Tribal Hollywood: Barcode

Okay so Tribal Hollywood stock a reasonable number of more robust looking chains in styles that more masculine types may find attractive, mostly made from silver and look like they'd work for being day Collars.

However one thing that caught my eye in particular was their Barcode Necklace, a black rubber coated length of something (steel wire I'm guessing) with a series of beads at the front in stainless steel to give the effect of creating a barcode.

A really nice idea I think, while the item itself looks awesome it more got me wondering about subtle ways to encode information like SLRNs in barcodes like this to make them available and in plain sight, but hidden.

Sincerely Yours Gifts: Bow tie choker

Okay so perhaps it wasn't intended as a collar, but I found a place on artfire called  Sincerely Yours Gifts who do a few things (including leather cuffs) but what caught my eye was this classy object, a bow-tie choker which I think would make an excellent, unusual and rather dapper day collar :)

BDbySM Daily Wear

BDbySM do a whole range of custom made collars, mostly from silver as far as I can tell, what really attracted me to this was the subtle nature of the Affirmation collars, a series of silver rings that can be inscribed with any words you want, its not a robust play collar but a rather classy looking day-wear Collar.

Steel Collar Review from faete31

Okay as a quick break from the endless postings of nice collars I thought I'd link to this interesting youtube video in which someone who wears a solid steel turian style collar constantly:  Steel Collar Review.  This is posted by faete31 who appears to be mainly based out of The Sub Mission

Kohinoor Jewellery

Over on Etsy again Kohinoor Jewellery do a very nice http://www.etsy.com/listing/82375140/sterling-silver-byzantine-inspired-weave">Byzantine weave necklace in sterling silver with a dangling pendant that while intended for purely vanilla applications as far as I can tell could make a very nice day collar.  Due to the denseness of the  weave it gives a good appearance of being solid whilst also being flexible looking, suitable for any top to hook their finger through and give a tug on :)

Elegant Collars

Elegant Collars is a site designed for custom woven chainmail day collars, and some of the stuff there is just fantastically shiny and neat and ordered (okay, its elegant, I can't resist it).  I was initially attracted by seeing the Infinity Collar a series of large O's connected by chainmail bundles, all nicely interlocking, really should be seen to be believed.  Additionally to this they also do designs inspired by mobius strips called the Mobius Chain which is a particularly nice weave.  On the less shiny and neck covering front they also do some neat anklets, I particularly liked their triskelion anklet, which seems subtle, functional and suitable for attaching bells to (I'll admit I have a fondness for jingling).

Absolute Devotion

An interesting collar maker from Etsy is Absolute Devotion.  They make a whole series of fabric collars featuring heavy amounts of lace and brocade as well as D&O and Post-O front rings.  The sort of thing that really attracted me includes contour collars, high posture collars with corset backs and more traditional BDSM back buckle style collars with padlock closure.