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@PutMeInTheCorner and @VermouthEnemaKatie
I have a couple of thoughts relating to bath-brush paddling and the bristles and a violin-bow spanking:
1. I have three different wooden bath brushes purchased for under $10 each at Walmart and I love them. Two have an oval shape, one of which has bristles on the back and the other has a sponge-sort-of thing on the back, but they have the exact same handle and shape. The third bath brush has a round head and a heavier wood and this one is my new favorite spanking implement.
A paddle can cover both cheeks while the bath brush concentrates its fire-power in one spot and it feels great, especially the round one.
I will have to try the rub-bristles-on-the-butt-first technique. Part of me things that lightly scrubbing the skin would sensitize the skin, just waking it up, so to speak, and that might be enough to intensify the feeling of the smack of the bath brush. I have grandkids here right now so I’ll test it later.
2. Now, the violin bow. I am a classically trained violinist and played for years in a youth symphony and in many public productions. My violin bow cost $400 back in 1973 so that's like $45 million today when adjusted for inflation. Wait, I may have overestimated that by a tad. Actually, it is probably worth $2,000 today. My dad also paid $412 for my violin in 1970 so the bow is worth roughly the same as my violin.
Anyway, with my love of spankings and my love for trying new implements on my bottom and because of you two naughty girls giving me ideas, I am now find the idea of experimenting with a violin bow quite intriguing, but I would want to buy a cheap, used violin bow at a second-hand store or get a cheap student violin bow at the music store.
Truth be told, I don't know that it would have enough bite or kick in it to hurt very much. I think the bow hairs would dampen the effectiveness or severity of the strike and removing the bow hairs might weaken the strength of the bow itself. On the other hand, removing the horse-hair bow string might strengthen the bow itself because while tightly strung, the wooden bow is under tension and it might more easily snap. I better get half a down bows if I want to truly test this.
BTW and FYI: The bow hair is actually horse hair, generally from the tail, but can be from the mane. About 160 to 180 very straight horse-hair strands are attached next to each other to form a ribbon. Rosin is applied to the bow hair before being used. Rosin is the hardened sap of the pine tree and comes in yellow or black cakes, which produce a white powder when rubbed. Rosin powder is sticky, which helps the bow rub the strings.
What an interesting and weird post. Started out talking about wooden bath-brush spankings, bristle-butt rubbing prior to spanking, violin-bow spankings, and the physical makeup of the hair on a violin bow and the rosin that it applied to the violin bow prior to playing to enable the palying.
Wow! Interesting and educational. Okay, so maybe not. At least it was for me.