Not every stroke is the same
Every stroke has three qualities: surface, weight and speed. A broad surface spreads the force and warms; a narrow one concentrates it and stings. Heavy leather lands deep and dull, a slim cane stays near the surface and draws a sharp line. Speed decides whether you take in each stroke on its own or whether they merge into a rhythm.
In my essay on pain I describe sharp, brief pain as a flash that leaves you wide awake. The cane is its purest instrument: no echo, no negotiation, only the stroke and the second afterwards in which you grasp what has just happened.
Cane, crop, whip, paddle, hand
Which implement I pick on a given day is my choice; anything you want ruled out, you tell me in advance. So that you know what may be waiting:
- The flat hand – the most personal stroke, because I feel what you feel. Ideal for warming up and for classic spanking.
- Paddle – broad, loud and even. It warms thoroughly and tends to leave colour rather than lines.
- Riding crop – light and exact, with a small leather tab at the tip, for single, carefully placed accents.
- Flogger and whip – many tails or a single long one, from a caress to a cut depending on material and swing. This is flagellation in the narrow sense.
- Cane – thin, supple, unforgiving. It demands the most experience on both sides, which is why it comes at the end of a build-up rather than the beginning.
Warming up and building
Cold skin tolerates very little. So every punishment begins with warmth: the hand first, then broad surfaces, light and even strokes until the skin is flushed and your breathing has slowed. Only then do the implements become narrower and the pauses longer.
I do not build in a straight line. A series is followed by a pause in which you feel it settle, then by a series a shade firmer than the last. I strike where there is good padding – above all the buttocks and the backs of the thighs, the upper back only with care; kidneys, spine, joints, neck and head are always spared. How hard it may become overall we agree beforehand, and the safeword ends any series at once; more on that under limits and safety.
Rituals: counting, thanks, posture
Cane discipline, with me, is a discipline between adults, and discipline lives on form. Before the first stroke you take the position I show you and hold it. I announce the number of strokes – or deliberately do not.
Then you count: aloud, clearly, after every stroke, often with a word of thanks. Lose count or mumble, and the series starts again or the number rises; I tell you which beforehand. If you want to deepen rules, rituals and posture over several visits, slave training gives that a frame. Scenes alluding to childhood or youth have no place in my studio.
Marks and aftercare
Whether you may leave with marks is settled before the session, not halfway through it. Both answers are legitimate. If no visible marks should remain, I choose broader implements and dose accordingly – though nobody can honestly promise that no redness at all will show. If you may be marked, I decide how clearly.
Redness usually fades within hours, clearer marks within a few days. If you take blood thinners or have sensitive skin, tell me beforehand. Damaging the skin is never my aim, and I stop long before it could come to that. How I handle the time straight after a session is described in your first session.
Length, price, pairings
One hour is enough for a complete punishment with warm-up, build-up and ritual. Caning and flagellation carry no surcharge: you pay my fee for the time you book, plus the room fee paid directly to Studio 60. The amounts by start time are listed under prices and booking.
If you want strokes combined with restraint, or to discover the switch to the dull pressure I describe on the CBT page, allow a little more time.