DISPOSABLE CAT O' NINE TAILS

This is a simple way to make an inexpensive disposible cat o'nine flogger.


STEP ONE: You can use just about any rope type material, including hemp rope, cotton bondage rope, authentic manila fiber rope, rope cord, leather cord, nylon cord, or cable as a disposable Cat O' Nine Tails.  Lay out your cord on a table or floor in the pattern seen in this first photo (photo 001).  Make sure you have the pull cord (#1) seen as highlighted red, in the configuration shown.  The excess cord should be kept long and not yet cut, (seen as highlighted green #10).  Make sure you have four loops total plus the beginning "pull" cord #1 at the top.  This will give you nine tails when finished.  The desired length of your tails should be figured out in this step.  Note: if you are using nylon cord, you must burn the ends to keep cord from unraveling after cutting.



STEP TWO: Gather the loops together, making sure the bottom handle loops, (loops at the bottom of photo 002) are evenly aligned.



STEP THREE: Take the excess cord (seen highlighted green) and begin wrapping it tightly around the loops, making sure the first wrap crosses itself, wrapping towards the bottom loops.  This step is the beginning of making the handle.



STEP FOUR: Continue wrapping until you get about two to three inches from the bottom.  Make sure to pinch your last wrap to hold it tightly in place.



STEP FIVE: While pinching the last wrap, slowly pull on the pull cord (#1 cord in photo 001), until one of the loops at the bottom begins to move.  This loop is your "noose loop."



STEP SIX: Keeping the pinch on the last wrap, feed all the excess cord through the "noose loop."



STEP SEVEN: Pull on the #1 cord hard, pulling the "noose loop" tight to secure the excess cord, until it locks it into place.  Then pull the #1 cord a little further until the "noose loop" disappears into the handle about a half an inch.  Do not pull the "noose loop" in further than an inch or the handle will unravel.



STEP EIGHT: Then take the excess cord and begin wrapping tightly around the rest of the loops as seen in photo 008.  After you reach the end, about 1/4 an inch from the handle, tie a square knot through the remaining space (loop).  Cut off the remaining excess cord. You can then tuck the knot into the handle.



STEP NINE: Take the loops that were at the top of the photo 001, and stretch them.  Cut open the loops evenly, creating nine tails.



You can then tie one or three knots at the end of each tail and cut them to be an even length.  Use a double or single over the hand barrel or blood knot.   

To learn how to tie a blood knot, CLICK HERE.



FINISHED. Cat O' nine tails.  You can also add a thin wooden dowel in Step Two, if you wish to have a more rigid handle.  Make sure all the loops are spaced all the way around the dowel evenly, securing them with tape.  This will make the wrapping of the handle look even.  Do not tape down the "pull cord" #1.  Continue with the rest of the steps.  I should warn that it is a bit more time consuming and defeats the purpose of a quick disposable flogger.



The original Cat got its nine tails because the rope used on early naval vessels were made up of nine cords.  When you unraveled the ropes to make the Cat, nine cords made the nine tails.  Depending on the kind of rope you are using, you can follow this technique with this Disposable Cat o' Nine Tails by letting the rope ends unravel completely to the handle part, rather than tying knots at the ends.  This will give you a soft but effective disposable rope flogger.

Play Hard / Play Safe. :-)











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