A question about floggers

[Ozme52]

The British Navy used flogging as a punishment. It all depends on the materials and even when using softer leathers, there is much to be said about the application of power.

I have several, one is bullhide, braided, with flat ends coming to pointed tips (all leather) and if I'm not careful, it leave extreme, bruising welts. If I needed to punish my girl and deemed a flogging appropriate, that is the tool I would use...

Almost all of the tools at our disposal that we use for sensual play originate as tools of torture, interrogation, or punishment.

[Midnytedreams]

I guess its all in the wording flogging

Oz what you describe as a flogger I see as a cat, anything to me that is multi strand and braided is not a flogger , and yes they can be used for pleasure or punishment, To me a flogger is multi stranded loose with at the very least 40 or more strands, they can sting thud and sensitize, So what constitutes a flogger.

I know the theory the less the strands the more care and experience needed to use properly, or the lighter the whip the less power used. I personally think it is the idea or word flogging that instills fear, as you mentioned a cat being used to inflict major punishment.