This took fall longer then it should have but my God was the result instantly worth it.
So it turn out making a copy of your foot is difficult. Stupid difficult.
I spent a few months on and off trying to do it with photogrammetry(3d modeling/scanning using images) but it never produced good results that would work. Turns out your foot is difficult to scan because of its position you can't take good images of it by yourself, posing your foot in a place with good lighting and no background issues is even harder.
What if your foot was not attached to your body? It sounds a little insane but if you make a mold of your foot and then create a foot with that mold you could have a much easier to pose and scan foot.
Enter the craft store. I don't know what the craft store where you live is called but over here it is a mix of micheals and hobby lobby. In Micheals I found these 20 dollar bags of cosplay thermoplastic from a company called Worbla. It is a white plastic that melts at 60 degrees Celsius or close to, which means that it is possible to dunk it into some hot water to melt and it won't burn your skin.
The way I actually made the mold was by dunking half a kilogram of this plastic into a very large disposable aluminum tray used for baking and then pouring boiling water on top to melt it into a gooey puddle. A lot of trial and error later I figured out the best way to do it.
1. Pose your foot by placing that leg on the other leg and resting your foot off the side. Pose it the way you want your foot to be in in the final shoe, I highly highly recommend curling your toes a bit and making sure that your toes are close together.
1.5. Make sure that you have one big glob of plastic, trial and error and many strips of plastic sitting in a pool of freshly boiled water. Make sure it is still very hot.
2. Get a big glob of plastic while it is at its hottest and spread it around your toes, do not press it in between your toes, you won't be able to pull your toes out if you do.
3. Press the plastic into your toes making sure to capture all the surface details and things such as the bending and the surfaces.
4. Start laying strips all around to cover the rest of your foot. Make sure that the strips at the heel can be broken through as you will have to get out somehow.
5. Once you have laid all your strips use any remaining plastic to plug holes in the mold and strengthen parts that are too thin.
6. Break through around the heel section and pull your foot out. Be careful but if you used enough plastic you shouldn't worry too much.
7. You got your mold.
This took ages but why do I say the results were instantly worth it? Because I tried putting the mold back on. Since the mold is airtight and modeled exactly after my foot that just came out of said mold the fit was perfect. The feeling I felt when my toes managed the bend and slid perfectly into the grooves with a slight farting sound was amazing. Even in its current form that prevents walking on it it still feels perfect, it doesn't slip or have uncomfortable sides and it isn't even supposed to be the shoe! My greatest worry at this stage is that even the positive cast will have warped dimensions, if it does then I won't be able to have the supremely comfortable shoe fit.
I have done another session to see if I could improve the upper arm tie. Unfortunately the coil that last time I used it was quite comfortable now was tangled or in a bad position because I got a burning sensation in my fingers after a few minutes. Everything else was fine. I used the time lock to make a noose to cinch my wrist rope. Because this was just another experiment I set the timer to 10 minutes and started it when I closed the lock (lock releases at 12:52 in the video). I'm still looking for a way to make an upper arm tie that's comfortable, I might have to go back to a more elaborate way of looping rope around my arms and upper body and then making it tight by wrapping a rope between each arm and my body or maybe try tying a steel ring to each of my upper arms and cinching that.
Because I had a bit more time I decided to dress up, normally I go for a comfy swimsuit or leotard when I'm trying something. I padded my upper legs and butt, silicone breast forms, put some shapewear on and dressed in all black. Black pantihose, shiny black leggings, black long sleeve top and a shiny corset.
It was quite a dark day today and because I went all black outfit on white sheets I could do some post processing to make it look better without blowing out the colours. Everybody knows I prefer colour but sometimes black is just the best choice.
I was thinking of getting to the scissors because of the pain in my fingers but since the timer was only for 10 minutes I just tried to find a more comfortable position and wait it out. Struggling to get to the scissors might make it worse and was confident I could sit this one out. With an ice lock I would have went straight for the scissors when I felt the upper arm rope was not sitting good.
Open Thread
There are a number of things about self bondage that some of us are struggling with.
Now I can self bondage very well. Sometimes too well. But when it comes to securing that butt plug, nothing seems to work unless it’s a stainless steel full chastity belt.
No matter how I tried to keep the damm plug in, it seems to push the crouch rope or ropes aside and squirts out.
That’s my main problem.
Now, as for the famous ring device, I use 1 to 1 1/4 inch rings and 3/16 woven nylon rope. Also, after I make the standard ring device, on the noose end, I add an extra turn or loop to the ring device. Once tighten, it locks in and you can’t release it unless you can undo the knot or cut it with a knife.
A also use 1/4 all cotton clothes line for the ring device. It’s cheap and I don’t really care if I cut it or not. The 3/16 rope is another story.
One of my ‘lock-down’ purchases had been a Lycra suit, with built-in gloved fingers and feet (no hood, but nice high neck). I’d quickly tried it on, but hadn’t had any chance to really try it out, this was my first session and I wanted it to be a good long one, along with my new 40cm long butt plug. This was very nearly a very long session, so read on for a series of unfortunate events!
Equipment:
Lycra suit
Lycra hood
40d ‘control top’ tights
Silicon Ball-gag
Knee-high stockings
silicon breast forms & bra
High-heeled lace-up ankle boots
40cm (16”) long butt-plug
Rope & Chains
Ratchet and ice release
Various collars
The session:
As you can see, I’d tipped virtually all my fetish kit out onto the bed and the first thing to do was sort out the bits to use and tidy away the rest.
With that done I quickly prepared what I could on the bed. The intention was for a comfortable, but restrictive tie, something I’ve had great success with in the past. I was so confident about my arrangements that I almost didn’t set up an emergency escape (scissors on the end of a long length of cord) but at the last moment I did – thank goodness I changed my mind!
My outfit would be the new suit with a hood, but first I wanted to add a few extra elements to spice things up. The first thing to do was slide in the 40cm butt plug! (I blame @"ltxrob" this was all his doing) – lubricated up it was, as @ltxrob says, a bugger to get in, but in it went I I was more stuffed than I’ve ever experience and it was a very pleasant feeling!
I had decided to go for a ‘tuck’ but after messing about for ages came to the conclusion that my tape had lost its stickiness and I’d need to try a different approach. I tucked my cock and balls as best I could then pulled on a pair of tight ‘control top’ tights to hold things in place.
I wanted a more feminine form, so added my silicon boobs in a bar, before pulling on the Lycra suit and hood, then lacing up my boots. My boobs added a profile I could use to better create my rope harness (more work needed on that, but it felt nice and worked so that was a good outcome so far as I was concerned.
My gag went in (question: is it only me who likes to gag themselves early in a session?) and I roped my legs together before using a chain to attach my ankles to the foot of the bed – this was the first step in my design to secure me in place with little to no movement.
More chains followed as I did my best to fix myself in the middle of the bed. One chain was fixed to the back of my rope harness and another to the rope around my legs, above my knees. I put a couple of knee-highs over my head, both to make it impossible to spit out or remove the gag and to limit my vision and then a third chain was attached to a collar around my neck, further fixing me in place.
I’d also arranged a crotch rope coming from the top bed post behind me, between my legs and then around the other bed post to my front (see pictures) – with my tucked cock this proved to be surprisingly effective stimulation.
Finally, after a quick check that everything was in place (tricky, given I was already fairly well tied up and restricted in my ability to move) I roped my wrists together using a ‘figure of 8’ method.
I use this as it is comfortable and can be made very snug – possibly a bit too snug at times…
I looped the end of the crotch-rope around my bound wrists, so that I couldn’t move them very far downwards (towards the foot of the bed) and then attached the end of the rope connected to the ratchet in a similar manner (in this case the ratchet would stop me pulling my wrists up the bed).
With deep breaths, I pulled on the cord that would tighten the ratchet rope. Every time I do this the ‘click-click-click’ of the ratchet gives me a strange thrill, as it signals my impending helplessness (until the ice melts).
My set-up was that the one-way rope would pull my wrists down the bed until the crotch rope came tight, fixing my wrists in place. Further pulling on the rope through the ratchet would then result in both ropes tightening up, cinching the ropes already binding my wrists in a kind of two-way lock.
On reflection this was one of the things I did wrong, but for the right reasons at the time. I’d adopted an approach that had been successful before, forming a simple ‘sliding’ loop in the rope from the ratchet that would cinch the rope around my wrists. What I’d not done was a ‘double’ cinch with one sliding loop on the ratchet rope and another on the crotch rope – this meant that the ‘figure of 8’ around my wrists would be double-cinched with strain applied from opposite directions.
I compounded the mistake by tightening the ratchet rope as much as I could, driven by the thrill of my self-bondage and so long without the feeling of being truly helpless.
All of those problems were far from my mind as I squirmed and struggled in my bondage – it felt so good to be totally helpless again, after so many months of lock-down chastity. I’d loaded my ice release with enough ice-cubes to hold me for over an hour, possibly two (even after all these years I find the variability of ice melting to be both frustrating and, at the same time, part of the excitement in my sessions. Will I be freed in 30mins or closer to 2hrs? Only the ice gods know for sure!)
Ahhh, this is another point at which things didn’t quite go to plan. During my struggles I discovered I could move my bound wrists closer to my body (obvious in hindsight, the ropes prevented ‘vertical’ up/down movement, but not away/back ‘horizontal’ activity. Initially this only made me think of how to ‘fix’ it in my next session, but being of an inquisitive nature I wanted to test how much movement I actually had.
Oh! Now this was not in my plans at all! I discovered I could just, and only just, reach my crotch with the very tip of one finger. Initially this was quite fun because all I could to was tickle the base of my tucked cock, resulting in a nicely frustrating feeling. I would tease myself for a short while and then relax back into my bound position with arms out in front of my body.
Recognising what I was doing, I tried to tighten the ratchet again, thinking it would prevent me touching myself. Oh dear, another mistake – well, two mistakes really. After a few more ‘clicks’ the ratchet wouldn’t tighten any further; what I couldn’t see then, but you can spot from the photos, is that the knot of my loop had reached the ratchet and jammed any more rope from going through.
To being with I thought my plan had worked, my wrists were now (very) tightly bound and held by two taut ropes from the top and bottom of the bed. It was decidedly uncomfortable to pull them back towards my crotch and maybe only 1 in 5 attempts resulted in my being able to stimulate my cock with even the faintest caress.
But once you get an itch, it just has to be scratched!
I found myself returning more and more frequently to my crotch, trying to get a bit more stimulation. I started to yank (in so far as I could) on the rope from the ratchet, hoping that I might squeeze the ice-cubes through the metal ring arrangement that kept me tethered. Nothing gave in that sense, but due to a further tightening of the cinch I did find another small degree of movement and could reach my cock with my fingertip again.
This time my lust was overwhelming and the mists of passion descended, taking away my logical thinking and leaving my animal brain driving me onwards in a frenzy of sexual desire – I had to cum and nothing was going to stop me!
I remember pulling and tugging on the ropes to bring my finger into better contact with my crotch and cock. I knew I was in a degree of discomfort, the combined effects of straining my arms and body, plus the over-tight ropes round my wrists, but my entire focus was on rubbing my fingertip as hard as I could on my tucked cock.
It should be pointed out that at no time did I manage an erection, my cock was folded, tucked between my legs, covered in tight nylon, a Lycra layer and then strands of rope - it was never going to spring to attention!
Ultimately, it was the crotch-rope that provided the final trigger to my orgasm. I discovered that I had just enough movement to use it to rub against, even as I twisted and contorted my wrists and fingers to touch myself – it was that combination took me over the edge and I came, long and hard, soaking my crotch as cum flowed into the nylon and Lycra (I’d not worn a condom, as my plan was not to be able to orgasm!)
For few, post ejaculation, minutes I just lay still on the bed. Head spinning from the efforts I’d just put into my orgasm and body still full of the endorphins that gave me. Maybe 5 minutes past before a sense of my predicament came to me. My crotch was wet from my uncontained cum, growing cooler with each passing moment and beginning to feel a little ‘unpleasant’. Of a growing and more urgent concern was the ache in my wrists. In the throes of my passion, I’d strained and pulled in all directions, which had taken its toll on my limbs.
Worse though was increasing discomfort caused by the tightness of the ropes around my wrists. I’d pulled so hard on the cinches that everything felt locked tight and unmoving. Try as I might I couldn’t ease the cords looser. Over the next 10-20minutes that discomfort went from mildly irritating to borderline painful and I realised I might be in a spot of bother.
Now all my thoughts where on escaping my bondage – attempts to ‘force’ the ice-release to give failed miserably, as did another futile attempt to loosen the ropes around my wrists.
Finally, my fingers (already starting to ‘tingle’ which was not a good sign) found the knot that was part of the loop cinch from the ratchet. After much fumbling I finally undid it and….
…was still as stuck as before!
Fuck!
The loop forming the cinch was so tight that it had locked against itself and refused to come free. At least now I could move my arms up and closer to my head, so that I could see (however dimly) what was going on.
Suddenly I remembered the scissors and frantically sought the cord they were attached to, hauling them up to my hands. I resisted the temptation to simply try and cut away the rope, realising it was so tight against my skin that I would be risking injury if I slipped even a little bit. Instead I used the point of the scissors to slowly (oh, so slowly) work open the cinch loop (I’d have paid good money for a small marlin spike right then!)
After much fumbling and not a few moments of feeling I’d never escape, the rope suddenly eased loose and I could sense my freedom actually becoming a reality.
With more struggling and twisting my wrists were free!
Strangely, or maybe perversely, I didn’t immediately untie myself – I just lay there, breathing and savouring my escape. Possibly I was subconsciously thanking my inner self for setting up the scissor escape or maybe a bit of me was disappointed to free from the ropes?
Eventually I did unclip and untie myself – though I didn’t rush to complete my escape, despite the now cool dampness spreading out from my crotch!
As I looked back at the bed before heading to the bathroom to undress and clean myself up it occurred to me that there really wasn’t that much to show for my adventure and near stuck experience. I also checked my ice release and it was still holding strong, though visibly maybe only 15-30 minutes from being small enough to pull through the ring and release me.
What went well?
I was lucky, very lucky, by including an escape method for this session – above and beyond everything else, this was the bit that went well! Look, read and learn folks!
I could argue that the bondage was amazing (well, it was) even though it very nearly got me into a lot of trouble! I really loved the way it felt to be ‘fixed’ on the bed, less able to move around and struggle like I normally do.
The Lycra suit was incredible to wear and will feature more in my sessions (when I get the chance). I find that without an attached hood everything is a bit easier to manage (I can see more easily for a start!) and I can simply add a hood/gag/blindfold/whatever as and when its best to do so.
Orgasm when tucked was an experience! Not at all what I’d planned (or even considered possible) but very intense and very erotic, at least to me. I confess to even getting a little thrill from ejaculating into my clothing – actually the thrill was more from the feeling of cum seeping towards my ass… err! I’m going to think about that a bit more and consider if I can build on that experience.
Crotch rope on a man! Ok, so this was a real bonus and totally unexpected. I’ve long known (and enjoyed) a crotch rope for holding/pushing in a butt plug, but when combined with my botched attempt at a tuck the result was pretty impressive.
The long butt plug! Oh. My. Goodness! I wasn’t prepared for how that felt going in, being inside me for a long time or, indeed, how it felt coming out! If anyone had told me I could get 40cm (or close enough) of silicon up my ass I’d have laughed at them, but now I know I can and… wow! Again, thank you to @"ltxrob" for giving me the confidence to try it. Would I try the even longer versions? Maybe not, but then again…
What could be improved?
I need to refine and improve my wrist bondage and use of cinches (or not). The figure of 8 method has always worked for me, but now I’ve aware of its potential failings and risks, which need to be addressed. In the same manner, my cinching method has proved to be less reliable than I’d previously imagined. I’ve never had the rope loop lock like that before, but I must learn from it and improve – I’ve ideas already, though need the time to test them out.
Tucking like a pro! What an embarrassing failure my attempted tuck was, even if the final outcome was actually rather fun! I need to sort out some better tape and practise more (trying to do it with dodgy tape, lube all over my hands/crotch and in a rush was never going to be successful). I’m also pondering purchasing some strong ‘slimming pants’ (or similar) in a size too small, with the idea being that they will both hold everything in place and make ‘stimulation’ that much more difficult.
This final one is a bit embarrassing, but; I got a serious thrill out of making myself cum so close to my ass, and how the seeping of fluid felt around my plugged opening. Thoughts of that have distracted me at work and at night. Now, for some reason, I have a fantasy of somehow linking my own orgasm to squirting fluids up/over my ass – yes, I know, but that’s what it is! I’ve used enemas before and they’re fun, but I’m thinking of something different this time. I think the feeling I’m trying to create is less about a litre or two of fluid flowing inside me and more about a sticky warm ‘spatter’ sensation…. Hmmm, even I’m a bit confused about it all. Needs some more thinking.
Oh, and finally, I have a video and will post it, but…. I’m battling the new verification systems on the sites I’d like to use (apparently my ID photo as issued by HM Gov is crap quality and defeating the scanning systems), so please be patient as I resolve this.
Hope you enjoyed by adventures and please, please, be careful when you play!
I’ve been interested in buying or subscribing to some physical latex magazines. The Latex Magazine and LTX Magazine are fairly current but don’t seem to have any recent publications. Marquis Magazine has an October 2021 issue but are there any other magazines I’m missing? Please list them below!
Very new to PVC but fairly comfortable with latex and I’m interested in trying some PVC. How does PVC feel compared to latex? Is it smooth and easy to wear like chlorinated latex or is it kind of grippy like non-chlorinated latex? For example, if I buy a loose-fitting catsuit or pants, would it feel like a pair of loose street clothes or will it tend to stick to my legs and body as non-chlorinated latex does?
Funny thing, I'd written this months ago, but never got around top actually posting it!
Of my first ‘home-alone’ sessions in 2021 this was the only one that included self-bondage, the others being more ‘dressing up and having a bit of fun, rather than serious play. However the session did give me the chance to try out some new purchases and experience something very exciting – so read on…..
Equipment:
Pantyhose suit with penis sheath
Lycra swimsuit body
Chastity cage (CB-6000 type)
Silicon Ball-gag
6 pairs ‘maternity tights’ (XL)
1 Pair ‘super elastic’ 120d tights (3XL)
Knee-high stocking
silicon breast forms
20cm (8”) long butt-plug
- just a few of my favourite things 😁
The session:
I’d already spent some fun time dressing up in various new/old bits of my kinky gear, but was now in the mood for something a bit more serious. I wasn’t risking a proper self-bondage session for the reasons mentioned in my ‘Home alone’ post, so whatever I did wouldn’t be inescapable (unless I was really rusty in my technique!), but I did want to feel helpless in some way.
– Pantyhose suited, gagged, plugged and caged
The new, longer, butt plug had been inside me for over an hour and still felt very comfortable, so it stayed put, as did the chastity cage (I was getting a strange thrill from being unable to properly play with my cock – I need to think more about this…). . Silicon boobs went under my suit and then my new swimsuit body over the top. This is proving to be a fantastic find, as it’s just a little too small and so fits very tightly around my crotch and stomach areas (maybe a cup size too large for my boobs, but that’s not a real problem). This tightness means any plug is held securely inside me and my caged cock was pleasantly squeezed against my body. I also added a bright red silicon ball gag (over my bodysuit hood), along with a knee-high stocking over my head ton hold everything in place – oddly this doesn’t show very clearly in the photos, probably due to the layer of nylon over it and the poor lighting (yes, I know…I can almost hear @Anne telling me off for that!)
Time to get busy. I proceeded to put both of my legs inside a single leg of my maternity tights (had these for years and they’re almost my oldest kinky items now), sometime I double the legs up (one inside the other) but today I didn’t and this allowed me to pull the waist right up and over my chest… ohhh that felt so nice! I repeated this action with 4 pairs in total, each one squeezing my legs and thighs tighter together and making it almost impossible to move them apart.
I experimented a little with getting an arm into the spare legs of the tights encasing my legs, but it didn’t quite feel right, so I used two of the spare legs to ‘over gag’ myself. I find I have a thing for adding to any gag I’m already wearing. This time winding the legs around and around pushed the silicon ball further into my mouth and made everything feel nicely ‘full’ and secure.
I’d prepared the next two pairs of tights so that one was inside the other (top tip: if you are planning on doing encasement like this, you’ll soon discover your fingers cannot easily manage fiddly tasks. By preparing things ahead of a session you can avoid this and speed things along – the fiddly things become much more fun when you’re trying to escape/undo/get out off at the end of your session!). Firstly, I pulled the double tights over my head (vision really getting restricted now) and over my shoulders, as far down as I could manage, making sure the empty leg(s) were at my back. Now the tricky bit; I wriggled my arms behind me and felt for the leg opening with one hand. Once I’d found it, I squeezed my other hand into the leg too. With both hands inside I wriggled my arms into the leg, trying to get my hands as far down the leg as possible. If you try this (or have tired it) there is a wonderful point at which you feel the nylon suddenly slide up past your elbows as both arms slip into the single leg – voila you’re now in a single-arm pantyhose glove!
enjoying the moment
After the effort of getting myself into my self-bondage, with arms and legs all sealed inside their respective single sleeves of nylon, I rolled around on the bed, enjoying my helplessness. It feels so comfortable and yet is still very restrictive. Sliding my ‘single arm’ under the waistband of the tights covering my legs added a little something to the scene and I found that I couldn’t quite reach my caged cock, which was deliciously frustrating. I could, however, reach the plug in my ass and this provided a very welcome ‘diversion’ to the session.
0 and now, the new tights!
I’d had a clear plan in mind when I’d purchased my new ‘super elastic’ tights, and now it was time to test that plan out. Firstly, I extracted myself from the ‘single arm’ (though I kept the tights over my head/shoulders). I then slid my ‘bound’ legs inside one leg of the new tights, making sure the spare leg was kept to the front of my body. As before I pulled the leg as high up my body as I could, trusting the 120d material to not ladder or tear. So far, so good – actually better than good as the single leg of the tights felt really smooth and stretchy, yet strongly elastic at the same time.
Now for the new bit; I pulled the spare leg over my head, leaning forwards to make the process as easy as I could, before stretching the leg further so that I could pull it down over my shoulders. Can you see where this is going?
I was pleased to find the material really was as ‘elastic’ as promised and that it easily went over my (modestly) broad shoulders. In fact, the material was a little bit too elastic and slippery, as is slid right back off my shoulders as I tried to straighten myself up! I was more careful the next time and experienced an incredibly sexy feeling as the tights slid further down over my upper body and suddenly, I was cocooned in nylon!
– cocoon and single arm glove
After more writhing around and enjoying my new bondage position I wondered if I could combine it with my single arm glove arrangement. More struggling and wriggling, plus a significant amount of concentration was required, but soon I was doubly trapped in my nylon bondage! Wow, this felt really good and exceeded my expectations. I rolled around trying to find stimulation and just revelling in my predicament. I many respects I wish I’d stayed bound like that for longer, but as I always find, when I can escape, I do escape!
What went well?
Just being self-bound again was incredible and I hadn’t realised just how much I missed the feelings of encasement and bondage (and being plugged and gagged). But the biggest thrill was finding that my purchase and plans for the new tights had worked, and even better than I’d expected.
Chastity – I’m so late to this element of kink, but now get a proper thrill out of how it makes me feel. Perhaps it’s a ‘thing’ that develops over time, but being ‘denied’ even a full erection and then being unable to play with my cock properly is strangely compelling.
What could be improved?
I know I’ve posted this before, but it’s still true - the single-arm is easy to get into, but also too easy to get out of. Combining it with my new cocoon encasement (as I think of it) was an improvement, but I’m frustrated that I can’t come up with something a bit more ‘secure’ and, more importantly, a solution that will enforce my bondage for a period of time (until ice melts/keys are released/whatever). I get the germ of an idea, but then find a flaw in my plan or it gets too complex (which is generally not a good– complexity = increasing risk of either not working at all or, worse, not releasing!)
I’m very keen to try a second pair of my new tights, on top of the first pair, put on in the same way, but reversed - i.e., I’d have the spare leg at my back and get my head into it from that position, so the waist opening would be across my stomach. If this worked, I’d be completely sealed inside my cocoon. A slight nervousness exists in that escape could be much harder (which would be fun) or impossible without ripping the tights (not fun!). I will have to find out, one way or the other….
I find this form of bondage to be very comfortable and almost relaxing (well, apart from me constantly trying feel my cock or ram the plug deeper inside me!), which leads me on to wonder if it might be a candidate for trying to sleep in? Every time I’ve attempted to sleep in bondage (even very simple and light in nature) I’ve failed, achieving only slight drowsiness at best. Having my head covered by nylon might make it impossible (I’d not wear a gag – too risky in my opinion, and the chastity might need to go too, if the dire warnings of ‘morning glory’ in a cage are to be heeded) but I feel it might be worth a try.
I had a long period of no bondage so when I started again I thought repeating some old scenarios would be the better option, instead of trying new stuff. Good thing I did because I kinda messed up the mummification, definitely did a better job in the past, and now I made a mistake I made before by not using a lock for the rope ratchet but just the default carabiner.
In this video I wanted to hogtie myself with a piece of tube between my wrists and ankles. A ratchet is used to pull everything together, it also pulls the knot that secures my wrists into the tube, so I can't undo it. The tube is long enough, so I can't reach the rope around my ankles. I did this in the past with a piece of PVC tube, which is much stronger than the cardboard one here. Luckily for me I made the mistake of picking the cardboard one or I would have been stuck.
