Two Knotty Boys Showing You the Ropes
The 2006 Green Candy Press photo guide to rope bondage by the teaching duo Two Knotty Boys, built around more than 750 step-by-step photographs.
Two Knotty Boys Showing You the Ropes, subtitled “A Step-by-Step, Illustrated Guide for Tying Sensual and Decorative Rope Bondage”, is a paperback published by Green Candy Press in 2006. It is credited to Two Knotty Boys, the name under which two rope teachers known as Dan and J. D. taught together. The publisher’s synopsis credits the photographs to Larry Utley; for the 2009 sequel, Microcosm Publishing’s catalog names Ken Marcus as photographer.
According to the publisher’s synopsis reproduced by AbeBooks, the pair began teaching rope bondage together in 1999 and found that most students learned best when each step was shown to them up close and more than once. The book tries to recreate that experience with more than 750 photographs and captions, arranged so that a reader can take in a whole technique at a glance or keep the book lying open while practicing. The synopsis addresses both curious newcomers and experienced BDSM practitioners and stresses ties that are safe as well as attractive.
A sequel, Two Knotty Boys Back on the Ropes, followed in 2009. This entry describes the book as a publication and does not reproduce its instructions.