To read more about Jim Stewart, who died recently, click the picture below to be taken to his newspaper obituary:
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Jim Stewart
I learned today that Jim (Maurice) Stewart has passed away.
Jim, who was a writer, playwright and producer, founded Fetters in London in 1976, which is now an internationally known source of efficient physical restraint equipment and other erotic fetish gear. Fetters was inspired by Jim’s profound interest in Harry Houdini and escapology. Jim had a website, called Houdini Connections.
I had the pleasure of meeting Jim when he came to present at GMSMA in New York City in the mid 1990s. Since then, we had been regular correspondents via email over the years.
He will be missed.
San Francisco Police Department It Gets Better video
Thanks to Dan Savage for launching the It Gets Better anti-bullying campaign — and thanks to RH for passing this particular video along!
Cruising
Did anyone ever see the movie Cruising with Al Pacino? Apparently this movie was quite controversial when it came out — according to the Back in the Gays website, some of the interior shots were made to look like the legendary Mineshaft sex club.
Anyway, a local friend of mine told me this true story of his PARENTS taking him and his brother (both of whom turned out to be gay) to see Cruising when they were kids:
My father, with the misguided idea that the movie was about “cars cruising” took my gay brother, my mom and me to see this movie. My brother and I had boners the entire film, and my parents sat there in utter shock. A great childhood memory!
Police uniforms at The Leather Man
Click for The Leather Man
Or, better yet, visit the store on Christopher Street right here in New York Fuckin City
Happy Valentines Day
Check out the special Valentine’s Day greeting that RH over at Mencomix sent me:
Click for Mencomix.
RH says this was inspired by a video over at Bound Muscle in which a man gets fucked with a baseball bat.
Metal would like to thank RH for the artwork! (This is a copyrighted image, used with permission. Please do not re-post this image.)
And Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody!
Men show off their neck chains and padlocks
Hey guys! A whole bunch of you have sent in pictures of yourselves wearing chains padlocked around your necks. Check THIS out:
metrosin24 writes:
Hey Metalbond!
I have been a longtime fan of your site. Thanks for posting such great stuff. I was recently collared by a SIR for the first time. My time with him has been out of this world! He came to visit me in NYC this weekend, and we went to the top of the Empire State Building. I know you have been asking for some pictures of boys in collars. Well, here I am at “the top of the world!” It was such a great experience to share with my SIR. Hopefully there are many more experiences just like it to come.
Feel free to post the picture if you like.
Keep up the great work.
—boy b
Metal responds:
Thanks boy b aka metrosin24! That is a memorable picture, indeed!
Guys, here are even more pictures of men wearing chains that are padlocked on:
Jockstrap gets a new collar
Jockstrap sent some new pictures and information about his ongoing predicament at the hands of his sadistic trainer.
Jockstrap writes:
Dear Metal,
I saw the pic you posted of the guy with the weight belt and thought for a minute that it was gonna end up locked on me – then i read on and realized it was just a pic someone had sent in!
Things are much the same here, with the BIG exception that i got my new collar locked on me last week and it’s a tough one. It’s pretty hardcore and keeps my head up and rigid – it was hand made by a saddler. The ‘rein’ is padlocked to the ring on the collar. Currently its on for keeps – comes off only so i can shave before training.
The other shows my arse and legs post caning – you can see the lock of the chains which attach to my rig – this makes going to the toilet a challenge – possible but only just.
