I've spent a few weeks now playing with this paddle (or rather, being played with by the paddle!) and the more time I spend with it, the more I like it. There's that fantastic thing happening that happens with leather -- it's getting softer and molded into the shape of my curves. The softening of the leather means that the slap isn't quite as loud, but that it seems to get more oomph behind each hit. Which, if you like pain, can be a nice bonus.

One other use we've discovered for this paddle is breast play. Of course, as with any paddle, you can draw the leather along someone's nipples or lightly spank their breasts with it, but the cut-out SLUT word gives this toy something extra: Slide the cut-out side over someone's nipples, and (at least for me) there is this gorgeous sensation of rough and soft, pain and pleasure. It was the kind of discovery that makes me wish I had two to use at one time, one for ass spanking, the other for teasing my nipples.

Still a great toy, one that tends to stay at the top of the toy box, because it gets used so often!