Bob of RopeMarks.com:
Some days ago I received a package from Marrow (BindMe.nl). It
contained two sets of new jute rope and I had the pleasure of testing
them, see how I liked it.
On first look there was a slight difference in the color, one a tone
lighter than the other. On second look one set was prepared to the
level it felt as completely broken in, very soft yet
with a very good... perfect tightness in the twist. Tight, but not to
tight and loose, but not too loose. The second set was similar to the
first but felt a little rougher to the touch.
Since my crash test dummy (Dutch-Dame) wasn't available for immediate
testing I started fiddling with the rope, running it through my hands,
making knots, bights, wraps and wrapping objects. It all felt good
and making bight(s) didn't "open the twist". So far the rope made a
very good first impression, now to put it to a real test, bondage on
my girl.
Until now I have been using Japanese jute for most of my bondage's.
Admittedly, Japanese jute is not the best quality rope but the
handling is very good.
So, enter my girl, stripped naked, not telling her what rope I used
first (the softer or the less soft) I started tying her up in two
different upper body bondage's with each set (one Japanese style and one Western
style), I made sure to really make the rope slide across her body,
applied some force to see how the rope handled, how my girly responded
to it. With the Japanese style upper body bondage I continued into full
suspension.
A few very good things came forward from this test. I always use
doubled rope and the bight of the ropes stayed in one piece, it hardly
opened the twist at all (very impressed!). The rope was soft to the
touch for my girly, but also for me. Even the "rougher" rope was soft,
although my girly did notice when I used the less soft rope (no
complaints thought, just a "hey, that feels nice 'there'":-)). Another
thing that I noticed, and got confirmed by my girl, when tying, the
rope didn't stretch one bit! When applying my bondage there was no
slack/stretch because of, i.e., loose(r) twists, my bondage was my
bondage. The comment I got back for the finished bondage "I can't move
a muscle, usually I can make some room". This no stretch property was
also very noticeable when applying the suspension ropes, the ropes felt
like working with a precision tool every wrap and intersection was
precisely and exactly how I intended.
I've examined, touched and used rope from a lot of suppliers but what
Marrow has been able to create now is imvho the closest in handling to
the Japanese jute I have seen so far. But Marrow has been able to go
beyond handling and create a better... superior quality to the
Japanese jute. As far as I'm concerned I'm ready to move to Marrow's
jute and leave the Japanese jute behind me.
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