Rope - The most versatile, most easily obtainable and cheapest toy and can be used by anyone once a few simple knots are mastered.

Solid Braid - Rope that is made with a solid braid (tons of strains woven together), This is general best for rope bondage. This tend to not unravel as easy as twisted rope.

Flat Braid - It lays flat across the skin so the knots don't dig in to the body.

Twisted - Traditional twisted in one direction. This tend to unravel unless specially treated.

Parachute Cord - generally solid braid rope that is 1/8 inch in thickness. Greate for male gential bondage.

Clothesline - Commonly cotton rope, but with a core of synthetic fiber or harder plastic filiaments. Read labels carefully. See Cored

Sash Cord - Surprising similar to clothesline. Read labels carefully. See Cored

Magicians rope - This is commonly solid braid cotton rope except that it is treated to be especially soft.

Cored - Mean the rope has a hard core inside it. These tend to be very bad for erotic bondage because it hard to tie knots and but more pressure on the skin surface. Some ropes can be de-corded and become hollow cores and came be used for bondage.

Hollow - means the rope has no center, so it O shaped, like a garden hose.

MFP - Multi Filament Polypropylene (basically plastic that feels like silk)

Manila / Sisal / Hemp / Jute / Coir - Natural fibers used in traditional Japanese rope bondage. Unfinished they can be ruff, and if finished get a smooth and golden brown surface.

Cotton - Most commonly used natural rope type used for bondage in the US.

Nylon - Most common synthetic rope used for bondage in the US.

Bight - A section of rope between two ends that forms a U shaped bend. In typical rope bondage, a bight is formed by taking up the length of rope by the mid point, and doubling it over, forming a loop, or bight at one end and tails at the other.

Tail - A rope ends or the ends that stick out of a knot.

Standing part - The part of a rope that is not actively in use in making a knot or tying

Slippery knot - a knot that is easily exploded, or released. It is set by pulling a bight through the final turn of the knot, rather than the entire tail, thus a tug of the tails releases the knot.

Rope Thickness

Rope Care (Cotton or MFP)

Washing - Like all things rope will get dirty and need to be cleaned. If you wash in a machine, be sure to use a lingerie bag to prevent the rope from wrapping around the agitator and damaging the washing machine. Throw in some bleach to sterilize if needed.

Drying - I like to hang dry the best, but when in a hurry I will use the dryer on the lowest setting. Since some ropes are synthetic they could potentially melt from heat.