Elorin
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Joined: 8/22/2004 From: San Antonio, TX Status: offline
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Buy one of those damned evil sticks. Those fuckers HURT! And while they may leave welts or blood blisters (especially if you cross two strikes), they are very unlikely to leave permanent damage. (I dunno about using them on the balls, and I wouldn't use them too hard on the face, but anywhere else is pretty safe.) Sting tends to "hurt" worse than thud. Sting generally comes from slender items - canes, floggers with skinny falls, evil sticks - while thud comes from more solid items - leather floggers with wide falls, punching, some kinds of paddles. But the material makes a big difference too. Rubber has lots more sting than leather (it is denser and doesn't give as much when you hit someone with it). A wooden paddle that has been lacquered stings a HELL of a lot more than one that is wrapped in leather. If you hit someone with EXACTLY the same force on exactly the same spot at the beginning of a repeated impact scene as you did at the end, you would be more likely to inflict damage at the beginning. As you repeatedly hit the flesh, the skin changes. It has to do with circulation and the body's response to damage, and I don't know all the technical terms. The non-technical term is "warming someone up" - you use light strokes or a toy that doesn't hurt too much to hit an area repeatedly and bring the blood to the surface, and then you can hit them with a more serious toy without damaging the skin as much. The theory works with canes, paddles, hand spankings, floggings, and just about any percussion play. But be aware...the strike on un-warmed up flesh will hurt more, subjectively, than the one to skin that has been warmed up. So sometimes when you try to minimize damage you are actually reducing the amount of pain the bottom is actually feeling. Just thoughts ~E
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