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on Mon 16 Nov 09, 2:39 PM to AlexCobra's blog.
Knowing that people use whips in different ways and get different things from them, I've tended to avoid describing techniques as 'right' or 'wrong', preferring to point out applications, limitations and variations instead. There are, however, a couple of points which I reckon are universal.
What really gets on my nipple ends is people dragging their whips on the floor. I've seen folk dump canes, floggers etc on floors that you stick to. I shudder to think of the micro-flora and fauna that subsists on the spillage in some clubs, plus all the dog shit, spit and grot that's been tramped through the place.
Then there's that signal whip technique which involves hitting the lights, one's partner and the floor in quick succession. Drive it through the muck then slam it into someone's skin. You wouldn't use a condom or a needle that's been dropped on the floor. I suppose there's less of a risk of cutting or abrasion with floggers than with canes and single tail whips but it's still a matter of respect for one's partner, whether they're aware of it or not.
Now, it's bound to happen from time to time and I'm reluctant to go down the zero-tolerance safety nazi route as humanity has survived in the presence of dirt thus far, but it would be nice to keep it to a minimum. Like changing crackers between partners. If you've been so soft as to leave little more than a blush then no need. A heavier scene involving abrasion or cutting will see me change the cracker and sterilise the fall with alcohol gel.
So just the one point really. Do what you like with it but please, keep your kit out of the shit.
| 16 Nov 09, 4:28 PM Der_Morgenstern UK(LA), 7 yrs |
Excellent post, unfortunately, at many clubs there isn't anywhere to put your kit apart from on the floor, so you end up juggling when taking things in and out of your bag. As for changing crackers etc. unfortunately the very people who need to be reading posts like this one and learning something are the very ones who won't, they already know everything. "We're all living in a freakshow Man, it's called life. Buy a ticket and enjoy the ride." Foamy The Squirrel |
| 16 Nov 09, 7:17 PM Jahc99 UK, 5 yrs |
Yup, and the biggest difference between S&M whipping and sports whips. Well said. |
| 17 Nov 09, 10:01 AM AlexCobra UK(WC), 6 yrs |
Yeah, I used to be the Swedish chef of the whip world, with an array of kit on my belt and a hell of a job keeping track of everything. I get round the problem by using a dedicated whip bag and generally putting one whip away before getting another out. It can get so full of goodies that they all come out in a tangle so I've taken to wearing the quirt round my waist and the bullwhip and sjambok over my shoulder with the cats, tawse and signal whip in the bag. Nice and easy to keep clean now. On sport whip cracking and scenes with longer bullwhips - generally outdoors - I'd draw a distinction between dirty dirt and clean dirt. Sawdust, bits of grass and field are clean dirt whereas the mix of human pathogens, urban pollutants and whatever you'd find lurking on the floor in a gay bar or lap-dancing club I'd class as dirty dirt. Scuffs and scrapes are part of life - I occasionally cut or graze myself practising with bullwhips outdoors and it's not a problem but I'd be much warier in the incubator environment of a club.
Yours twooly, |
