Let me sing a song in praise of Tweezer Nipple Clamps|Fresh tweezer nipple clamps! Before holding them, I thought they'd be too tight to enjoy, but when I got a pair in my hot little hands I immediately tried the squeeze test -- applying them to the stretched skin between my thumb and forefinger. These could be clipped tight enough to hold firmly without being too painful, and they could be tugged without falling off. Test one passed, I bought a pair and packed them for the upcoming weekend.

First, of course, I tried them out on myself, for nothing touches my sweetie's body until I know everything about it. I found they really work best when applied to nipples that are already erect, and that, even then, holding the nipple and the tweezer end while sliding the adjustable ring on the clamp is a bit tricky. Without close attention, it is possible to pinch skin or breast in the clamp as you make it tighter, and unless that's the effect you are going for, practice practice practice. I found it didn't take long to develop the hand-hand-eye coordination (knowing, though, that having my eyes and hands on her breasts is a completely different experience, one that still leaves me shaken with the sheer wonder of her).

But the real test was how these felt to my partner, who has only recently discovered just how much pressure she enjoys on her nipples. We first tried some more jewelry-like nipple clips|Bull nose nipple jewelry, which were lovely but didn't have enough pressure and came off too easily. I pulled these from pocket (since it is only polite to warm up the metal before applying it to warm breasts), and she was Definitely Interested. In spite of my earnest practice, getting them on the first time was still a bit awkward, but we both enjoyed the learning curve. Once on, she found the pressure perfect, since the clamps could quickly change from very intense to light and as her body responded. At the intense level, just tapping on the clamp brought her sharp pleasure -- and it was quite clear that watching me pull the chain through my lips as I moved from one nipple to another was as good for her as it was for me.

And there was the time we attached one clamp to her right nipple and one to my right nipple, so that every way we moved pulled us closer together... but that's a long story for another medium.

Some hints from a happy, experienced user:

-take a few moments to super glue the rubber tips to the ends of the clamps. Without this, the tips can slide off, leaving a sharp pointed corner pushed hard into an unsuspecting nipple

-with careful practice, one can hold a nipple erect and upright with one's lips, sliding the clamp on with one hand. This leaves the other hand free for supporting oneself, or for mischief, and is nearly too slick for words.

Since first using the tweezer nipple clamps, I’ve purchased four other kinds: a jewelry-quality squeezing clip, a modified adjustable u-clamp, a wire/cloth sliding loop, and a fairly intimidating-looking tool originally designed to hold the heavy fabric of a kimono. I’ve tried the first three of these several times, and none hold as well as the tweezer clips (although the sterling silver squeezing clip is definitely the most aesthetically pleasing). All pull off with even the most gentle tugging, which is frustrating in any circumstance, and definitely frustrating if one’s sweetie enjoys much-beyond-gentle tugging. I haven’t tried the kimono clips on nipples yet, as they pinch very tightly and have hard plastic pads with tiny points. We may try them yet, but not until a moment of enough excitement that this amount of pressure can be pleasurable.

Meanwhile, we just keep coming back to the tweezers. One of my sweetie’s nipples is “inverted” – which means it enjoys life, even parties, from a reclining position, such that any kind of clamp is hard to attach. This has led to all kinds of creativity, although my favorite is still attaching one tweezer to her erect nipple and the other to one of mine and proceeding apace, with a set boundary to how far apart we can move, and very intense signals as the action continues. This makes for a hot interlude, no matter what we are up to. Curiously, we’ve yet to try this while having strap-on sex. Hmmm. Guess we all know what I’ll likely be up to this weekend.