Domination & submission _ the BDSM relationship handbook ( PDFDrive )

has the potential to cause serious eye injury if it is inadvertently poked into
someone’s eye, or if someone walks into the tip. It’s usually a good idea to keep
the tip pointed downwards when you’re not actually using the crop, and to avoid
ever intentionally pointing it into a person’s face. Finally, since crops are often
used to strike or tease the genital area, and because the keepers are usually made
of leather, precautions regarding bodily fluids will sometimes need to be taken.
Slappers
A slapper is typically a semi-rigid or flexible paddle which is often slender in
appearance and made from stiff leather which may or may not be reinforced by
an inner metal shaft. Slappers are used on farms and ranches all over the country
to control livestock, and are usually referred to as pig slappers. Like riding
crops, basic leather pig slappers can be purchased quite affordably from just
about any ranch and farm supply store for a fraction of the cost of similar items
from a specialty BDSM retailer.
The slappers that are purchased from stores specializing in BDSM gear usually
cost between $40 and $100 and will be made from higher quality leather, come
in a wider selection of styles, and may have interesting features that you won’t
find on your typical farm-quality pig slapper. Some of those features may
include custom textures, shaped cut-outs, noise-enhancing designs, inner
reinforcement, and wrist retaining straps to ensure that the slapper doesn’t
become a missile when it slips out of your hand in mid-stroke. Human kinksters
usually find the wide selection of styles, shapes and colors exciting but,
obviously, on a farm, they’d probably be considered pearls before swine.
I happen to be partial to slappers; they are fun to use and every bit as
intimidating as paddles, yet tend to be a lot more versatile. Depending upon
their design, you can use slappers on parts of the body that simply wouldn’t be
appropriate for paddles, and for purposes that couldn’t be accomplished with
anything heavier or lighter. In many ways, slappers incorporate many of the
best qualities of paddles, whips and crops.
To use a slapper safely, observe the safety tips we’ve discussed for all of the
preceding impact toys, paying particular attention to the potential for skin and
nerve damage. Slappers can be a great deal of fun, and for that reason, it can be
incredibly easy to forget that it may hours before you see the full extent of the
effects upon your subject’s skin.