You may be surprised to learn that while I love all things feet, I haven’t actually tried serious bastinado (beating of the feet). I’ve always been curious by it, and turned on by watching videos of it, but it wasn’t something that I had experienced first hand.
Part of this is I don’t sub for anyone except my husband, and people I know really, really well. And the few people I have subbed for (as well as my husband), none have had any bastinado experience. But I was looking to try something new and get something out of my foot stocks! So we went slowly and had a lot of communication about what I did and didn’t like as the scene was happening. And it was a lot of fun! I enjoyed it a lot, and hope to get to do it more often now that we’ve had some experience.
We did end up using all the implements seen in the first pic. I’m also wearing a Bishop Head Harness, and it was strapped to the bed’s headboard, further immobilizing my head (close up pics later in the post–also when one of my stinky socks as added). It was a pretty hot set up!
For those of you who do enjoy and have experienced bastinado, what have been your favorite implements to use? And what tips would you pass along? I ended up liking the crops the best, and would maybe want to try something like this slapper paddle, which I just ordered from JT’s Stockroom.
