Rouge Garments Paddle Pink

A leather paddle in pink full-grain leather from Rouge Garments, the long-standing UK leather workshop. 13 inches long with a 3-inch diameter striking face; the size that sits between novelty paddles (5-6 inches, too light to register) and serious impact paddles (15+ inches, harder to control). For beginner impact play this is the right starting weight: broad enough to distribute the strike comfortably, light enough that calibration is forgiving.

The construction is the workshop standard: bonded edge stitching, finished leather on both faces, a solid handle that sits comfortably in the hand. Paddles sit on the thud end of the sting-thud spectrum, which makes them more forgiving than crops or canes for partner-to-partner practice; strike the fleshy upper-outer buttocks, avoid kidneys, tailbone and joints.

Standard leather care: wipe down after wear, condition with leather balm two or three times a year, store flat.