{"id":7567,"date":"2022-07-16T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/?p=7567"},"modified":"2024-09-14T11:11:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T10:11:07","slug":"lochgelly-tawse-a-few-of-my-favourite-things-no-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/lochgelly-tawse-a-few-of-my-favourite-things-no-7\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lochgelly Tawse &#8211; An Aficionado&#8217;s Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/vintage-schoolmarm-otk-spanking-cane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7571\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/vintage-schoolmarm-otk-spanking-cane.jpg\" alt=\"vintage-schoolmarm-otk-spanking-cane\" width=\"788\" height=\"1086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/vintage-schoolmarm-otk-spanking-cane.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/vintage-schoolmarm-otk-spanking-cane-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/vintage-schoolmarm-otk-spanking-cane-743x1024.jpg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/a>Come here naughty boy it&#8217;s time for your tawsing!<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/vintage-schoolmarm-otk-spanking-cane.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>The Lochgelly Tawse &#8211; An Aficionado&#8217;s Guide<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In order to appreciate the Lochgelly Tawse you need to be a CP aficionado.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the history and tradition that this famous Scottish implement embodies that makes it so revered!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The word &#8216;tawse&#8217; or &#8216;taws&#8217; in Scottish is derived from the method used to cure the hide known as &#8216;Tawing&#8217;. The tawse (or belt as it was called) consisted of a strip of leather with one end split into a number of tails\/thongs. While Lochgelly is a place in Scotland where a famous and prolific tawse makers Robert Philp, and later John J Dick produced tawses. These were used prolifically in schools and reform centres throughout Scotland from the mid 1880s to the 1980s. They were graded as <strong>L\u00a0 M\u00a0 H\u00a0 XH<\/strong> (Light, Medium, Hard &amp; Extra Hard) and could have either 2 or 3 thongs. XH was only used at reform schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Domina-Liza-Johnjdick-lochgelly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Domina-Liza-Johnjdick-lochgelly.jpg\" alt=\"Domina-Liza-Johnjdick-lochgelly\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Domina-Liza-Johnjdick-lochgelly.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Domina-Liza-Johnjdick-lochgelly-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Here is the elegant English dominatrix <a href=\"http:\/\/domina-liza.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domina Liza<\/a> using her very own actual &#8216;John J Dick&#8217; in the traditional manner, in a forthcoming English Mansion movie &#8211;\u00a0 <em>A Study In Onanism.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">They were used in a very specific way, the tawse would be draped over the disciplinarian\u2019s shoulder and brought down onto the recipient\u2019s palm by whipping the forearm down. The giver\u2019s elbow was kept locked into the side of the body and this meant that extreme accuracy was possible. (If you are going to attempt this stroke be aware that it should land in the palm of the hand. Note that bones in the hand and fingers are very easy to break, so only very gentle strokes should be administered.) This technique may also be used effectively on the buttocks if the subject is lying flat.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/prison-judical-caning-.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7580\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/prison-judical-caning-.gif\" alt=\"prison-judical-caning--\" width=\"359\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The technique is shown here perfect executed (with a razor strop) by the beautiful but strict <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missjessicawood.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miss Jessica Wood<\/a> in a forthcoming English Mansion movie &#8211; <em>The Prison Caning Bench.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Original Lochgelly Tawses are very collectible now and need to have a specific stamp on them either the Robert Philp or John J Dick to authenticate them. Like Domina Liza I&#8217;m very lucky to own an orignal John J Dick (a gift from a Scottish friend who&#8217;s father was a school master). I also have two modern version of the straps that I use (from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quality-control.co.uk\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quality Control<\/a>). The original is pretty dry and hard as it is very old now.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LochgellyTawse-JohnJDick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7589\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LochgellyTawse-JohnJDick.jpg\" alt=\"LochgellyTawse-JohnJDick\" width=\"991\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LochgellyTawse-JohnJDick.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LochgellyTawse-JohnJDick-300x59.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To read up on the history check out this great site: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johndick-leathergoods.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">www.johndick-leathergoods.co.uk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"7567\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come here naughty boy it&#8217;s time for your tawsing! The Lochgelly Tawse &#8211; An Aficionado&#8217;s Guide In order to appreciate the Lochgelly Tawse you need to be a CP aficionado.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the history and tradition that this famous Scottish implement &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theenglishmansion.com\/blog\/lochgelly-tawse-a-few-of-my-favourite-things-no-7\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10,518,1381,67],"tags":[616,116,874,614,612,1347,613],"class_list":["post-7567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-domina-liza","category-femdom-history","category-miss-jessica-wood","tag-corporal-punishment","tag-cp","tag-domina-liza","tag-john-j-dick","tag-lochgelly-tawse","tag-miss-jessica-wood","tag-tawse"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Lochgelly Tawse - An Aficionado&#039;s Guide - Mistress Sidonia&#039;s Femdom Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The word &#039;tawse&#039; or &#039;taws&#039; in Scottish is derived from the method used to cure the hide known as &#039;Tawing&#039;. 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