Creative BDSM Toy Sources

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I found the following listing of toy resources to be quite helpful.

If anyone has any other suggestions. Please feel free to add to the list.


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P.S. As a disclaimer, I found this list from the following website.
http://www.sexuality.org/l/bdsm/creatoy.html


Creative BDSM Toy Sources

Music Stores: Metal banjo picks (excellent and inexpensive "claws"), tambourine brushes, drumsticks, sound effect toys.

Beauty Supplies: Rubber bands, clips and clamps, hairbrushes.

Theatrical/Magic: Blacklights and strobe lights, mindfuck props, costuming, fake blood, stage knives, rope tricks, itching powder.

Kitchen/Home: Bathroom accessories (loofah sponges, mitts), spatulas, cutting board paddles, cheese graters, pickle pinchers, wooden spoons, rice paddles, plastic window blind closing rods (good canes).

Pet Stores: Collars, leashes, bells, dog food bowls, cages, remote electrical shock collars. Veterinary supply sells horse and dog bit gags, forceps, sterile needles, some restraints.

Fishing Stores: (Warning: fishhooks are not safe for piercing play!) Fiberglass rods, weights, pliers and clamps, fish scaler (abrasion toy), bells with clips.

Farm Supply: Castrating bands (Elastrator), cattle prods, flexible plastic fencing material, mild electrical "pest" fences.

Tack Shops: Riding crops, harnesses and bridles, horse hobbles.

Arts/Crafts: Tap plastics cuts custom paddle/cane shapes and stocks fiberglass rods. Craft stores sell leather and specialty rope. Tandy Leather sells horsehair, feathers, leather laces.

Marine Supply: Rope, winches, quick-release snaps, pulleys.

Climbing Supply: Heavy duty ropes, carabiners, suspension harnesses.

Shoe Repair: Scrap leather, heavy rubber soles, laces, polish.

Auto Parts: "Parts retriever" gripping toy, funnels, windshield wiper blades, vinyl cleaner.

Fabric Stores: Clover clamps, spiked measuring and cutting wheels.

Pharmacies: Menthol rubs, Ace bandages, douches and enemas, aspirin (increases bruising), snakebite kits, Betadine, First Aid and safety gear, cotton swabs, disinfectants Baby Wipes (contains nonoxynol).

Five and Dime: Cheap clothespins, tupperware drawers to organize your toys.

Toy Stores: Toy paddles, jumping rope, age play accessories.

Thrift Shops: Cheap leather and fur coats to recycle, leather belts, "tearaway" or disposable clothing to rip off your body.

Groceries: Foodplay items like cucumbers and other insertion toys, whipped cream, tabasco and hot sauces (not insertion toys).

Sporting Goods: Muscle rub, paddles, fiberglass fishing rods, chin-up bars can be installed for bondage, camping "potty chairs" for watersports play.

Hardware/Lumber: Rope, tarps, paint mixers (great little paddles), bungee cord, snap hooks and connectors, clamps, sandpaper, dowel rods for canes or spreader bars, eye bolts, chains, alligator clips, plastic rods, small inner tubes (slice lengthwise for flogger).

Medical/Lab Supply: Catheters, enema gear, forceps, latex, needles, scalpels, disinfectants, ambulance shears (emergency bondage cutter), urethral sounds, speculums, restraints, backboards, c-spine collars and rigid braces.

Law Enforcement: Billy clubs, leg irons, handcuffs, thumbcuffs, come-alongs, spare handcuff keys, saps, uniforms and boots.

[Dragon's muse]

What? No Home Depot? that is where i found my electric fly swatter

[Timberwolf]

Seems as good a place to ask this as any, does anyone know what kind of lighting equipment they use in photography darkrooms? Seems to me that it could make for some pretty effective BDSM mood lighting.

[Phantome]

Regarding the first thing on the list- if you go into a music store and ask for "tambourine brushes," you'll probably be laughed out of the building, as they don't exist (take it from a musician). I think the author of the list means "snare brushes," which while moderately pricey, could prove to be a fun toy (they are a retractable brush made of a cluster of heavy wires, about 7 inches long). Guitar clamps are also good for heavy-duty clamping, leather bassoon seat-straps make excellent strops, reed knives and files are excellent for knife-play....there are so many items at music stores that could be used in a BDSM setting! Keep in mind that many items will be pricey, but they will be of highest quality.
-Phan