Cuddlingwolf: Steampunk Posture Collar

I saw this on Fetlife: Steampunk Posture Collar and thought I'd post it here, awesome dark red leather posture collar with a close at the front (I think) that's made of an antiqued bronze cabin latch (my latch knowledge isn't fantastic).  Anyway, quite a nice looking collar and an interesting combination of features.

Aslan Leather

Okay so Aslan Leather do a whole bunch of cute collars, they seem to mostly be doing, heavy duty leather 1.5"   tall collars, all lined with large (1"ish) D&O rings in all kinds of colours.  They also do contour collars (chevrons) with drop D-rings and a few extra padded ones.  However the cool thing they do is a vegan collars that is a nice plain simple black (most vegan collars I see seem to be in bright colours for some reason).

Liquid Nymph

Liquid Nymph are makers of "handcrafted fetish jewellery" which primarily is a whole bunch of awesome collars, including french-maid themed ones, harem ones and some more traditional leather ones.  Expect a lot of lace and frills, and if you like that kind of thing you should go along and check them out.

blackxrossesxangel

Okay a little diversion from collars, there is an interesting Fetlife user called blackxrossesxangel who makes BDSM associated jewellery that I thought was quite cool.  The selection includes items featuring triskelions, slavebells, padlocks etc. ObCollarReference: May be good for adding dangly things to collars if you wish to spice them up :)

10 Sterling

10 Sterling are mostly a jewellery outfit as far as I can tell, however they do a range of "Neck Chains & Cords" that work quite well for subtle collars I think.  Many of these are reasonably high-end stuff, made from silver and titanium, but some of the more basic lines also feature neat tricks like magnetic links to hold them shut.  They also stock more collar-like things including stainless steel segmented collars and steel neck chains. If you're looking for more masculine subtle day collars many of this selection could totally work

Absolute Devotion

Absolute Devotion over at Etsy do a number of interesting collars, mostly in fabric and leather.  What drew my attention to them however was their line of brocade collars, with a fantastic mix of quite subtle ones, fantasticly shaped ones, wonderfully contoured ones and even ornate maid posture collars.  Really nice work, very inspiring :)

Spanking Good

Spanking Good do a whole line of basic but also functional and robust looking leather items.  Cuffs, collars, harnesses (of all kinds, including thigh-and-over-the-neck, a new one on me). The whole 9 yards, at very reasonable prices (in UK pounds no less).  They also apparently are happy to do whatever custom colour schemes and sizes you want.

Interestingly the site also has ankle cuffs designed to keep high heels on, something I've seen occasionally but not usually from the UK.

Cartier Love Collection

This is more just a general link: The Fabulous Duo (at Blogspot) reviewing the Cartier Love Collection, high end jewellery including rings, bracelets and necklaces that is screw-locking and designed to represent the bond of love.

Sir PollyPuma

Okay this is just a fantastic bit of work, a simple leather collar that is closed with poppers at one end, and in the middle of it are riveted two bits of leather forming the shape of a bow tie around the wearers neck.  Just so whimsical and cool :)

Bowtie Collar

Mr S. Leather

Well recently I came across an interesting site from the US.  Mr. S. Leather, featuring some nice robust looking metal collars, thick leather collars and also some chainmail, a good selection.

Mr S. Leather  (also  on Amazon)

Not4Play

Not4Play are a custom leather collar shop that runs out of Etsy.  They seem to do a variety of designs made from nice looking leather, with lots of very thick collars and O-ring options

Not 4 Play (etsy)

The Ring of Pietroassa

Well I found something rather classical that I thought would be similar enough to the normal links I post to attract attention, although technically its a torc-like necklace.

The Ring of Pietroassa

Vanilla Cuffs & Collars

Well here is a site for collars that does exactly what it says on the tin, chainmail collars in various weaves designed to be worn discretely in day to day life.

Vanilla Cuffs & Collars

Church of Sinvention

Another site offering nice and robust looking leather (and vegan) collars.  These particularly took my eye because of the subtle addition of the hardware, instead of being big plates it looks smoothly riveted on and integrated almost:

Church of Sinvention

Corporal Dale

If you fancy some nice robust looking custom leather collars you could do worse than looking here, same site also offers paddles, slappers, restraints, cuffs, etc.etc.etc. in fact almost anything made out of leather:

Corporal Dale Leather Crafter

Fantasies in Leather

If you're looking for some interesting contoured collars (and others, including some nice flat silver ones) then you may wish to check out:

Fantasies in Leather

Harlequin Collar

Okay this is another one I can't link to due to flash inaccessible peril, but its quite awesome.  Fetish N Leather make a collar called the "Harlequin Collar", from the main site select "Store", then "Collars" then check the Harlequin Collar

Fetish n Leather

Molloss

Okay totally worth viewing for the introductory flash if nothing else, one part shakey-cam one part disturbing music video background, sadly this means its deep linking and accessibility fail as far as I can tell.  The collars themselves also appear to justify the atmosphere on the site, looking robust and beautifully industrial.

Molloss Master

Vegan Collars

Okay so some people who like collars dislike using animal products (which in my opinion means they should go for metal Mmmm metal) however if they want something nice and flexible what are they to do?  Well the people over at Vegan Erotica believe that being kinky and being vegan are not incompatible:

Vegan Erotica Collars

Dungeon Delights, Red goodness

Next up is an interesting collar in terms of colour scheme, both metal and bright metallic red.

Simple Elegance Collar 1 inch wide with 1 Ring

Valkrie armour

Okay so I have to admit that this link isn't a collar, its one of my occasional links to other stuff thats kind of kink related and interesting.

Spark Corset

Steel DeSade

Next up is another manufacturer of flat steel collars, Steel DeSade, who seem to offer an awesome range of stuff.

Main Steel DeSade homepage  (direct link to collars frame)

Tollyboy

Well to continue the interesting collars selection I present to you the rather interesting looking locking flat steel collars of Tollyboy, another manufacturer based in the UK:

http://tollyboy.com/business/languages/collars.php?lang=english

Wyred Slave

Probably one of the best collar related experiences I've had so far is dealing with Wyred Slave they're a small business based in the UK who manufacture steel rope collars (and cuffs).  They're the first I saw doing it (although they may not be the first) and do a range of thicknesses, held together by tension locks (that can be locking or not).  Most importantly they also do PVC coated collars, meaning those of us with metal sensitivity can more easily wear them, and they look subtle and classy in almost any situation, and also really hot and subby in others :)

http://www.wyredslave.com/

Traeume Aus Edelstahl

Another German company making a selection of rather impressive looking stainless steel collars designed for 24x7 wear, and at prices that seem quite reasonable.

http://traeume-aus-edelstahl.de/home/jewelry/

Bound By Silver

Bound By Silver seem to make an interesting variety of collars including leather, posture, flat metal etc.  Principally their work is made from really nice looking silver, including some amazing pieces made from woven strands of metal (inline picture after cut).

William Jones Chastity: Neoprene and Metal

Well I saw this and thought it was quite an innovative design.  It's a contoured collar but only slightly, designed to be shaped around the neck, however the material choices were primarily what interested me.  I've seen steel before but lined with neoprene instead of leather is interesting, I imagine it gives padding without mattering about getting wet (like leather).

Drop front stainless steel locking collar

Laser Etching

Okay so this isn't really so much a link to a specific collar, but more a link to an example of the level of detail possible with laser etching.

Tajmey's laser etching picture

There are links from the profile that pictures attached to to the business site that will do the laser etching, but I'm not sure they want their Fet profile linked to it, so I'll leave you to click "return to profile" yourself :)

The Dungeon Artificer

Well I thought I'd best start posting links to more collars and get the ball going now everything's setup, so here's the first new link.

The Dungeon Artificer

Okay these are some interesting traditional leather buckle collars, they come in a range of collars from 10" to 20" and seems reasonably priced and look reasonable.

The interesting thing however are the options of having extended O-rings, which are just what they say on the tin, there's a central O on the collar and from that descends a length of leather with another O on the end of it, which looks quite good fun to be honest, lots of options for being grabbed or hooked to things with a short range of motion built in.

Collars, whats all this about then? Physical/Symbolic theory

So this is an interesting topic, at least to me.  Anyway I'm going to define my terms up front.  This is likely to be the last bout of theory for a good while as I'll start to work through my backlog of posting links.

Symbolic-collar or Collar (capital C): a general term for a token used to acknowledge a power exchange.  Collar may also refer to the exchange relationship itself.

Physical-collar collar (lowercase C): An object that closes or wraps around the neck.  A physical item worn by a person.

Collared: A person may be said to be "collared" when they wear, or experience, a Collar.  Being part of a power exchange relationship, no matter how small scale, subtle or individual.

And before I begin, types of collars

Okay so I thought before I began to properly write about collars I should make a post in which I can describe how I see the various kinds of collars normally worn for BDSM purposes in at least vague categories.  This post may well get edited later to add more kinds :)   Beware!  Some of these categories have some kinds of cross over, but this at least will roughly explain how I'm tagging posts.  I've tried to keep from linking to specific manufacturers in this just to make it a bit more neutral.

Last of the catchup, Darby collars, Tanos podcast and SLRNs

Starting with the awesomely interesting, I came across these collars
on FA and was instantly impressed by the strange scale-like properties
of them, something I've not seen before at all:
http://www.furaffinity.net/full/5509939/
http://www.furaffinity.net/full/4832100/

Torcs, Manillas and collars, oh my!

Firstly remember that collars are not just referred to as collars, if
you're looking for similar items the magic words you will need to
google are things like: Torc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torc) and
Manillas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manillas).

And another catchup, silver, leather and shock collars

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First Catchup! TSR and Etsy mainly :)

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Startup and Catchup

Well I used to (for a short time) run a small membership mailing list for Collar lovers, however I was (eventually) convinced that this was not the way to go about things and that I should totally just get a blog somewhere, and hence here is the blog.

So to start with there'll be a burst of activities which will be basically reposting the original Collar List mails slightly edited, then it'll be on to new stuff.