Clothespins

Clothespins are the ultimate bargain-basement SM 'pervertible'; 50 of these miniature clamps cost less than GBP2 (US$3/DM4,50) in any supermarket! They are firm enough to stay on and cause a sensation but you'd have to be very violent with them to even break the skin, let alone cause serious damage.

The wooden variety usually bite harder and have a more rugged look, but they can be very cheaply made so watch out for splinters and sand them down if necessary. The plastic variety are usually lighter and smoother. Not everyone likes the jolly colors but traditionalists may be able to find black ones and the different colors can be used in mind games ("Now, how many green ones have I put on? Oh, dear, you must have lost count. Well, we'll just have to add another one then..."). Some enterprising types have taken to dying the wooden ones black, dipping the ends in latex and selling at a premium. You can also vary the pressure of a clothespin by wrapping it with elastic bands: on the biting side of the spring to increase and on the other side to decrease.

Put them on nipples, scrotums, dicks, cunts and the skin round sensitive places like the genitals or on the sides, in lines around the breasts or male pectorals and down the upper arms. Once on, the body adjusts to the sensation after a short while but you'll know about it when they come off and the blood rushes back to the pinched site (Do bear in mind, though, that leaving anything like a peg on for an excessive length of time or overnight is inadvisable). You can also stimulate the pegged area by rubbing the adjacent skin with hand pressure to shake the pegs.

One clothespin trick is to make a line of pegs along the back or chest with a length of string passed through the recess behind the clamping surface of each peg. Then, after leaving for about 15 minutes or so, lift all the pegs in one sudden sweeping movement by lifting the string, causing a big hit of sensation.

Of course, you can also use them to hang up clothes to dry. In the aftermath of the Spanner case, the police raided someone's home and confiscated the pegs in their bedroom but left the ones in the kitchen!