This particular hogtie|Hog tie - Wrist and ankle cuffs consists of velcroed loops of a stiff material that fit around your thighs, and are linked by another length (which utilizes a lengthening/shortening plastic buckle type device) down to similarly velcroed anklets made of something similar to neoprene. These cuffs can then be attached back to the thigh loops with another velcroed loop. The fabric around the thigh is quite rough, especially if it is twisted during the application of the velcro, but not enough that it left a mark, unless it was particularly tightly fastened.

To be honest, I'd not really been looking forward to this piece of equipment. The previous week, I had injured my shoulder, which meant that I couldn't push my arm behind my back. The thought of having it forced back there and attached to my ankles and the resultant pressure on the joint was really worrying me.

Prior to my arrival, Ruf had opened the package and assembled all the straps. He said that slightly better instructions might have made life a lot more easy and he would definitely recommend this pre-use preparation as to have to try to work it out with the blurred mind of anticipatory lust would have made him very cross. As it was, he still got a bit irritated by the device in terms of putting me into it... even though I felt I was being extremely compliant.

He got the first two loops around either thigh and then joined them to the ankles. There was the option to have the connecting piece left long or shortened to bring the ankles backwards to rest against the backs of the thighs.

Then, the bit I'd been so dreading. The fastening of the neoprene wrist cuffs to the thigh loops. In the event, this could be done so that my arms rested by my sides. I think that the position of the wristlets could be adjusted so that they linked through both the thigh and ankle cuffs, making it far more uncomfortable. But, with my injury, this was as far as it was possible to go.

It was ideal for keeping me static to be paddled or penetrated with whatever toys came to hand. But Ruf found it rather frustrating in that it seemed to preclude proper access for fucking. Whether changing the cuffs so that they join to both the thigh and ankle loops would improve the situation, I will attempt to discover when next we play.