Review Thursday: Flat Head Wooden Spatula

It's amazing what you can find when you get in the mindset of looking for something kinky that you're going to use to beat your s-type with.  Actually I can't claim the credit for this one though - she found it, and showed it to me, but I think when she smacked herself with it to test the sting it kind of scared her because the look on her face was priceless.  She immediately tried to put it back - of course I couldn't let that one slide, and it ended up in the cart.  What did we find?

A lightweight flat sided wooden spatula.  Now I know it doesn't look like much, but I liked the feel of it and flicking it around with my wrist I could get good movement with only a bit of effort. Cool.  I gave myself a few good whacks on the thigh with it to see how it worked out - through clothing it wasn't so bad, decently thuddy, but still a little stingy.

I knew it scared her a bit (and she likes that) so I've been dropping hints that we'd get to a deadline (review Thursday) and see how the spatula actually worked out.  The look on her face tided me over until the day actually came to get down to business.

I had her bend over the ottoman with her bottom in the air, perfect position.  I let her keep her pants and underwear on to get started with.  I wanted to get an idea of how much damage it did through clothing before I started using it on her bare skin.  It isn't that I can't be sadistic, its that I like to know what kind of pain shes going through so I know how to use it to best advantage.

I started in with a good rythm, mostly using my wrist, keeping up a steady but light tapping.  There was still a slightly sharp sound, but it 'felt' more thuddy on my end, like there was a heavy impact.  I tried a few harder smacks and the noise sure amped up, though she gave me the impression that even then it wasn't 'painful' in a bad way.  Now I never got in to like a full arm stroke, just a bit more flick to the wrist.

After a while when she was still wiggling and pushing her ass up at me I decided to get a bit more personal.  I pulled down her pants and underwear to see where we were at.  Her rear was a soft red - so even through clothing I think eventually I could give her a nice red glow.  I let her feel the wood on her bare skin for a moment before getting back in a rythm.  Again I was delicate at first and slowly added to the crack.

To me it felt sharper, the impact less thuddy and more bouncy.  Which usually means it's stinging the skin and not causing a deeper pain.  I noticed pretty quickly that hitting the same spot a few times in a row caused a sharper pain for her.  When we discussed it later she said the pain built very quickly, so hitting the same point repeatedly quickly became almost unbearable.

About half way through I had an idea to turn the spatula around and use the handle end.  It is about an inch and a half wide and flat like the spatula end.  Holding the wide end between my thumb and forefinger I used just the motion of my fingers moving back and forth to flick the handle end.  It turned into a rapid staccato that I actually had a very fine control of the force over.  This also gave the benefit of being able to hit straight across her bottom instead of having to focus on one spot or one cheek with the flat spatula end.

I worked my way down her thighs as well with this end.  From the way she was wiggling I don't think this was particularly painful, but gave her more sensation rather than sting.  Though there were a few points that made her jump, I think they were just particularly painful.

I moved back to the wide end to finish the job, and kept up until she was sobbing and trying to protect herself with her feet.  I usually let her wiggle and struggle around a bit, since I find it entertaining, but her feet started getting in the way of my stroke.  I also enjoy a bit of bastinado so I gave them the handle end and they quickly discovered they couldn't hide eachother at the same time and retreated elsewhere.

After the play session she didn't want to get up, and even pulling up her clothing brought a small hiss - job well done.

Later after she'd had time to enjoy sitting around both on my knee and on the couch with her freshly worked over bottom I had her stretch out across the bed and worked on the other end (her breasts).

I was more delicate on them, they're more sensitive and I unfortunately don't have anything to secure her arms with any longer.  It's on my list of priority objects to purchase.

Here the spatula actually worked better than most other toys I've tried.  The surface area was large enough to get the impact across, but not too large that I couldn't control where the sting was being placed.  I could also avoid her nipples unless I was specifically after them (she really jumps when they're included in impact play, so this worked well).

I also tried the handle end again here, and the rapid tapping on her nipples sent her squirming all over the bed - not much more you can ask for from that.  At one point I had her holding her breasts up for me while I rapped at her nipples - it was hot and something I will definately do again.

Overall - Definately a bargain toy, I think it was $5 at Canadian Tire and I'm sure we'll get a lot of enjoyment out of it.  Likely less as a paddle alternative and more as a breast and nipple torture device.  The light weight lends itself perfectly to prolonged use, in fact she was tired out long before I was.  Some days after a spanking my wrist and arm are a bit sore, but I didn't feel any aftereffects at all this time.

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