Guides & care
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Guide
How to Choose a Locking Steel Collar
A steel collar is the piece people agonise over most, and reasonably so: it is worn at the throat, it is often worn longest, and unlike a soft collar …
Guide
Choosing Your First Restraints
The usual first purchase is a bundle: four cuffs, a blindfold, some webbing, a printed box, €30. It is a reasonable way to find out whether you are in…
Guide
Rigid vs Chain Restraints
Two pairs of steel cuffs can look almost identical in a listing and feel like different things entirely on the body. The difference is what runs betwe…
Guide
Measuring for Fit
Rigid steel does not forgive a guess. A soft cuff will stretch two centimetres and hide the error; a machined shackle will not. Five minutes with a ta…
Guide
Caring for Steel
Stainless steel is not stainless because of what it is made of. It is stainless because of a layer perhaps three nanometres thick — chromium oxide, fo…
Guide
304 vs 316 Stainless Steel for Restraints
Every honest listing for a steel collar or cuff should name a grade, and most don't. "Stainless steel" alone is a range, not a specification — it stre…