Any Way You Slice It - Knife Play in the Scene

How do you get to use knives on people and not get charged with a crime? Get into one of the fastest growing kinks – knife play.

Why Knives?

Knives are multitasking scene toys that act on both physical senses and psychological. Few things elicit a more visceral emotional response than being confronted with a knife, even consensually. The sensation of the blade on skin, the catharsis of the emotional struggle, and the fear from playing so close to the edge are a heady mix for a submissive.

For the love of a good mind-fuck

Few things can invoke a serious mind-fuck like knife play. To a sub, it matters little whether you use the sharpened or unsharpened side of the blade. In their head it is all the same. No matter how gently you run the blade over sensitive parts, their minds will tell them they are on the verge of being cut. Using the unsharpened side of a blade in your scene makes the play a lot safer, yet just as enjoyable. An even safer alternative is to show them a really mean looking knife; then blindfold them and proceed to use a butter knife that they never see. Their mind convinces them that the mean knife is what is running over their skin. The fight or flight instinct triggers physical responses in the body. Fear response is often so close to sexual arousal that the mind can confuse the two. The threat of the knife and the confidence that all will be alright creates further confusion between body and mind.

Cool Heat

Sensations caused by blades vary depending on whether the blade is warmed or cooled. Both invoke different feelings on the skin by triggering different nerve responses from the skin. Using a blindfold adds a psychological thrill, as they can only imagine the blade. Skilled use of temperature can even induce the sensation of bleeding. Many enjoy the struggle between the primal fear of being cut, and knowledge that it's all a sensory illusion.

Intimate Edge

Knife play is also a very intimate act. It takes a deep level of trust for someone to allow another person to take them to the edge with more than average risk of injury. That being said, I would venture to guess that it is still statistically much safer than driving. It also requires close physical interactions that are highly erotic in their own right. The closeness of knife scenes draws both parties emotionally closer on many levels.

In the Scene

Blades are very much in vogue right now and the number of people engaging in it is growing. Some kinksters are even scaling up and using swords as impact toys. Needless to say this is a highly risky activity that should be properly learned and practiced before being unleashed on a human being. It goes without saying that before engaging in any kind of knife play you must absolutely learn how to do it properly and safely.

Check your local BDSM organizations and venues for classes. Alternatively, try to find someone who is respected in the scene for skill and safety to teach and mentor you. Learning the intimate details of this kink from a veteran will save you many sessions of learning, and many if not most experienced players enjoy teaching an art they love to new players.