Domination & submission _ the BDSM relationship handbook ( PDFDrive )

Impact Gear
BDSM impact gear is used in kink activities that involve striking the body with
an implement of some sort, usually - but not always - to cause pain. People also
engage in impact play for a variety of other reasons. Those reasons may include
role-play, humiliation, discipline, sensation play, the marks that they leave, the
sounds that they make, and even for therapeutic reasons! Each type of impact
toy has its own unique qualities and the impact sensations associated with their
use can often be adjusted in intensity along a scale ranging from painless at one
end to extremely painful at the other. For me, the truly fascinating thing about
impact gear is that sometimes, an item can look a whole lot scarier than it really
is while, other times, an item can actually be a lot more painful than it looks.
Appearances can definitely be deceiving, when it comes to impact toys.
Floggers
A flogger typically consists of a short-handled whip with multiple tails or strips
of leather, which are called “falls.” A flogger may also sometimes be referred to
as a lash, scourge, or cat o’ nine tails. The most common designs are made from
high-quality leather, but they can literally be made from just about anything. I
have seen floggers constructed from a wide variety of animal hides, including
elk, elephant, stingray, kangaroo, sharkskin, bison and Russian boar. In addition
to common and exotic hides, some flogger designers create their falls from fur
strips, chain-mail, horse hair, strings of beads, and other unusual materials.
The quality and workmanship of floggers available commercially can range from
novelty trash to exquisitely priceless one-of-a-kind items. At the extreme low
end, you can find novelty floggers in most neighborhood adult novelty shops.
These items are typically mass-produced imported novelties designed more for
their comic value than for their functionality; their durability is often so bad, they
fall apart the first time you actually attempt to use them. If you decide to
purchase a novelty flogger of this sort, you’ll likely be wasting $20 to $70 of
your hard-earned money. At the other end of the spectrum, you can find unique
and beautiful works of art, each constructed lovingly by hand by skilled
craftsmen from a variety exotic materials. A flogger like that can easily set you
back $400 to $1500. Most of us, at least for our first few flogger purchases, will
typically settle for something between those two extremes.
The type of flogger you purchase should be commensurate with the type of