Kinbaku Rope, Gear & Accessories

I’m Bob Roos, rigger, teacher, performer, and the person behind RopeMarks. I’ve been working with rope since 1999, and over the years I’ve become very particular about the materials and tools I use.

This shop is a collection of products I personally use, trust, or have selected because they serve a clear purpose in my own Kinbaku practice. Good rope and well-chosen gear should support the experience, not get in the way of it.

You’ll find Japanese jute rope, rope care, accessories and a small selection of specialist gear here. The range is intentionally limited. I’d rather offer a few things I know well than fill the shop with products simply because I can.

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Asanawa (麻縄)| 5mm Red, Jute, Rope | Ogawa

Rated 5.00 out of 5
Price range: €20.95 through €249.95

This 5mm jute rope is the standard for Japanese rope bondage (shibari, kinbaku) and is the rope I use. This rope is also used by the Japanese rope-gods such as Naka Akira and Yukimura Haruki. This rope is direct from Japan and suitable for beginners and advanced students alike. Of course suitable not just for Japanese bondage, but for all other bondage’s as well. Ready for immediate use.
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Asanawa (麻縄) | 6mm, Jute, Rope | Ogawa

Price range: €2.50 through €234.95

This 6mm jute rope is the standard for Japanese rope bondage (shibari, kinbaku) and is the rope I use. This rope is also used by the Japanese rope-gods such as Naka Akira and Yukimura Haruki. This rope is direct from Japan and suitable for beginners and advanced students alike. Of course suitable not just for Japanese bondage, but for all other bondage’s as well. Ready for immediate use.
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Carabiner

Price range: €13.95 through €14.95
A oval aluminum straight gate carabiner with a circular section. It has a keylock system to prevent any snagging. This makes it recommended for use with mobile devices (pulleys, blockers, fall, ...) and therefore very suitable for shibari / kinbaku suspensions. This carabiner is a high quality product, tested piece by piece.

Certification: CE EN 12275 UIAA

Material: Aluminium alloy

Keylock: Keylock nose, anodized

Color: Polished, Black

Main axis load: 22 kN

Minor axis load: 7 kN

Open gate load: 7 kN

Weight: 60 g

Shape: Oval

Length: 105 mm

Width: 54 mm

Body diameter: 11 mm
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Tenugui

€15.95

Tenugui (手拭い) , litterally “hand (te 手 (て)) wipe (nugu う拭う (ぬぐ))” A tenugui is a thin Japanese hand towel made from cotton. Typically, tenugui are about 35 by 90 centimeters (14 by 35 in) in size, plain woven, and almost always dyed with some pattern. Usually the long sides are finished with a selvage, and the short sides are just cut and so soon show some fraying. Same as the tenugui's offered here, the short side is unprocessed, some threads may fray. The pattern offered here is the mame shibori. Mame ("beans" / "pea") shibori is a classical Edo design, a bean/pea-dot pattern. Westerners would call this a polka-dot pattern. The other patterns are flower and bunny. We import our tenugui straight from Japan. Within the context of kinbaku a tenugui is typically used as gag or blindfold.

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Asanawa (麻縄) | Red, JBO Free, Jute, Rope | Nawaya

Price range: €20.95 through €249.95

This is a beautiful 6mm jute rope. This rope is direct from Japan and suitable for beginners and advanced students alike. Of course suitable not just for Japanese bondage, but for all other bondage’s as well. Ready for immediate use.
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Rope | Samples

€4.95

These are 1.5m samples of our ropes.

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Rope Care

€19.95

We are thrilled to introduce Rope Care, our conditioning wax for jute rope used in kinbaku and shibari. Made with beeswax and cold-pressed jojoba oil, Rope Care is designed to soften and protect your rope, reduce shedding and help extend its lifespan. It also creates a light protective barrier against moisture and wear, helping keep your rope smooth, supple and ready for your next Kinbaku session. Apply a small amount by hand as part of regular rope maintenance. A microfiber cloth for applying our Rope Care completes your rope maintenance set.

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Mug with Color Inside | Nawa Ato

€14.95

Add a splash of color to your morning coffee or tea ritual! These ceramic mugs not only have a beautiful design on them, but also a colorful rim, handle, and inside, so the mug is bound to spice up your mug rack. They can be perfect conversation starters, to show off some cool Kanji or simply to support yours truly :"). You can even use them for your vanilla friends! The characters "绳之痕" read "nawaato". Nawaato translates to the actual marks that can be left on the skin by rope; rope marks. By using the abridging character "之", often used in ancient tradition and poetry, the entire word becomes a more poetic version of itself, i.e. "the marks of the rope". All together these three characters represent the Japanese writing for the name I use; "RopeMarks"

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Mug with Color Inside | RopeMarks

€14.95

Add a splash of color to your morning coffee or tea ritual! These ceramic mugs not only have a beautiful design on them, but also a colorful rim, handle, and inside, so the mug is bound to spice up your mug rack. They can be perfect conversation starters, to show off some cool Kanji or simply to support yours truly :"). You can even use them for your vanilla friends!

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Mug with Color Inside | Amsterdam

€14.95

Add a splash of color to your morning coffee or tea ritual! These ceramic mugs not only have a beautiful design on them, but also a colorful rim, handle, and inside, so the mug is bound to spice up your mug rack. They can be perfect conversation starters, to show off some cool Kanji or simply to support yours truly :"). You can even use them for your vanilla friends!

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Unisex Short Sleeve V-Neck T-Shirt

Price range: €34.95 through €39.95

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Unisex Organic T-Shirt

Price range: €34.95 through €39.95

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