Solomon Bar CBT (Van Darkholme style)

Step
image © 2004 Lynn Grant

RopeFashions has had a tutorial on using a Solomon bar tie to make wrist and ankle cuffs for quite a while. The other day I was looking at Van Darkholme's site at pictures from Folsom Street 2004, and he had used a Solomon bar to tie up a guy's cock and fasten it to the bars of a cage. I never thought of using a Solomon bar for that and was really impressed, so I thought we should have a tutorial on it.

By the way, Van Darkholme, after years of doing beautiful male ropework, has hit the big time and joined Kink.com. Check out his new Bound Gods site.

(It's not just rope bondage, there's male sex and domination, so if that's not your thing, be forewarned.)

Step 1

Step 1
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Start by making the cock hard, however you choose to do so. Then take a few feet of parachute cord or thin sash cord. Cotton is best; the braided nylon tends to be kind of stiff sometimes. It doesn't bend well and it feels harsh. Tie a large overhand knot in the middle of the length of cord.

Step 2

Step 2
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Put the knot over the cock and balls, and pull it snug. This anchors the Solomon bar, and also helps keep the cock hard.

Step 3

Step 3
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Take the end of the cord going to the right, and bend it so it is going to the left, and forming a loop.

Step 4

Step 4
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Take the end of the cord going to the left, and put it over the cord from Step 3.

Step 5

Step 5
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Now bring it under the cock and to the right.

Step 6

Step 6
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Bring it through the loop you made in Step 3 from the bottom and out the top.

Step 7

Step 7
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Pull it snug.

Step 8

Step 8
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Now we repeat the procedure on the other side. Take the cord now going to the left, and bend it so it is going to the right, and forming a loop.

Step 9

Step 9
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Take the cord going to the right, and bring it over the cord from Step 8.

Step 10

Step 10
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Bring it under the cock and to the left.

Step 11

Step 11
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Bring it through the loop you made in Step 8 from the bottom and out the top.

Step 12

Pull it snug.

Step 13

Now repeat this sequence as you move up the cock. You don't really have to think about right and left. Just keep one cord zig-zagging on the top, and one cord zig-zagging on the bottom. In this this set of images, I used different color cords for the top and bottom to illustrate this.

Step 14

Keep going till you get to just under the head of the cock. Here's what the result looks like from the top.

Step 15

And here's what it looks like from the bottom. There are several things you can do with the ends of the cords. If you bring them around the waist and tie them in back, it keeps the cock upright and displayed. Or you can tie them to nipple clamps. Or you can tie them to a stationary object to keep your partner from moving around too much. For some predicament bondage, put the CBT Ball Separator (another tutorial) on the balls. Tie the cords from the ball separator to the foot of the bed, and the cords from the Solomon bar CBT to the head of the bed. When he moves to reduce the pull on one, it will increase the pull on the other.

(If you want to see how this looks on a real cock, check out Van Darkholme's original site www.VanDarkholme.com. The images are in the member's area, so you will have to join to see them, but it's for a good cause: 100% of the profits from that site go to Kiva, a micro-lending organization. The images are in the "Travel Photos" section, under "Folsom 2004". They are images 40 through 43.)

Have fun!

TyingItAllTogether has a video on YouTube that demonstrates how to tie a decorative, non-kinky, Solomon bar. You might take a look at it to see the how the basic knots are tied. The video is here.