Customer Reviews

Ductigami: The Art of the Tape

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

After reading all the reviews posted here, I eagerly ordered the book for my nine year old for Christmas. Now it's come and boy am I glad I looked through it before wrapping it up and handing it to my son! Nearly every page displays a suggestive picture and/or a misogynistic, bathroom, or gallows piece of humor. At first I though I could just tear a few pages out, but they're everywhere. It's really a shame, becuase the book has good instructions, the projects are boy-oriented, and what humor there is that is not off-color is quite funny. My son has a sophisticated sense of humor and would have enjoyed the small number of non-sleazy jokes in this book. Too bad! There should have been some online indication that the book is for adult comsumption so moms like me don't go wasting their money. And it saddens me to learn that this man thinks he cannot get other men to laugh without mentioning viagra, putting in lots of girly-tease pix, and making jokes about ladies killing their husbands and ethnic food. Am I in high school again? I feel degraded just opening the thing. Scout leaders beware: this one is not for the troop.

The older edition (not available, looks like, though abebooks may have it) is the way to go. Exactly the same projects, without the un-funny "man show" misogyny and toilet humor. I would give that edition 5 stars, if Amazon had it. I bought this one because I needed my own copy, but I think I'm going after the old one. This one really is a turn-off - makes me not want to have anything to do with it, to be honest. I'm glad my library had the old edition and I read that one first.

Parents beware! This book is filled with inappropriate pictures and themes for kids.

My wife & I were so excited about using this book at my son's 11th Birthday party. However, after opening it up and scanning the pages we were shocked by the suggestive pictures and inappropriate "jokes." They were so out of place.

I have worked with teenagers professionally for 20 years and I wouldn't even buy this book for them.

We were definitely disappointed!! bw

Ductigami is the best book about duct tape if not the best book ever written. I have made most the objects in the book. Each one worked very well. I feel like everybody should have a wallet made from duct tape. It will float when put in water too. After making some of the items the book shows you how to make I felt like making my own duct tape items. Also I have made some improvment to some of the things. So this is a great book and should be owned by everyone.

I got this book for my 12 year old son along with a roll of duct tape. He really loves this book! He doesn't follow all of the directions to the letter, rather he uses the book to just get ideas for his own creations. He's made a lot of fun things. As for "adult themes" in this book, well I looked it over and couldn't find anything lewd or inappropriate. If you look for 'adult themes', you can find them anywhere, and TV is **much** worse than books for that. So, that said, this book will show you how to make wallets, bottle holders, purse, head wear, and more. Have fun with it! Enjoy!

I purchased this book as a slightly serious gag gift for our Pastor who loves Duct Tape & WD-40 & believes that it can fix anything :o) I thought it would be great to put into his Christmas bag, boy was I WRONG!!! I couldn't believe the pictures in this. So glad I looked through this before I wrapped it up, never thought I'd find what I found in it. Yeah I get it art is art but you don't have to put Naked & 1/2 naked people/statues & in the pictures holding or modeling something with Duct Tape I mean come on. It's porn with Duct Tape people!! It just totally ruined the book & my whole plan cause I know it would've made a great gift. It wasn't just 1 page either I counted at least 5 pages or more that needed to go & you can't rip them out because on the opposite side is the final directions for the prior projects. Some of the art work was cute, like the dogs w/ the Duct Tape rain coats but the other pictures ruined it so I'm returning this.

I'm ordering this book today because the author (Joe Wilson) is on KFI AM640 in Los Angeles with Debra Rich and is sharing the many uses of Duct Tape. Some amazing things he can do with this is make a duct tape wallet, cell phone holder, la-z-boy drink holder, etc... So, I consider it a must have. Joe has a great sense of humor and fortunately doesn't take this too seriously. I plan to make some of this stuff and give it out as gag gifts for Christmas this year.

I have the earlier edition, the one with the green cover. The projects, well illustrated and described step by step, are amusing and, believe it or not, useful. Who couldn't use a duct-tape wallet? Who wouldn't look amazingly techno-cool with a silver tape cell-phone holder on his belt? The flak-proof BBQ apron is a must-have item for the outdoor chef (obviously not intended to repel grenade shards, but will certainly deflect flak from critics.) If any of these fine self-crafted products begins to wear thin, well, you just repair with a patch of -- what else?-- more duct tape!

The writing is plenty humorous -- good for snorts, chuckles, wry smiles, and the occasional raised eyebrow. You might find the retro photos enjoyably spicy if you're the kind of guy that finds the Beeve's mom alluring. Duct tape is a "guy thing" and this is a guy book, but in this edition the photos are not any more suggestive than a WW2 pin-up.

The later edition(gray cover)is a bit bawdy and the sexual humor has been notched up another level, so consider your potential audience and be judicious in your selection. The earlier version is probably OK for your high-schoolers, but preview the later one before you hand it over to the younger guys.

What a wonderful, wonderful and inspired book this is. Ok, so the things are a lot harder to make than it really seems at first - however the sheer joy of working with duct tape makes it all worthwhile

As someone who has spent many an hour patching up canoes, bikes, cars, shoes and various other bits and peices with silver duct tape, it is nice to see some very practical useful things to be made out of duct tape - including a nice sports wallet - a fashionable apron, and even an exciting drinks holder

Unleash the creativity in yourself and your partner. Spend many a fine hour folding silver tape into interesting shapes.

I purchased this book for my father - the Mr. Fixit who has everything. He loved it. The directions and illustrations are fairly easy to follow and there are some cool things to make. Here's a tip: give a roll of duct tape with the book!