That Old Self-Spanking Machine
If you’ve ever typed “spanking machine” into a search engine — and who among us has not? — you’ve probably seen images of this ancient self-spanking device that seems to have been built and sold for initiations and rituals at fraternities and fraternal orders, like Masonic lodges and such. I don’t really understand that culture, but the device turns up all over in supply catalogs from the early 20th century, and various musty museums too:
Recently, however, I found a tiny snippet of video from someone who appears to be fucking around in the artifacts of an old fraternal hall somewhere, and gives us a demo of the spanking machine:
Kapow!
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Excellent research, Spankboss. Catalogue or not, I honestly wouldn’t have believed that such a thing existed.
Thanks for setting the record straight. Somehow, I don’t think she gave it another shot.
Those old fraternal organizations were wild, Goddess. But I’m pretty amazed that a device survives in working order!
I’ve seen their catalogues (https://archive.org/details/catalogue00demo) before but never seen one of these devices still around. What’s even crazier, if you look at the catalog photo and read the patent, is that when the paddle is released a shock is delivered to the handles from an induction coil, and the little flap in the paddle contains a small blasting cap to give a real pop when it hits. Considering the person is blindfolded and only knows it’s a feat of strength pulling on the handles, it must be a real surprise.
There is a museum in Greenville, IL where these devices were originally made (https://www.demoulinmuseum.org/index.html). It’s possible the video was from there. Their website has a tour video which includes demonstrations of some of these devices in their collection.