Himantes - a new use?

[bholderman]

Im not into the extreme physical pain stuff, but I came across these and thought of you folks.

Boxers wrapped himantes , or straps of soft ox-hide, round their hands to strengthen their wrists and steady their fingers. Himantes were wrapped around the first knuckles of the fingers, ran diagonally across the palm and back of the hand, leaving the thumb uncovered, and were tied round the wrist or higher up the forearm. The forms of these himantes, or thongs, evolved, and in order to make the blows harsher, straps of harder leather were added around the knuckles of the fingers. Because the business of winding these himantes was so time-consuming, from the 4th century B.C. boxers instead began to wear a kind of glove, formed of ready-wound leather straps. These gloves, called oxeis himantes (sharp thongs), left the fingertips free, had applied straps of hard leather to strengthen them and an inner layer of wool to protect the hand, and were secured by leather straps in the middle of the forearm. This type of glove was used in Greece until the end of the 2nd century A.D. The Roman invention of the caestus , a boxing glove reinrced with iron and lead, transformed the Greek art of boxing into an inhuman and deadly contest.

The pics wont work, show here is a slideshow:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pankration/sets/72057594078416298/show/

 

[myinnerslut]

eeks

i do not want to get hit with one of those things

 

[subkitty72]

Im not into the extreme physical pain stuff, but I came across these and thought of you folks.



The pics wont work, show here is a slideshow:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pankration/sets/72057594078416298/show/

Us folk? BH, I dare say you are one of us... -kitty

 

[reignophelia]

Us folk? BH, I dare say you are one of us... -kitty

That's just what I was thinking. *Chuckles*
Where is the fun in being beat up by a person wearing boxing gloves? Unless you're more into heavy impact play...

Not my thing I guess.

 

[Homburg]

That's just what I was thinking. *Chuckles*
Where is the fun in being beat up by a person wearing boxing gloves? Unless you're more into heavy impact play...

I used to love it back when I did boxing. Sparring and working against live opponents rocked. And I liked getting hit almost as much as I liked hitting.

Heh, I used to freak some of the guys out because I would always work with this huge, evil grin on my face. I enjoyed it that much.

 

[reignophelia]

I used to love it back when I did boxing. Sparring and working against live opponents rocked. And I liked getting hit almost as much as I liked hitting.

Heh, I used to freak some of the guys out because I would always work with this huge, evil grin on my face. I enjoyed it that much.

Ok, I can see that. I have enjoyed sparring with a few neighborhood bullies in my past. I can see how the gloves could be enjoyed like that.

I think I'm having a bad day, and the himantes made me think more of a domestic violence type situation rather than a sparring match between two competitors.

I'll give you this one...

-R

 

[Homburg]

Ok, I can see that. I have enjoyed sparring with a few neighborhood bullies in my past. I can see how the gloves could be enjoyed like that.

I think I'm having a bad day, and the himantes made me think more of a domestic violence type situation rather than a sparring match between two competitors.

I'll give you this one...

-R

Oh, I can certainly see where you are coming from. I'd go nowhere near these for bedroom use. Just something about what you said brought up potent and feral memories of times gone past.

 

[bholderman]

Sorry ladies and gents. I wrote my message a bit quickly, a rug rat came out after her bed time.

Know, I dont think pummeling someone is a sexual high. Rather, I was wondering if there could be stylistic modifications to make it a more pleasurable experience.