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Ankle Cuffs
The Ankle Cuff sometimes spelled as one word "anklecuff" and also known as leg cuffs are Bondage Cuffs used in BDSM (Bondage, Discipline, Dominance, Submission, Sadism, Masochism) or in Institutions such as hospitals and corrections facilaties. They are used for Leg Restraint. There are many types of Ankle Cuffs including Leather Ankle Cuffs, Suspension Ankle Cuffs, Steel or Metal Ankle Cuffs also known as Shackels or Leg Irons, Police Style Leg Cuffs, Leather and decorative Stainless Steel Cuffs and the Ball and Chain.
Arpad in Ball and Chain |
Police Style Legcuffs |
Decorative Stainless Steel Cuffs |
Their are many styles of leather ankle cuffs alone. An Ankle cuff will typically have one or two buckles depending on the width of the cuff as well as the intended presure points. Most leather restraints intended for BDSM have locking buckles to keep the bondage bottem (the wearer) from being able to remove without consent from the top (the person restraining the subject). Some of these bondage cuffs are made for comfort others are made simply for function while even others are made for discomfort or torture. The more comfortable and decorative leather ankle cuffs typically have a leather liner inside a heavier gauge leather cuff. Some of these are even padded leather ankle cuffs. On the comfort side, look for garment grade leather leg cuffs which is soft. On a raw leather legcuffs often a staple plate is used as the clasping device. Popular colors for leather ankle restraints are Red, Black, Pink and Purple.
It is important for functionality that "leather anklecuffs" have d-rings attached to them in order to secure the legs by providing an anchor point for facining. Look for a heavy gauge metal D Ring. Occasionally you will see ankle restraints with a U shaped half ring attached by rivets. When rivets are used in any bondage device you want to be sure you are buying something that is a thicker grade leather. Otherwise rivets can pull through under preasure. With Metal cuffs this anchor point could be a d-ring or some other type of welded atachment point such as a chain link or multiple chain links. Make sure with metal cuffs there are no burrs, that all welds and cuts are smooth.
Ways to use ankle restraints
Ankle restraints are sometimes a part of a larger bondage device that may connect other bonage cuffs and collars to secure body parts to eachother such as X-bars, Adjustable Stocks, Bondage Sling Stirrup combination and Ankle Spreaders. The X-bar is simply two metal bars crossed in an X shape with two Wrist Cuffs at one end and Ankle Cuffs at the other as seen below.
The X-Bar can be used to put a bondage bottem in several positions both horizontilly and vertically.
Masumi Max in Xbar Hogtie position |
Execution Position |
Sling Stirrup Combo | Ankle Spreaders | Adjustable Stocks |
Ankle Spreaders |
Adjustable Stocks |
The Adjustable Stocks are ankle spreaders with wrist attachments placed imbetween the Ankle Cuffs allong the Spreader Bar. A subject can be put into variations of the Paschimottanasana or Uttanasana positions. | Adjustable Stocks Uttanasana position |
You can creat any tie you might do with rope with Bondage Cuffs. You can hook Ankle cuffs to Wrist Cuffs with a Hogtie. Or to a set of Thigh Cuffs for a Frogtie Position. One could also create a hog tie by attaching one end of a spreader bar to both ankle cuffs snd the other end to both wrist cuffs.
Hogtie Used with Ankle and Wrist Cuffs |
The Adjustable Stocks are ankle spreaders with wrist attachments placed imbetween the Ankle Cuffs allong the Spreader Bar. A subject can be put into variations of the Paschimottanasana or Uttanasana positions. | Adjustable Stocks Uttanasana position |