After my success with the “Casey’s Pink Power, The Plunge”, I was feeling a little adventurous. I know, I know, it may be the sort of adventure that merely adds bananas to a peanut butter and jelly sandwich… but when you add a ruffle and a ridge to a dildo and hand it to a woman who generally goes for smooth and curved, expect to see an eyebrow raise. Mine did. I saw the Bonez Graduated Black Double, and my kneejerk comparison? Chess pieces -- namely, a Pawn and a Rook doing the nasty. I like drawing random parallels like that, it helps me figure out a toy’s place in my universe.

In hand, it was reminiscent of a dog toy. The Bonez Graduated Black Double is made of hollow, firm, TPR. It has very little give and some flex. I half expected it to squeak when I squeezed it. That might have been hilarious. That might have been worth it… I may have paid extra.

TPR, is of course, somewhat porous. It is safe to use solo without a protective barrier, provided you give it the care it requires. Nothing special, just clean it before and after, with either soap and water, or toy cleaner. TPR may only be shared if a nonporous, protective barrier is used, and if you intend to double task the toy (vaginal and anal), a barrier must. When in doubt, use a condom.

Silicone or water based lube is safe to use with this toy. While this toy is NOT sticky and jelly-like, it is a bit on the rubbery side, so it does produce a lot of friction. Whether or not you need lube is up to the amount of lubricant your body produces.

This dildo is considered of modest or medium girth, but I found it to be enjoyably filling. I do tend to kegel when I masturbate, though, so I find that all dildos between 2.25” circumference and 5.25” circumference ‘fills’ me.

This guy is a bit of a rough fuck. The ‘pawn’ side (the side that’s slimmer with more knobby bits), stimulates my G-spot a little meanly… I can feel each knob, and they saw a bit at my g-spot. Again, I kegel when I masturbate (I reflexively squeeze). The smaller top pops in easily, and then again each ridge until I reach the middle bit. I cannot thrust hard with the ‘pawn’ side. It just rubs too hard, stimulates too much. I do not know where my g-spot is, but I know its neighborhood. The pawn side of this dildo machine guns the whole neighborhood, looking for the one hit. I do quite enjoy mini-thrusting with it, however. Short little inch-fucks with the ‘pawn side’ is stimulating and hard, firm, and even a little rough, without being uncomfortable.

I tend to use the “pawn side” only when I’ve come at least once. Before then, it’s just too much stimulation, to an area of my body that doesn’t respond to that sort of touch very early in the evening.

The ‘rook side’, the side that has a simple head and immediately comes to a waist and hits a shaft (the side that’s more cock-like), is my favorite side to start with. Yes, it’s wider, but the lack of ridging makes it stimulating in slightly fewer ways than the ‘pawn side’, so it’s easier for me to start with. Inch-fucking with this side, gives my g-spot area a nice massage. I haven’t been able to get a g-spot orgasm from it, but I get the feeling it’s only an evening’s patient wait away. It also functions as a ‘more normal’ dildo, for me, in that I can just leave it and play with my clit, and it’ll be juuust far enough in to stimulate my cervix. I find that if I don’t feel like an aggressive screw, simply holding something inside me, to rub my cervix at the opportune time, adds a lot of depth and meaning to my orgasms.

Of course, this double dildo is too short to double penetrate two people. However, it is a good multitasker for a soloist, or a couple willing to take turns. It’s nearly impossible to avoid lube-hands if you flip the dildo and use both sides in the same session, but it’s a lot of fun if you’re willing to towel off and do it anyways.

Alright. So, I’m a bit of a pansy, apparently… the hard, knobby parts kind of stimulated me to the point of overkill. I didn’t come from the over-stimulation. But, when held back, and used at the right time, this is a very admirable dildo. It is my new flavor of the week, on my nightstand.

Sometimes, a good hard fuck is just the way to go.