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urethra poking out of a male chastity device
When everything is lined up; my urethra peaks out of the center opening. Peeing is not a problem then. Should it slip down a bit, there will be a messy spray.
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Mrs. Lion seemed surprised when she read about my decision to order a Cherry Keeper 3D printed chastity device. After all, I do have a large collection of these items. So far, the only one I wear regularly is the Jail Bird. Part of the reason I do is that it’s out and available when it isn’t on me. The main reason is that it fits perfectly and is very comfortable. I suspect that Mrs. Lion also likes the steel better than white nylon.

The Jail Bird is an old friend. I’ve been wearing it since 2014. It’s gone through several modifications, primarily cage shortening, to improve the fit. It’s very unlikely that any off-the-shelf product can fit as well. Having said that, there is one issue with the Jail Bird that I wish could be fixed: the alignment of my urethra in the cage.

Each time I’ve had the cage shortened I expected the firmer contact with the front bars would keep my urethra centered and unobstructed. Now that the cage length is down to just 1 inch, the shortest Jail Bird can be made, my urethra still wanders a little bit. All it takes is for it to move slightly behind one of the bars to produce an unfortunate, messy spray of urine.

It may turn out that short of a urethral tube, no device will provide continuous, trouble-free alignment for the urethra. A partial solution is to sit when peeing. That way, messy spray is contained inside the toilet. Of course, if the alignment is off my balls get an unwelcome urine shower. My solution is to keep a Q-tip handy at all times. I can use it to realign the head of my penis so that spray is eliminated.

I really want a trouble-free device. Our collective experience with very short cages suggests there may be an opportunity to build devices that effectively hold the penis head position and, of course, provide protection from sexual arousal. The market dictates what’s important when designing and building male chastity devices. Until the last few years, there’s been very little feedback to the makers.

Thanks to blogs and forums, it’s possible for people who will design and make male chastity devices to keep their fingers on the pulse of the market. Discussion of security is more and more infrequent. Guys are maturing and recognize that they are wearing these devices because they asked to. That means, one of the major considerations in chastity device design: security is very low priority. With our discovery that cage length can be very short without compromising comfort, another formerly important fit issue has fallen by the wayside.

As my one-inch Jail Bird illustrates, the cage itself only has to contain the head of the penis. The flaccid body comfortably collapses upon itself and lives behind the cage and in front of the base ring. That means we can get a design that fits the head like a glove and has a mechanical mechanism, like the headlock in the Cherry Keeper, that doesn’t allow the head to pull back at any time. This fit should guarantee there won’t be any more migration causing those unpleasant sprays.

The Nub is a good example of a device that’s on the right track. Its 1 inch tube tightly holds the penis head and the urethra pokes through the single front opening. In my experiments wearing it, I find that the urethra can at times wander away from its position. Getting it back in position can be problematic.

I have an idea. What if the very front of the cage has a short funnel-like structure. If the head can be held firmly in place inside the cage, the short funnel can encourage the urethra to remain centered. The walls of this sloping shape can form a sort of seal between the head of the penis and the opening. This will assure proper alignment. I’m not suggesting that the funnel taper to a small opening. It doesn’t have to. It just needs to provide a little extra encouragement to keep the urethra where it belongs.

Once you stop worrying about security and somehow encasing the entire penis in a cage, you can think about the issues that make long-term chastity device wear more practical. I think it’s worth a try.

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Rendering of the Cherry Keeper Headlock The “shelf” at the bottom of the cage keeps the head of the penis in place.

As Mrs. Lion wrote yesterday in her post, she gave me a nice orgasm after waiting eight days. I’m not sure why but the time I spent locked in the Jail Bird made peeing more difficult for me than it has been in a very long time. For some reason, my urethra wandered out of the opening intended for it. Mrs. Lion was sanguine about my difficulties, pointing out that it’s what I should expect if I want to be caged. I suppose so.

I found a new 3D-printed chastity device. Of course, I ordered it. It’s very reasonably priced and competes favorably with many of the other off-the-shelf products out there. Once I get it, I’ll publish your review. There seems to be very little new in the chastity device world. What attracted me to this particular one (called the Cherry Keeper) is that it’s available with a feature called the “headlock”. This is a lip on the inside, bottom of the cage itself. You can order this lip in several sizes. The idea is that the head of the penis has to be forced through this smaller opening into the larger, correctly-sized cage above. The maker claims this lip makes pullout much more difficult. I’m not so sure about that, but I do believe it will hold the head in place inside the cage. This will make things neater and easier for the wearer.

What’s also significant is that the cage itself is just a little over 1 inch long. It’s designed to hold just the head of the penis. I believe longer versions of the cage are also available with this feature. However, my current thinking is that anything over an inch is probably a problem. I’m not getting too excited yet about this device because being 3D-printed, it may have a rough finish needing smoothing. Unlike other similar devices, it’s available in a “premium” finish. It more than doubles the cost of each component but it promises to be much smoother. We’ll see.

Because it’s made out of stainless steel, the Jail Bird can’t have the sort of anatomical accuracy printed devices can have. The cherrykeeper can be fully customized. The only extra cost, beyond the charges for printing the components, is a $75 design fee. The maker suggested that I might be very happy with the standard small cage including the headlock. It’s worth a try.

I’m previewing this product before I receive it so that if you want to try one yourself before I get mine, you can. Here’s a link to the site. Based on the few small reviews I’ve read of this product, is very promising. If you do decide to try it, I strongly urge you to order the premium finish. I also suggest that you buy it in white. That’s the natural color of the plastic. The other colors are just painted on the outside and will wear off. Since the device is buried in your underwear anyway, is color really necessary?

I would love to learn how to do 3D design. I think it would be fun to try my hand at designing a chastity device. By the way, the other plastic, 3D-printed device that I have is much more expensive and not nearly as innovative. It too is printed by Shapeways, one of the oldest and largest 3D printing companies.

Thanks to the ever-growing array of Chinese devices, offered at bargain prices, enforced male chastity is becoming very affordable. Also, it seems that the various manufacturers are recognizing the real-life size of most Western penises. I know that early versions of the smaller cages offered by the Chinese companies, were either way too long, or when shorter, very narrow. If there is such a thing as a standard size, the base ring would be one and three-quarter inches (45 mm) and the cage diameter about 1.3 inches (33 mm). Based on my experience, the optimum length for a cage is about 1 inch (26 mm). It would be very unusual to need one larger or smaller.

Since I’m on that subject, there are guys who have much wider penises. There are also men who need larger or smaller base rings. So far, nobody seems to need a longer cage. I spent a lot of time writing about how important properly fitting a base ring is. I bought into the idea that a tighter base ring made the device more secure. I suppose it adds a little more security if that ring really squeezes down. The loss of comfort and risk of injury, more than offsets any improvement in preventing escape.

All of these devices can be escaped. That’s even true of the ones that make use of a piercing. You can always cut the ring or pin that goes through the piercing. I think most of us of stop worrying very much about escape. None of us are locked in against our will. So the idea of escape doesn’t make any sense. The base ring itself needs to be big enough so that you can wear it with no discomfort. You should never need to use any sort of lubricant on it. It has to be small enough so that one of your balls can’t slip out. The ring has to be quite a bit larger than necessary for that to happen. Based on what I’ve read, that 45 mm ring is a perfect starting point.

So far, despite all the Chinese stainless steel devices and various plastic devices I’ve acquired, Mrs. Lion’s go-two choice is the Jail Bird. I tend to favor it as well. However, I keep hoping that one of these new devices will be more comfortable (hard to believe!) and neater to use than the Jail Bird. If the Cherry Keeper lives up to my expectations, it may be our next first choice. I expect that unless by some miracle, the off-the-shelf fits perfectly, I’ll probably order a custom device designed to my exact size.

In my mind, the ideal chastity device is a second skin made of a rigid material that keeps me completely flaccid and unable to be sexually stimulated. I believe that the only possible way I could attain this chastity Nirvana is by getting a 3D-printed chastity device made to my exact specifications. The only reason I would have to go to this extreme is that even the Cherry Keeper’s smallest cage is still about 5 to 10 mm too long. We’ll see. Stay tuned.

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In her post yesterday, Mrs. Lion wrote that I may be sorry that I reminded her to lock me in my Jail Bird. She went on to say that she might be too tired after doing chores to unlock me and tease me. She said that I would be sorry that I asked to be locked up. This is an interesting observation. It’s been well established that I’m trained not to masturbate. If I were wild and Mrs. Lion tired, I wouldn’t get any teasing. How is this different from being left in my chastity device and not teased? It appears that in her mind there is a difference.

Up until now, my assumption has been that wearing the device is something I want. I like that it’s a symbol of my commitment to my lioness. It satisfies a bondage kink too. Clearly, it has a value to Mrs. Lion as well. I suspect it may be related to the fact that the hardware has to come off before any sexual activity can begin. If I’m left wild, simply remaining on her side of the bed is a passive way to not provide me with sexual activity. Obviously, she can also stay on her side of the bed if I’m locked in my chastity device. However, the very fact that it’s locked around my penis reminds her that she has physical control over me.

I didn’t suspect that she thought this way. But I can’t think of any other reason why she would write that I’ll be sorry I asked to be locked up if she chooses to ignore me because she is tired. I won’t be any sorrier if the device stays on and I get no fun than I would be if wild and un-teased. After all, I’m way past doing it myself.

I think this is good news. No, not that she might ignore me. The good news is that lacking me a chastity device has meaning to her beyond the trouble of putting it on and taking it off my cock. There is one other possible explanation for what she wrote. She might’ve done it just to tease me and feed into my feelings about wearing a chastity device. Or, it might be a combination of these things.

In the early hours of the morning when I was half asleep, I did think about the fact that I could be left caged for days on end. That thought felt very powerful to me. I realized that being ignored sexually when wild is the same thing. Before Friday night, Mrs. Lion stayed away from my penis for a couple of days. I was wild and available. Having the same thing happen while caged would feel different. I realize this is absolutely irrational. But it would.

Even though the outcome — no sexual stimulation — would be the same, remaining in the cage feels more like an overt act; being ignored more passive. In fact, both are equally passive. Neither requires any action on Mrs. Lion’s part. It just feels different to me. Maybe the power of being physically restrained in the chastity device resides more in the intention of the keyholder than the actual barrier to masturbation.

When Mrs. Lion locks me in, she is consciously letting me know that until she releases me, I will not experience any sexual stimulation. I won’t be able to get an erection until she lets me out. I’ve always felt this way about being locked in a chastity device. I’m starting to think that on some level she feels the same way. If I’m in the device, simply putting off snuggling and teasing because she’s tired has much more meaning than if I was available without a physical barrier between the world and my penis.

It’s not easy for me to put into words. If I’m wild, putting off activity isn’t conscious. It’s just a consequence of being tired or not feeling interested in stimulating me. However, if I’ve been locked in my cage, it feels more like a decision rather than procrastination, when stimulation is withheld.

Significant or not, I am back in the Jail Bird. I’m not going to be able to have an erection until Mrs. Lion decides to release me for teasing. Because the device is in place, I’m much more aware of this.

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Mrs. Lion hasn’t tried this position yet. I imagine a firm grip on my balls would keep me in place.

(This isn’t fiction.)
We finish dinner while watching “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy”. The dishes get cleared and washed. I lie on top of the bed and watch TV while Mrs. Lion takes her shower.

When she’s done, she comes out of the bathroom naked. Instead of joining me on the bed, she goes into the guest room and returns with a paddle. When I saw her head for the guestroom, I knew I was going to be spanked.

She walks around to my side of the bed. She doesn’t say a word. She doesn’t have to. I roll over onto my stomach and wait. I feel the paddle repeatedly hit one spot 10 times.

There is a pause.

10 more swats to the same spot on the other cheek.

Pause.

10 swats on the first spot.

She repeats this process over and over. I lose count. I just want her to stop. I yell loudly and kick my feet. I tell her to stop.

10 swats on the left.

Pause.

10 more on the right.

Each set harder than the last. After a very long time, she says,

“Do you think that’s enough?”

I assure her it is. I stay in place a little while gently rubbing the sore spots. She’s moved into the bathroom. I hear the water running. She calls,

“We aren’t done yet. Come in here.”

I slowly walk into the bathroom. Mrs. Lion is vigorously rubbing a wet bar of soap into her hand. She tells me to open my mouth. She puts her soapy hand into my mouth and rubs soap on the top and bottom of my tongue, inside my lips, on the front and back of my teeth, and on the roof and floor of my mouth.

She puts the bar of soap in my mouth between my lips and tells me to bite down. I bite down on the bar of soft, wet soap. She sets the timer for three minutes. I stand there seeing myself in the mirror foamy liquid dripping from my lips.

The time passes slowly. The soap doesn’t taste horrible but it isn’t something I would want to eat voluntarily. Eventually the timer goes off and Mrs. Lion takes the bar of soap from my mouth. She tells me to rinse. I go to my sink and do my best to wash out the soapy taste.

When I’m done, my mouth still tastes of soap. I go back to the bed and we watch TV. I’ll taste that soap for hours; long after the burn of my spanking has faded.

The entire process took less than 30 minutes. It felt like hours to me. Since this was the first time I’d been punished in weeks, I secretly felt excited by this activity. I knew that in about an hour Mrs. Lion would snuggle with me and masturbate me to the edge of orgasm several times.

Was this punishment or foreplay?

I could pretend that this was to get me aroused. I know it wasn’t. That might’ve been the side effect but it wasn’t the purpose. Mrs. Lion knows that I react sexually. She’s worked out a way to make sure I understand this wasn’t for my pleasure.

The entire process is going to be repeated tomorrow night and for two nights after that. She’s asked me how much fun I thought that would be. She didn’t need to wait for my answer.