We can now take certain credit cards at fairs :)

Thanks to the wonderful people at iZettle we can now accept Mastercard, Diners Club, and American Express. Using a smart device, and a chip card reader, we are able to take secure authorised payment in an approved manner in minutes. So don't let a lack of cash stop you buying the toy of your dreams :)

If you see us at an event such as London Alternative Market, London Fetish Fair, any of the Heresy'n'Heelz events, oCardiff, or the London Fetish Weekend, come and ask us about paying by card.

We don't charge a surcharge for this and can take for any item greater than £1GBP.

Skin Two North 2012 is nearly here :)

Polish your latex, shine up your rubber, and cinch down those tight leather garments. Skin Two North is coming up this Saturday.

This is the North of England's premier one day event, with day time shopping and evening of entertainment and debauched dungeon time :)

So, to old friends and new, bring toys, bring your shopping lists, and bring a healthy kink attitude and enjoy what has to be the best value on the planet :)

And for the first time ever Floggermeister will be able to accept Mastercard, American Express, & Diners Club thanks to those amazing guys at iZettle, the next generation funky credit card merchant service.

July a retrospective.

What a month for July, a great months trading with new events and locations.

Firstly, Heresy'n'Heelz brought their roadshow to Birmingham, using both floors of the Birmingham Ballroom, upstairs catering for the Burlesque, vintage and alternative crowd, and Fetish and BDSM venders taking space downstairs. Performers worked both stages at regular intervals giving customers and traders alike a great show.

Attendance for a first time event was impressive seeing a good blend of people attending both floors happily mixing, shopping, and enjoying the shows.We at Floggermeister are really looking forward to coming back and showing off all our new creations.

The second big thank you, and a fantastic review must go to out to the great people at Crimson Crowbar Studios.

This is not a fetish club, it is a photo studio with regular Kink Asylum parties which are attended by invited guests only. If you get an opportunity for an invite, accept it and attend. You will love it. We were lucky enough to be among the select few traders who have been asked to join them.

As a studio for hire, or a party venue, this place is amazing, with loads of space, a "loud room" where you can scream as much as you want, a general play area with equipment provided by Exodus UK, a medical area, and a suspension frame of industrial dimensions with 4 powered winches, it cannot fail to be popular. And there is so much room you don't need to worry about getting into anyone else's way. Lockers and showers, plus tea and coffee facilities for clients are also provided and make a nice touch as is the small comfortable lounge area.

The industrial nature of the building gives a great atmosphere, something a little different to the usually over polished over mirrored nature that some clubs give when used for Fetish/BDSM events and also makes for a great location for photo shoots when used for the "day job" as a fetish and kink film and photo studio.

We were lucky enough to be invited back in November for Kink Asylum so we will see you guys then :)

How do you feel about mobile payments?

Have you installed Barclays Pingit, do you have the PayPal mobile app to make payments on the go? Or you a traditional ATM and cash, or credit card only customer?


If you attended a small market or fair type event and the trader didn't accept card payment but could take cash, or an electronic method like Pingit or PayPal, would you walk to the nearest ATM (and maybe pay a fee), use the electronic method, or just walk away and not make the purchase?


A lot of people know about PayPal for online payment, so if you ask, you never know, a trader might accept it.


And Pingit isn't just for Barclays customers. If you have a UK bank account, and a suitable phone/tablet with the right Barclays software, you can send and receive money very quickly, after going through the required setup process to confirm your phone, your address, and your bank account.


If you have any opinions on mobile payment systems, let me know. Either through this blog's comment system, a reply to the tweet, or a comment on the Floggermeister Facebook page.


I really do want to hear what you have to say.


Thanks


Carl the Floggermeister

Busy month just gone and another ahead...

Time for the round up of the month to come. I'm late doing this so apologies in advance.


Sunday 3rd June sees me heading South to pervert the Jubilee weeked with @lonaltmarket for the London Alternative Market. A great opportunity to eat, drink, socialise, and learn at the workshops with the friendly team from L.A.M


Sunday 10th June isour second journey South to  @London_Fetish and the London Fetish Fair with the Hollywood Glamour theme this month, the beautiful people with be out in strength to be seen, shop and play another highly organised professional team who can be relied on to put on a spectacular event in a quirky classy environment.


Saturday 30th June sees a new event to the calendar. Originally planned for March, but postponed until June to venue issues, this month is the big launch of the Birmingham Alternative and Burlesque Fair brought to you by the amazing Heresy'n'Heelz in a bigger better and much more appropriate venue The Birmingham Ballroom (@brumballroom). We are proud to be supporting this new venue and event and looking forward to being a future events.


So another busy month on the way and looking forward to catching up with friends and meeting new people in Birmingham.

Oh Wow, that worked even better than expected.

A delivery of something I have been waiting for arrived today. 2 50 metre rolls of something very special.


I can't tell you what it is for yet, but it will be a new product line from a very funky re-purposed material. Sadly not recycled this time, but very, very upcycled.


These new items will be very special, and as far as I can tell, unique in the UK.


For those of you who are curious, they will be unveiled at this month's LAM. Prepare to be dazzled, I will be debuting them at LAM before I even put them on the web shop so be prepared for something just a little different.


If I have piqued you interest, pop by the Floggermeister stand and say hello, and ask nicely, I will show you the new toy range. 

Another busy day in the loft.

Been busy again, a lovely friend of mine got back to me yesterday, she had been considering a flogger of mine and decided which she wanted.


I knew she was heading over to Kage Club in Bury this weekend, so I quickly built just the thing, a scaled down version of the 22" fall Beast, reduced to 24 falls rather than the normal 40, with a smaller thinner dowel core to make the handle slimmer still to suit her. She loved the standard basket weave handle, so that stayed. Tomorrow I head to the Post Office and hopefully she will have it in her hand by Friday.


I was then on a roll, itching to make something I hadn't done for while, I decided it was restraints time.
This time though with a difference, a 3.5" rubber posture collar made with 3mm thick insertion sheet rubber. Not as stiff as a neck corset, but a definite restriction to movement.


Then to follow, as I was still in a funky creative tip, a few sets of wrist and ankle cuffs in the matching rubber.


Been a while since I made some of those cuffs, and it felt good.


Photos of the collar, and cuffs will follow in a new post.

Who, When, Why: This month's calendar

I swear these months are getting shorter.
Seems like I write these calendar update posts daily.


This is a 3 fair month with a chance for both the North and the South to get a taste of what Floggermeister has to offer.


So, where, when? The why is obvious, promoting our own brand of guilt free, ethical kink.

• London Alternative Market, 6/5/2012, 1 America Square London EC3N 2LS
• London Fetish Fair, 13/5/2012, Shillibeers, Carpenter's Mews, North Road, Islington, London, U.K. N7 9EF
• Manchester Alternative & Burlesque Fair, 26/5/2012, Sound Control, New Wakefield Street, Manchester

A varied selection of established events catering to almost all tastes.

See you all soon for a Mad May.

Another new event for the calendar. York YO1 6LJ, UK

We would love to thank the wonderful Before Albius for inviting us to Within These Walls in York. This our first event of any kind over on the other side of the Pennines, so we are especially looking forward to this one, to both trade and play.


Hope all attending enjoy the evening, it is a new one on us, but looks to be a well kept secret and a hidden gem.


Some Previous attendees say it like it is.


"A FANTASTIC NIGHT... one of the BEST venues we have seen for a long time. The underground Dungeon area is second to none that we have seen, with the most PERFECT atmosphere. You just have to go to the next party to understand what we mean." ExodusUK

And another month rolls round :)

Another month and it is time to go back to the fairs, only two this month both in London.

• The London Alternative Market
• The London Fetish Fair

And for everyone coming along, we have some new items to display.

Firstly we have out "Pocket Snake" short whips.

These whips feature a 12" tubular PVC tail, and 8 short stinging tails, black Butyl on the Greensnake, and Blue rubber cord on the Bluesnake.

Add to that the Rubber Dragontails I brought last month,

And the new Rubber 2 tail Tawse, Sorry about the terrible photo, but this toy really packs a wallop, 6mm thick Neoprene and a 22" total length makes for an impressive instrument. The original Tawse, made from a single strip of edged leather, split into 2 or more tongues,  was the official punishment tool in Scottish schools right into the 80's. Although it fell from favour, it wasn't actually banned until 1987. 

All these are better seen in the flesh, so if you see the Floggermeister banner at LFF or L.A.M, come by and see us. We are always happy to chat and answer an questions you might have :)

See you all soon.

Twisted Leprechaun 2011 a retrospective.

Sept 2011 was a big month for Ireland, the lovely StellaPerversa, along with a dedicated team setup the first multi-day dedicated fetish event that gained a global status.

As a first time event, things could not have gone better, a true tribute to those who put many months of effort in the planning and organising, and the endless hours, and over the weekend to make sure that everything went so smoothly.

With 3 packed days of events, every visitor had a full itinerary of things to do, with 5 rooms running workshops, lectures and demos covering many aspects of fetish, kink and BDSM, including the very important details of safe play, techniques and in many cases the history, from speakers from all over the world.

Running alongside this was the vendor mall, spread over two ground floor rooms and packed to the gills with traders, all showing some creative and inspirational products to suit all budgets and tastes, I count my self lucky to have been among them with my vegetarian and vegan friendly recycled toys, and got a very warm welcome from the organisers, other vendors and event attendees.

The highlight for many were the play parties, held every evening, in the nightclub belonging to the hotel, with every available inch of space covered with play equipment, including A frames, suspension frames, stocks and horses/benches. 3 nights of pain and pleasure (depending on your predilections) available to all full ticket holders and those with party only passes with the venue including a section of the club that  may formerly have been a wine cellar that gave the area a very dungeon like feeling enjoyed by many.

I can highly recommend Twisted Leprechaun as an event, and suggest, if you missed out last year, book early, more details of next year, and how to book can be found at the Twisted Leprechaun website.

See you there.