Tag: hairbrushes

(Kinky) eBay Gambles

I am something of a vintage ebony hairbrush collector. I don’t know why – we only use one of them, because it was a gift from a dear friend, but I enjoy seeing the differences between them, testing them out to see how they feel compared to my “primary” one, etc. They’re also lovely vintage pieces. What’s not to like?! They can vary in size and color because wood is a natural thing, but they are all typically heavy and dense and oh-so-perfect for a very punishing sort of spanking. My meager collection currently only stands at 4.

The problem is, vintage ebony hairbrushes are hard to find in the US and most of the UK listings that are willing to ship to the US, use eBay’s Global Shipping program. This means, there’s a central hub in the UK processing the packages and “ebony” is on a banned list. Finished ebony, especially vintage pieces, are not supposed to be caught in that, but they are. Both myself and a friend have had ebony hairbrushes caught by this and they are NOT returned to sender, but destroyed, and the buyer is refunded. This is now 4 hairbrushes (three coming to me and one for her) that have met that fate. Truly tragic and sad! I’ve had one sent to a UK friend and he’ll bring it over to me in April, but that’s not always practical and I don’t want him to feel used!

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Inside The Toybox

I shared a photo in my post about playing with others, of all the implements someone used on me the first time we played together – all of those were from his toy bag, though. One of the comments on that post, inspired this one, about my own “toy bag” so to speak. I’ve never quite been a collector of implements (er, most) so I don’t have a dedicated bag. At home, we actually keep them in a basket under the bed or in the armoire in my office. I have great admiration for the craftsmanship of many implements, but haven’t always had the means to buy them. Also, how many different paddles do you need, especially if – like me – you don’t even like paddles? It can be tempting to collect them, but I’ve avoided that, thankfully. What I have not avoided collecting, is hairbrushes. They’re the vib-iest implement for my kink and I own…several. My general preference beyond that, is for leather and the first implement I ever purchased for myself, was a London Tanners Domestic Discipline Spanking Strop – directly from the original LT, Ian, himself, at my first Shadow Lane party over Labor Day weekend 2007 (I was 18).

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