Vendor: McHurt
Time flies quickly when you are having fun – or are just busy with daytime work. When I wrote in my Christmas greetings that posts would be infrequent, I did not anticipate a spontaneous two month break. Sorry for that! If you want to keep up with my busy (kink) life, follow me on Bluesky and Instagram as I don’t use the hell hole Twitter has become not anymore.
Since I left things before the break with a… colorful toy, I decided to kick things off again with an intense implement from one of my favorite kink stores.
Construction
The Beast is a very narrow and long impact toy, measuring 58x4cm. At the bottom there is a 18.5cm long section of four layers of bridle leather which taper towards the middle of the section, forming an ergonomic grip space. Due to the four layers, it has a nice thickness and rests easily in the hand. Towards the bottom is a hole through which a piece of soft leather is threaded, serving as a loop.
The long shaft is made out of two layers of bridle leather. It tapers slowly over 26cm to a 2.5cm wide neck and then extended again for a 13.5cm long and 4cm wide head. The last third of this section is split in two spike-shaped prongs, almost like devil horns. A piece of very flexible spring steel keeps the shaft in place. Once properly broken in, the head will probably flap more, develop momentum and become even more vicious than the toy already is.
Like all the leather impact toys I have bought from McHurt over the years (which are dozens…), the finish of this toy is top notch! The seam running around the edge is flawless. All edges (except the inside of the prongs) are deburred, rounded and burnished.
There are different leather and stitching color options in “traditional kink colors” like black, bordeaux and tan. Sometimes new colors are added, sometimes due to being a small store in Berlin with a limited stock room specific colors are out of stock. So best check out their website which colors are currently available.
Playing with the Beast
As written above, the Beast is a real beast, an impact toy for experienced masochists and somewhat patient sadist due to the handling of the toy.
The soft spring steel inside gives this paddle uncommon ergonomics by keeping the shaft straight yet making the momentum bouncy. One swing back and forth almost takes half a second. You have to synchronize the blows with the momentum of the spring. If you increase the frequency or want to hit when the spring is swinging back, the shaft starts to wobble, making it a bit hard to control. So you are stuck with about two hits per second.
If you can live with these constraints, the Beast is a vicious pack of nasty fun! It is probably the most intense leather impact toy in my entire collection.
Like with all toys, you can tap lightly. But being made out of bridle leather, the sensation will still be some sting. But due to the low frequency and the small impact area, this toy cannot be used properly for warm-up. It simply takes too long to cover a large area like the ass. But to be frank, this is not what the toy was designed for.
Adding more kinetic energy will turn the light sting of hard leather hitting the skin into a flash light sharp pain. This toy is pure, intense sting! Adding a little more force with drastically increase the pain. The Beast is a punisher, almost a lazy top toy, which with little force creates big pain. Without warm-up, one strike can lead to tears. Because of that I consider it an end-of-scene toy. In order to enjoy it, endorphins must be flowing generously already.
The regular frequency of the hits has something almost meditative. Swinging the Beast feels a bit like a pain metronome. It is a unique experience both for the top and the sub. In my experience, this structure helps the sub get to where he wants to be if he is not quite there yet. On the other hand of the flow spectrum, if you are ambidextrous, you can use this against the sub. Let him sink into the abyss of regular, intense blows and switch to a different mean toy like a cane or a rubber threat and rip him out of his agony-made cocoon.
The intensity can be varied about by adjusting the impact area. Naturally most sting will be dealt out when just hitting with the head. Since there is spring inside it and the prongs reducing the air resistance, it adjust to the surface it hits, delivering maximum pain. But since the spring steel is so flexible, you can even hit more voluminous areas like the ass or thighs with the toy wrapping around it. It actually is one of the few paddles I you have to worry about wrap-arounds once broken in.
When testing this toy, I started thinking whether the sharp edges of the prongs are actually a feature. They are not that sharp to break the skin but especially at the tips, you can feel a scratch and bite, enhancing the sensation repertoire of this toy. If you tap or sweep with just the tips, you can leave some light scratch marks. Considering that this is an intense impact toy for experienced players, I lean towards thinking of it as feature, not a bug.
Conclusion: Extremely intense impact toy with unusual ergonomics. | |||
Pro | Cons | Where to get | Price |
Low energy delivers intense sensation | Swing dictates hit frequency | McHurt | 56€ |
Comfortable to hold | |||
Unique meditative quality | |||
Very well made |