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A Love Story in Ropes
SPNKD’s rope teacher ‘Dimebag’ on his journey; how he got stuck and later untangled, and how ropes have tied him and his wife closer together
He’s practiced Shibari for over seven years, but still feels like he’s only scratching the surface: “There’s so much more to discover,” says SPNKD’s rope teacher Dimebag, who ties almost exclusively with his wife. In a scene, where most practitioners tie with multiple partners and seem to value novelty, he’s truly a dime in a dozen with his focused approach—always in search of greater depth.
Let’s start from scratch; what attracted you to ropes and how did you get into it?
It started after my wife and I decided we wanted to discover BDSM. We first visited an erotic fair for inspiration, but a lot of what we saw there was the typical clichés and it didn’t speak to us. Continuing onto Fetlife we discovered, funnily, that we live just 500 meters from a pretty famous BDSM club. When we went there to take a look, the thing that caught our attention was an older Japanese guy who was tying up two models.
Intrigued, I approached the guy who told me to take workshops. Since there wasn’t much like that going on in Belgium, it took six months to find something, but…
