BDSM types

Restraints

Hand and ankle cuffs

Hand and ankle cuffs are a simple way to confine someone's limbs. Cuffs are meant for securing your partner from movements, when you plan to play with sensory devices or other sex toys, like vibes and dildos, flogging and etc. Hand and ankle cuffs have Velcro or buckle fasteners. Velcro fastener is a kind of "hook and loop", which is easy to get free of. Buckle fastener is attached with D-ring, which makes them firmer and let your hands or ankles fixed to the rope or connectors, enabling their attachment to bed or other furniture. Cuffs are versatile in their materials, but most common go from leather, nylon, rubber and fur, covering metal.

Handcuffs

Handcuffs were taken from the prisoners practice. But they can be potentially harmful and cause injures. Many people use handcuffs for appearance more than actual use.

Stretchers or Spreader bars

Stretchers always look like a solid bar, metal or wooden one, which enables to keep legs or hands apart. They are usually joined to hands and ankles cuffs.

Harness

More often are used body harnesses, which are straps netted through the large part of the body. Body harness may serve simply a as an outfit and may give you the possibility to tighten and restrict body movements. Usually top person have straps crossed at the chest and extra straps on genitals are often meant for bottom harnesses. Head harness is worn round the head forehead and jaw.

Collars

Collars are used in a mainstream society as well as among bondage society, as they are great fetish symbol. As collars are meant for neck area, you should pay special attention to tightness of these items. Usually collars are fastened with buckles and hasps.

Sensory deprivation

Blindfolders

Blindfolders cover your or your partner's eyes, which unable seeing what is going to be next in sexual play. They add excitement to sexual exploration with sight deprivation.

Gags

Gags come in form of ball, dildo or sponge which fills the mouth and keeps the submissive silent. Cloth or tape gag makes sure all excitement screams are stifled. Ball gags leave the mouth open, which let the passive breath more freely.

Hoods and masks

Hoods are worn on the head and are usually made of leather. They may cover whole head area and may have space left for gags or blindfolders.

Discipline items

Discipline devices include a wide range of whips, paddles, crops and others to punish the "passive" side.

Floggers and Whips

Soft floggers are made of natural animal fur or hair (horse, rabbit) and provide soft sensual play. Leather and suede floggers are great for moderate spanking. They are not too hard and not too ticklish to suit average use. Most common whips are cat o'nine tails, which is a number of narrow straps connected with each other with the handle.

Riding Crops

Crops are a kind of whips with a loop at the end. Hard leather riding crops should be used carefully as they can be harmful for skin.

Paddles

Paddles are designed wide and their spanking hardness depends on the material they are made of. Leather paddles are usually harder to resist, as they provide hard spanking.

Nipple clamps

Nipple clamps are attached at nipples and tighten when pulled, which causes pain due to blood flow. Nipple tweezers are clamps which are connected by chain. All nipple clamps provide constant stimulation and hold the tension on nipples, which increases their sensitivity.

Cock and ball torture (G&B)

C&B devices come in straps, cock stretchers and weight, ball rings. Cock torture restraints are meant for maintaining erection and keep wearer's cocks hard.