Sex Toy Review: KinkLab Vampire Gloves
I have a thing for vampires. Just in general. Even before Twilight was written, I was going gaga over blood suckers. I even did a ridiculous vampire shoot with Chris back in August. I like being bitten. I’m always cold…but yet I don’t wear socks, or really jackets. I rarely sleep, and am up all night. Like till 5 or 6am. Vampires rock my life.
So what, you may be asking, do vampires have to do with sex toys? Well, fetish items are toys too! And I love fetish toys. Floggers, nipple clamps and paddles - all things I enjoy and love.
But vampire gloves? FUCKING BRILLIANT.
What, you may ask, are vampire gloves? They are ordinary leather gloves that aren’t quite so ordinary. Each finger (and thumb) on both gloves are covered with a large mass of metal spikes. The palm is spike free on my pair (although there are in fact vampire gloves available that have spikes on the palms as well).
For the most part, the spikes feel wonderful, but are fairly innocuous. They leave little scratch marks, but don’t really draw blood. However, my left hand glove has some spikes that are a little sharper, or set a little off - something. And daaaaamn. They can HURT. As in draw blood. And leave lots o’ scratch marks/small cuts for a few days.
The first time I played with them, it was last month with F. I was running them up and down her as she shuddered. Later, in the middle of watching Lesbian Life: Real Sex San Francisco, F and I wound up getting into a spanking scene. I was reddening her ass, and then would slooooowly dragged my spiked gloves over her red ass cheeks, feel her body climax into me over and over and over again. I actually like not having spikes on the palms, because then you can spank and smack with the palms, without having to take off the gloves in between.
Next, I brought them to a play party. I didn’t have anything in mind, but then my cute friend who happens to be a Domme wanted to play with me (she has a thing about Hitachi Magic Wands, and I just so happened to have brought one with me). As she rummaged through my bag, she found the vampire gloves, and was completely entranced by them. They felt amazing as she ran them up and down my body. My arms, my back, my breasts, my thighs. I was already flying high, just from feeling the cold spikes against my skin.
However- the left glove scratched up the inside of my leg pretty bad, and I still have some cuts around my nipples from it. So if you’re not into blood play, don’t let a Domme (or Dom or top) grab hold of your gloves without making sure they are not as sharp anymore.
These are probably one of my favorite new toys…and I have a fuck ton of toys, so that’s saying a lot. In fact, I think everyone, even people who are not super into fetishy things, should have their very own set of vampire gloves. Freaking amazing!
-Essin’ Em
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These types of gloves seem fairly common and available with some variations as you noted. Years ago (gosh, must be close to 20) I was at Black Rose and someone there was selling a very interesting glove. I had them take measurements of my hand and they created one from the measurements that fit me quite well. The glove itself was plain flat leather on one side and furry on the other side (for the moment I’ll leave aside the “fur discussion”, I think it was rabbit, and since I’m a carnivore, had no issues with using the rest of them for something). At the tips of each finger and thumb, rather than “spikes” which most gloves have that I see now, were stainless stell banjo picks that had been filed down to a sharp point *smile*. It’s quite an incredible toy, especially for someone like me that enjoys sensation play (3 for 1 in this toy!). It’s also one of my all time favorite toys *smile*. I can “arch” my hand back so that I can use it to strike or slap or give someone a spanking in such a way that the tips do not touch the skin. It can be used gently and not leave much of a scratch, or increased force can be used resulting in scratches and the occasional blood display.
I really love the versatility of this tool once I learned (on myself) how to use it properly.
Enjoy!
How does one sanitize a toy like this? Is there leather safe cleaner? They sound like fun, but it seems that with the scratching, skin and blood cells would accumulate.
I have a friend who made her own set of vampire gloves from a plain pair of leather gloves and the metal setting pieces used to decorate clothing with rhinestones and such. A little sharp for my taste since I’m not into bloody scratches, but they were amazing to have lightly skimmed over my skin. I’m going to make my own set and file the points down just a bit to suit me. Being on a tight budget I love to find inexpensive ways to make my own toys!
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