Hog Tie Competitions

I was first introduced to Western Hog Ties at a hog tie comp at Leather Pride Week Fair Day (if  memory serves) in Sydney many years ago. One of the competitors (Mark of DV8 House) and I discussed some sensible rules for such competitions.

• Both use the same length of rope
• Use all of the rope
• Must be secure
• Hands & ankles must be tied.
• Must be able to pick up the rope bottom by the rope

The critical ones I had overlooked and highlighed by Mark were the same length of rope and using all of the rope. Although the size of the rope bottom would also be a consideration for this as well.

The main caution is that the wrist is a weak joint and that direct binding from ankles to wrist can lead to injury. 

The alternative to direct binding of wrists to ankles is to start with a basic chest harness and bind the hands and feet with 2 column ties to the chest harness. This distributes the load across the chest and shoulders which allows for a longer scene with lower stress on the bottom.

Basic Hair Tie

This tie is based upon Twisted Monk's Basic Hair Tie Video.  My variation has more wraps as I find single wraps tend to slip in a subs hair. Optionally you can skip the last step if you want to leave the initial knot unlocked with the tail through the rope loop. 

As in Monk's video I am using 4mm rope (jute in my case as is my perference )but as he didnt mention rope length. I have used one about 3m long. Long enough to tie the hair and tie off to somewhere else like ankles or a chest harness. 4mm is used because its more flexible and not as heavy. You can go smaller say to 2mm spectra or 6mm to incorporate into another tie if the subs hair is not too fine.

Make a bight (loop) in the middle of the rope

and grab the hair in a ponytail

 Wrap the bight end of rope around the hair two times

 Tie a simple overhand knot

Make a loop from the hair

Wrap the tail (loose) end around the hair loop two times

 Poke the tail through the hair loop

 Secure though rope loop