something that is relatively soft, but still synthetic so that it can be laundered.
omg I left for a couple months and I come back to FLOGGER FORGE?! This is so exciting. I love the notation you came up with. So much time and energy in this, thank you <3
I am so glad you like it Sera! I will be adding more patterns, plans and tutorials in this space as we go! If you come up with something cool based on this, send me a pic and the notation for the pattern. I will post the coolest stuff up on the examples page!