I’ve had a few adornments sitting down in inventory for a long time that I haven’t tried on or gotten an impression of. This is one of them. This one came from a new up-and-coming shop, fckme. Being a unique design, this one immediately caught my attention and found its way into my shopping cart - and there are other neat designs offered by this manufacturer worth looking at later!
I’ve casually been looking at the Father of Pearl Midnight as a brother to join my original Father of Pearl in the collection. I didn’t spring on it until recently when I came across such a sample with a matching glans ring on the King Rings secondhand products page. An adornment can be washed, so how could I resist?
Just like the original, this FOP features a gorgeous jewelry quality finish and top shelf design. A smart addition since the first FOPs includes a laser engraving of the size on the inside of the adornment. For someone with a HUGE collection, I can’t express how helpful this is when I am browsing for a ring to wear! Scott’s always thinking up the smart ideas! Per usual, the manufacturing process is spot on. This ring fits well at 1.813" in diameter and the thick .795 profile helps keep the weight up. You won’t forget you’re wearing the FOP since it weighs slightly more than half a pound! As is appropriate for such a premium adornment, the .275" thickness of the ring features a comfortably radiused inner profile. The outer profile edges feature a step cut which serves to add a bit of “bling” to the visage of your manhood while wearing. The turquoise colored abalone inlay is just as striking as the original FOP and I am hard pressed to decide if the piano black finish or the smooth sliver finish is more handsome. Hell, why not both?!
I have had my eye on this behemoth for a long time. It’s no secret that I love multi-ring setups. Two of my favorites are triple-ring setups with a cock, shaft, and ball ring. There’s just something about having my manhood wrapped in lots of metal. It was a nobrainer that this quad cage would show up in my collection given the thick wire size and the multi-ring design.
As is usual for Ballistic Metal, this design is unique and pushes the bounds of standard designs. They started with 1/4" wire rings and asked the question, “What if we added MORE rings?” They doubled up on rings for both the cock ring and the shaft ring leaving each testicle to be ringed by a single wire. My usual size for a shaft ring is 1.35", but for dual wear, sizing up to the 1.52" diameter of this ring ensure comfort while the cock ring at 2.01" does its work. Both of those sizes alone leave me wanting when it comes to pump and engorgement, but when donned together, they provide a nice pump. This is clearly an industrial piece of metal (another Ballistic Metal signature). The stainless is not plated and features a semi-matte sheen. The wire rings themselves do not have a seam - which would be a deal breaker for a piece of kit at this price. The welds joining the rings are quality workmanship with no sharp edges to catch or pinch on, but the unfortunate side effect of the welds is the discoloration and slight rusting opportunity where the weld was done. Depending on your desired look, this may be a good thing or a bad thing. With Ballistic Metal known for being so “industrial”, this design fits right up their alley given the masculine look and greater than 11oz of heft. I personally would have appreciated a completely uniform finish (maybe dipped or plated) to even out the finish at this price range, but that’s a small niggle for a quality piece of kit.
What do you do when you trawl about the Internet looking to add to your collection and fail to find anything new that especially grabs your attention? Why… have a custom adornment made! The inspiration hit me while I was wandering the random cock rings on Etsy. Funny enough, Etsy doesn’t care to comprehend the difference between a penis ring and a finger ring, often sprinkling in sponsored advertisements and “you might like” links within the search results for a cock ring. In this case, I saw a finger ring style that I had never seen before. While most purveyors of tungsten carbide rings cannot customize their offerings, I’ve had great luck with sellers on Etsy who make wooden rings being willing to make a custom piece for a bit of a larger part of the body. So, with that, I reached out to the seller and Maksym helped make it happen.
Yes, I’m always looking for something new to add to the collection - and given that I’ve learned how to make my own adornments from interesting materials like aluminum, it was only a matter of time before I stumbled on a new great idea. I don’t know what took so long for this design, but it finally dawned on me one day that I’ve always been a fan of mixed material adornments (such as wood/metal, aluminum/rubber, etc) and it really wouldn’t be all that hard to design a mixed material ring of my own! I have a few adornments with gems on them, but I thought it would be super interesting to revisit the ill-fated crystal pave experiment from a long while back. Surely I could make my own ring that was dashing and comfortable!
I couldn’t just make ONE new design while the creative juices were flowing, could I? Of course not! Joining the knurled aluminum design is this new sleek, smooth, and crisp cock ring. Most of my designs have an inset field with a pattern inside but I decided to go a different direction on this one after having such great feedback from the pillowed segments design.
While I love the weight of a stainless ring, this one called for a bright polish that is best achieved with aluminum to really make the design as dapper and sharp as possible. Although stainless polishes well, it’s a naturally darker metal than aluminum. For an adornment that is intended to look elegant under a pair of dress slacks, only the brighter aluminum would do. It came out great, of course, but I do have the worry that the smooth aluminum finish will accept scratches and nicks a little too easily.
Well it’s been a while since I decided to design my own adornment again… and this fine example is quite a wonderful outcome! Given that I have been successful producing geometric designs with various inlays/patterns, a question dawned on me. Why in the world don’t I have a cock ring that has a classic knurled finish to it?!? Now I do! I figured the design would come out well given that several others have been cool, but I’m actually quite surprised by how handsome this one turned out!
KD over at KINK3D reached out to share some exciting news. They are expanding their line of high quality 3D printed chastity adornments to include a new cock ring - and asked if I would like a review sample to share thoughts and opinions. Of course, I’m always excited to try something new, so quickly jumped at the opportunity! When the ring arrived, I immediately put it on and wore it for two days straight to get a clear feeling for fit and performance. Call me a fan!
Remember when I mentioned that I saw a split domed ring from Hard Man Outfitters in their newsletter… but couldn’t find it? Well… I found it! I’m not sure what is up with HMO’s website and their search results, but finding products from search engines on their site is always hit or miss!
I would recommend reading the previous review for impressions of this style of adornment. Cliff’s Notes: I’m a fan! I love how they look and how they wear. They’re also subtly shaped in a way that you could go stealth mode and wear them all day long. For this particular specimen, it differs from the 3d printed model I created in two key ways: it’s polished (gorgeous) and the wire is thinner. The inner diameter is only about .002mm off of the ordered size coming in at 1.755". The steel wire is .230" thick and it all comes together to weigh 1.81oz. Made in stainless, I was curious how the weld attaching the two wires would come out. As can be seen in the picture, there was generous filler material applied to avoid the corners being tight/sharp to pinch our sensitive bits. As usual, this is a thoughtfully designed adornment from HMO! Also, as you can see on their website, ordering in a 40mm size will get you an adornment that works quite well on the scrotum as a ball separator giving a little more visual bling for those that enjoy testicle weights.
Hard Man Outfitters, known for their cool designs, released this cock splint a while ago. I thought it was neat at the time I saw it, but didn’t jump at the addition. As a subscriber to their newsletter, it popped in as a sale item (or some other discount) and it reminded me that I should give it a whirl!
This splint has an interesting design. Built from aluminum and coated with a hammered gray metallic finish, it is much lighter than it appears. The full length of the splint at the bottom is just shy of 4 inches at 3.95" with a ball opening of 1.4" x 1.76". This opening has rounded edges at the corners to prevent unneeded discomfort. The splint transitions to a shaft ring gradually right around the center of the ball opening. Think of this like a triple ring cock cage that doesn’t have an opening for the cock and balls to go through. The shaft opening for the medium size is 1.365" with a hefty band at about .035" thick. The width of the shaft ring is right at 1" and features a gem embedded into the splint at the top for a bit of added flare. All edges of the splint are rounded, as you would expect, to keep sharp edges from digging in to our oh-so-sensitive flesh.
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