Review: The Sensation Play with Nipple Clamps

– by Mistress 160

SENSATION PLAY WITH NIPPLE CLAMPS

I’m often asked by new kinksters about simple but effective ways to play.

Pressure play, I reply. Clamps. And why do we like playing with clamps? Because clamping is a form of sensation play. Clamps create erotic sensations by cutting off circulation. And clamps are a great technique for beginners - you can make clamp play as mild or painful as you like. Also clamping doesn’t require any special skill - you’ll pick up what you need as you learn how your partner’s body responds to clamping. Plus you’ll probably have most of the “toys” you’ll need at home: clothes pegs (or clothes pins), bamboo skewers, a ball of string, rubber bands, etc… see, told you it was easy!

Some points to keep in mind when starting to play with clamps:

  • start with a low clamping pressure and work up
  • start with what your sub can endure, then work up to higher endurance slowly
  • don’t leave pegs on more than twenty minutes - keep a clock / timer in your play space
  • the longer the clamping time, the more fierce the sensation caused by removing the pressure

Obviously we are not going to leave clamps in place too long (never more than 20 minutes) or place them on places near blood vessels / nerves, or where damage (such as the corpus cavernosum and corpus spongiosum of the penis, and tissues of the clitoral hood in women) can occur. Are we?!

My favorite places (on both sexes) are nipples and genitals. But I’ve seen pegs used in many places and for all sorts of purposes. I’ve sometimes created lines of pegs on sol’s belly and flicked them off with a cane.

Places I’ve used pegs:

  • labia (avoid genital jewelry)
  • cock and balls
  • nipples (avoid jewelry)
  • around the breast
  • perineum and ass cheeks
  • earlobe and sides of ear (avoid jewelry)
  • tongue and lips (VERY painful)
  • around navel (avoid jewelry)
  • webbing between fingers and toes
  • inner thighs

I must say, nipples remain a favorite place to torment. There are many ways to put a clamp on a nipple. The key thing to remember here is placement. A clothes peg placed on the tip of the nipple is much more intense than one placed closer to the base of the nipple.

You can read more about clamp play in my BDSM For Beginner’s blog post here. The post also shows you how to set up a scene featuring clamps, and outlines ways you can up the pressure and sensation. At the extreme end of the latter are Japanese clover clamps:


Can you see their grip in the photo at the top of this post? It’s ferocious. These you won’t have sitting around the house LOL but I really do recommend you invest in a pair. They are invaluable, my husband Sol loves / hates them, I rarely have a scene where they are not used.

Mostly they come attached via a chain, which makes nipple play perfect. I love the fact that pulling on the chain tightens the clamps even further (the center section, on which the chain is connected, tightens the ends when pulled). Also with metal clamps you can incorporate temperature play into the experience by chilling or warming the clamps before you use them. Which reminds me that temperature play and wax play are both good forms of play to follow on from clamps…

I definitely recommend a pair of Japanese Clover Clamps for your toybox. You can purchase them here at S(A)X Leather in a very elegant black … I’d also suggest having a look at all the other nipple clamps on offer

Have fun!