This is a very interesting topic for me to come across, both as a real time Dom with a real time slave, and as someone that enjoys the fantasy of erotica and what possibilities exist in role play. In a role play sense, I am open to anything, except homosexuality, as that is not something I am wanting to explore mentally or otherwise. Role play is there to allow the mind to explore, and I am open to allowing my mind to explore all angles of something.

As wings has stated, don't knock something until you try it. I have always had a huge fascination with knives and breath play, and so for a very long time I have read about all the safety concerns with both, as well as some of the very good erotica that is there. I will elaborate on both here, just for your education.

There are elements of risk in all of the activities we do, that is why there are safety concerns in all the activities we do, and as responsible submissives and Dominants, we should know those issues, so that we know if something wrong is about to occur, or has occurred. This goes for even the most mild flogging to the most extreme such as scarification.

With knife play there are three types of knives to consider, there is the small single sided buck knife, the medium size steak knife, and then you move into the fantasy knives that have a dual edge as well as a sheath and so forth. I use a double edge dagger that has a blade about 9 inches in length. When doing this you must have the complete and total trust of the submissive, if you don't have this level of trust, you don't play. You use only the weight of the knife to press on the skin, never more than that, doing so you risk further damage that intended. There are exceptions to this second rule. If you lay the knife flat, and pull the knife towards you, so the tip leaves a scratch trail, rather than forward and digging, you can use your index finger to vary the pressure. The allure of this activity for the Dom is of course having the total trust of the submissive in his/her hands. The allure for the submissive is the risk she/he is taking by letting this person lay a potentially deathly knife on their body.

The activity of breath play (choking) also very risky also involves the immense amount of trust the submissive must put in the Dominants abilities to a) not kill her/him and b)revive her/him should something tragic occur. Thus the attraction it holds. In breath play you must be cautious of the airway, as if you apply pressure incorrectly you can cause very permanent damage to the airway and voice box. When applying pressure you use the area of your hand that is between your index finger and thumb, this is a soft fleshy area and will not easily damage the neck, this method also allows the person doing the control to press on the arteries leading to the brain, thus cutting off oxygen to the brain, and causing blackout quicker than if just removing the ability to breathe.

I must advise though, that you shouldn't ever try these as two new people to the activities, one or the other should have experience with them. That or have an experienced person in the room during the event, to guide the Dom to prevent a very unfortunate thing from happening.

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