#tickle tool

[smilingtickler]

Look what came today! Now I just need a ticklish pair of feet to test them on to make sure they work properly.

[autemka]

#6 Favourite Tickle Tool

Yeah yeah I’m getting late on one day so what? I’m still doing it. And to be honest. If i would draw a t-scene with this tool…. I would literally DIE and wouldn’t be able to draw at all :)

[idreamofticklehugs]

Date night was this weekend and we planned to make a special trip to the craft store to see what we could find. He and I had been talking about getting an ostrich feather for a while, and we found that very quickly. Sadly, we were running behind schedule, so we didn’t have time to really wander and find more, but he did say he would be going back and had some ideas, he just needed more time to choose. We did get the feather right away and it was very effective on my torso and especially on my neck. It’s a little too delicate for my feet, we were afraid I’d break it after the first time he ran it between my toes 😅

[bigdumbtickler03]

Looking at jewelry and cool stuff at the mall and realized this thing could possibly be used as a tickle tool 😳😳😳

[themaskedswitch]

New potential tickle tool dropped. Its a microfiber toothbrush. Its super soft with a wavy design. I can see it being quite effective between toes, around the ears and under the armpit

[screams-of-laughter]

Oh my gosh guys I completely forgot to say-

I had a dream the other night where a made up roommate of mine in the dream had a set of socks for your feet. And I sneakily slipped my feet through them and locked them inside. Guys it felt so real and I tried using the toe ties, but I heard my roommate coming into the room so I freaked out and quickly put it away. There was also a chest full of tickle tools next to the stocks and oh my gosh my lee mood went crazy when I woke up. Even thinking about it now is so flustering and I really want to have a proper tickle session 🦋💖

Picture of what the stocks kind of looked like:

It was like these, but with a chest like lock on the sides and black toe ties already attached. It also had black and red coloring around it.

[somerset-ler]

Decisions decisions… any suggestions which one would strike more fear into a helpless lee?

[ticklee-research-in-progress]

Why You Should Ditch Your Traditional Hairbrush and Use Boar's Bristle Instead

Let's talk about brushes.

Traditionally, when you think of a hairbrush, you think of the ones with thick, spaced-apart, nylon bristles that each have a small bulb on the end. Like this:

We often see these used to tickle the soles of feet - usually when they are covered with baby oil. The slickness of the oil allows for faster, more vigorous scrubbing, and also protects the soft soles of the Lee from any scratching. It's one of the most reactionary heavy-tickling techniques, and one of the most feared tickle tools within the Tickle Community.

Now, switch gears. Think of makeup brushes.

Dense, fibrous, and soft, makeup brushes range drastically in shape and size. Their supple texture is the epitome of light-tickling, alongside it's cousin the Feather, and their variety makes for a limitless number of reactions from a sensitive Ticklee.

The jump from these two tickle tool brushes is as wide as a chasm. The hairbrush is distinctly meant for unrelenting, heavy tickling, and the makeup brush is distinctly for unbearable, lighter tickling.

Personally, I think hairbrushes scratch too much for me to find them enjoyable. Even with baby oil applied, I think that the rough nature of a hairbrush can become painful in certain areas of the body (like the neck, inner forearm, etc.). Not only that, but if the "nubs" on the ends of the bristles were to wear down from all the vigorous scrubbing, they could become angled or sharp over time.

And while makeup brushes do cause a strong reaction, it can be difficult to tickle at a high intensity with them due to the low amount of pressure and unsubstantial softness. You usually have to be very, very susceptible to knismesis (light tickling) in order for makeup brushes to have maximum effectiveness.

...Which is why I think Boar's Bristle Hairbrushes are the perfect middle ground.

I bought this one from a 7-Eleven for $9ish. It is not 100% Boar's Bristle, so there are plenty of thin, nylon strands dispersed among the fur - hence why it is so cheap.

But the tickling I got from it? Priceless.

You can quickly scrub this brush with a heavy amount of pressure on the inside of your forearm (a place where the skin is highly taut and thus easily bruised or scratched) and it leaves no scratch marks in its wake. (That's how I knew I was going to adore this brush.)

The bristles are so, so soft. The fur is clumped together in rows but still has the flexibility to fan out and cover the entire surface area of the brush. And the uneven cut along the top makes each bristle stroke unexpected instead of a consistent stroke along the skin.

...And the best part?

It's seemingly paradoxical durability and softness can be used for both rough and soft tickling.

Armpits. Soles. Thighs. Neck (although with a lot of gentleness). Even the TUMMY could handle the either slow, deliberate back-and-forth or the fast, merciless scrubbing from this brush. All without baby oil. And with a high enough intensity that I was begging within minutes.

So, if you're looking for a tool to add to you collection, I HIGHLEE recommend trying out a Boar's Bristle Hairbrush. You may not throw out your makeup brushes or hairbrushes... but you'll have a tool that you can use just as roughly as a hairbrush with the soft, pliable texture of a makeup brush.

It's unrelenting, unbearable, and undeniably my new favorite tickling tool.