I have been asked to talk a little more about managing a 75mm ball stretcher 27/7 at home and out, seen and unseen.

Well I can only speak from my own experience and can’t be blamed if you end up with aching sensitive balls!

The first thing is to actually decide how long the stretcher can be. We all love squeezing on that extra short ring and getting the skin over the boys really stretched, so tight that you can feel every detail and your balls are incredibly sensitive. Well that’s wonderful for a few hours in the dungeon or with the steel log poking out of your leather sleepsack. A perfect plaything for your Master, Top, Alpha so he can use his choice of an electric toothbrush, a pinwheel – especially one with Estim attached – or as a pincushion or a target for his Grinders. If you are standing spread-eagled, then he may want to use his boxing gloves! But, after a while, the line around the end of the stretcher will bruise and the skin over your balls will get very, very sore. The boys themselves will ache.

At this point you must take the weights off and let it all relax and heal. But this is a good way to get the skin to stretch if you keep it up, and it’s addictive.

For 24/7 you need to have the skin over your balls to be loose and unstressed when you are sitting or lying down so they have time to relax and the blood to flow unhindered. In my view this is a weight that is between ½ and 2/3 of your maximum stretch. For me that is between 55 and 75mm and I have both lengths available. You should also have this as one weight rather than a stack – you will find that the joints in a stack catch your scrotum as you move around or in the middle of the night and that hurts like fuck!

A key point then is how do you get a long stretcher on without getting skin trapped! It all starts in the shower. Get the water good and hot and scrub your balls and scrotum and they will relax, and the skin will be stretchy. This is also a good time for you to check your balls for any changes in size or lumps. Or to get your partner to! If you haven’t already then shave your scrotum and balls smooth.

Dry off and then sit down; you need to massage in a good body butter or oil all the way up your scrotum and around your balls. I use SheaCoa Ball Butter from Secretleather.com.

This allows you to really stretch out the skin and get it all very flexible. It sooths any stretch marks you may have gathered too. At this point, by the way, if you wear a full body harness you need to slip the cock ring over the root of your assets and get it all set up!

Now we talk about the design of your stretchers, you need them to be high-grade steel and very well engineered so there are no sharp edges or misfitting joints. These are not an issue for short-term play but think of this as a piercing – you will sweat, and it will corrode if it’s not good enough! The ends need to be rounded so you have a gentle pressure on the ball skin and don’t get bruised by a sharp edge. I buy them from Dave at Secretleather; his WMC range (Worlds Most Comfortable) are fully bespoke so you can select the length and internal diameter that suits you. They are superbly engineered.

What internal diameter do you need? Well your scrotum must not be under any pressure that might slow the blood flow and I feel you need to be able to get your little finger up there, so you can keep them clean the next morning in the shower! For me this is 42 – 43mm. This will change by the way. As you get a longer stretch I think the skin thickens and you may need to migrate to a wider hole. It also depends on the size of the boys on the end.

Start with a pair of short rings – I use 15mm, but you may need 10mm ones if the end length is too long. Get them both bolted on and then pull them apart getting a really good stretch and you will have a nice, round, tidy log of scrotum without any bits of skin sticking out and getting stuck in the joints! Then you can slip the bottom of your long weight between them, add the top, twiddle it a bit and tighten the bolts.

Ta dah!

You can then just take the others off, but you do have an opportunity. As your balls and sack cool they will do the morning thing and go tight and wrinkly! This is a very good stretching opportunity and keeping the spares on allows you to maximise this for an hour or so and then be a real relief when you take them off later! Makes life a bit more fun as well…

So clothing.

Unseen - A good solution that I use for work is the classic Cargo or Camo trousers or shorts. The wide leg fitting allows your steel log to hang free and not show, if you need to keep an element of privacy. It allows you to have the weight doing it’s bit to keep your scrotum stretching when you are standing up too. When you are sitting it can look you have a good old fashioned ‘hard on’. Your mates will get used to it anyway. Just as a note, you may need to free up your balls every so often so the weight does not work its way down until everything is too tight and stretched.

Under this you have a choice. A pair of loose boxers. Or use Y fronts and ‘post’ the steel through the ‘Y’ so it then hangs loose down your leg!

Swimming or gym shorts are fun. If you want to keep the mesh liner then just cut a hole in the bottom at the crotch for your steel to hang through by your leg. With a bit of luck or good judgement the boys will peek out of the bottom of the shorts leg too…..

Seen

One key aspect of all of our lives as Skinheads is our Bleachers.

I like mine to be a higher waist style, so I can wear a nice wide and heavy belt cinched tight to my waist. That also means that the crotch of the Bleachers is quite tight into my body – more later why! One side effect is that this is a great way to highlight a guy’s butt! Sloppy hipsters never do this in my view as an expert on butts…

I like to get them from Bleachers & Co in the UK. They deliver a great bleach and also ensure the final size is checked so they fit. Best for me are the classic 501 or 505 style from Levi. The width of the lower leg works so well when shortened to the essential length with a little turn up, half way from Knee to ankle so my boots show well. The fit on your thigh is such that the steel log is held quite tightly and shows well. One side effect because it is held firmly is that your scrotum at the top gets a good stretch every step you take! If you have a style that is too tight then there may not be room to be comfortable.

They also do a great hidden back zip. Always useful. These are great when walking in the park with my man or in the pub. Visible but slightly discreet. 

At home, though, I really love to have the boys hanging free between my legs. But I love my Bleachers too. So, we need a hole in the crotch. This will be in front of where the seam in the inside leg meets the seam between your butt and the fly. It needs to be a good size, for me at least 40mm diameter for your scrotum and have a good rolled edge for longevity and comfort. You should push the boys and through before putting on the steel stretcher as the outside diameter of the log will be about 60mm and that’s really a bit too big for the hole.

Then as you walk your boys hand free and swing. You need to learn how to sit down though!

This is the absolute best of both worlds!

Steellock Jan 2021