It’s pretty rare to see a wooden adornment - so you can imagine my excitement when the owner of Meridien Design reached out and informed me of their store. I was floored! I’ve come to learn that the shop is a fairly new shop (the website reporting establishment in 2019) and there are aspirations for expanding on their designs to include some seriously unique options (gem stones and wood? Wow - that would be amazing!).
Every now and again, a new design strikes my fancy and I decide that I’ve just GOT to make it. I had the idea of creating a skeletonized adornment featuring a hex pattern, knowing that it may not be very feasible to manufacture. But, fortune favors the bold so I decided to give this one a go! The design is a “hollowed out” cock ring with hex holes running through the full height of the ring. I was able to 3D print a few prototypes with success and, working with the CNC machining company, learned that the cost to machine such a complex design would be absolutely cost prohibitive. Instead, my contact at RapidDirect suggested that metal 3D printing would be the best technique in terms of materials and cost. Sure enough, the design came out fantastic!
I’m finally getting around to writing about the custom rin I blogged about creating. I call this one the “rivet” design. Like most of my custom made rings, it features a design that just kind of came to me.
This particular design features the typical smoothly radiused inner profile but differs from others in that it has a raised “band” around the outside of the ring with spheres embedded within to give it a riveted-on look. I can’t quite describe the exact look I was going for, but something along the lines of an industrial shaft collar bolted into place. Of course, bolts (the hex heads) wouldn’t exactly be comfortable so I went with a rivet look. Especially interesting about this ring is the fact that it is my first mirror polished stainless ring from the folks over at RapidDirect. This is a new finish type instead of the Ra 0.4 finish I’ve done in the past. The polished finish looks striking and masculine - and I only wish I had the ability to leave the raised “collar” brushed finish to further accentuate the polish. Maybe I’ll go at it with some coarse grit sandpaper sometime and see how it turns out?
I have wanted a Velv’Or ring for a very long time. They’ve been around forever, but for whatever reason I just never pulled the trigger to pick one up. Why? I’m not super sure. I think my main turnoff was that they are plastic 3D printed cock rings but still command a premium price. Having picked up some rings from LeLuv which are decidedly lower quality rings, figured this was a cash grab. Shipping from Europe further raised the price, too.
I have wanted a Velv’Or ring for a very long time. They’ve been around forever, but for whatever reason I just never pulled the trigger to pick one up. Why? I’m not super sure. I think my main turnoff was that they are plastic 3D printed cock rings but still command a premium price. Having picked up some rings from LeLuv which are decidedly lower quality rings, figured this was a cash grab. Shipping from Europe further raised the price, too.
Have a look for summary of the large Esculpta MUSE tri-band set for a little bit more intro and history.
As I mentioned in my other review, I know my size super well. I took a small gamble on this medium size because sometimes ergonomic rings offer a bit more space thanks to the forward curve. Since a 1.75" adornment will still work for me (and produce a seriously intense erection), I figured it may be fun to get a set in the next size down just for the experience a tight fitting stackable ring that has a bit more width to it. Similar to the “large” size, these fit pretty true to a 1.75" nominal diameter ring.
The Esculpta brand has been around for many years. Touted as an ultimate luxury in cock rings, they started their journey in the adornment space by offering a unique rubber tube-based design flanked with jewelry-style ends. Their asking price was always a bit high, and I found that I could get a similar design by modifying bracelets available cheaply on ebay example1 example1 example2 with the benefit of being a bit more my style. Since then, Esculpta has bounced into the “ergonomic” market by offering the uniquely shaped Muse series of stacked rings. Well then… that’s new! I forgot all about them for a long while but had some time to browse adornments lately so I snatched a set up once I saw that they were buy-two-get-one free.
I came across fckme a few months back while hanging out on reddit and finally posted a review of the Triple Fat Boy ring that I picked up as soon as I saw the shop. Much to my delight, Claude reached out thanking me for the review and we quickly struck up a conversation about the merits of adornments. I was delighted to learn that the fckme rings are hand-finished/ground because he is truly passionate about giving your manhood all the attention that it should have. Claude offered to send a few additional rings along since I appreciated the Triple Fat Boy (and our conversation!) so much.
I came across fckme a few months back while hanging out on reddit and finally posted a review of the Triple Fat Boy ring that I picked up as soon as I saw the shop. Much to my delight, Claude reached out thanking me for the review and we quickly struck up a conversation about the merits of adornments. I was delighted to learn that the fckme rings are hand-finished/ground because he is truly passionate about giving your manhood all the attention that it should have. Claude offered to send a few additional rings along since I appreciated the Triple Fat Boy (and our conversation!) so much.
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!
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