My Deep Shaft Piercing
Some things that I learned the hard way...

I first became interested in genital piercing as a small child, unknowingly as I grew up with "skin bridges" as they are called, on my penis. A skin bridge occurs when an improperly performed, or cared for circumcision heals in such a way that the skin on the shaft of the penis attaches to the corona of the glans forming a loop or bridge. When I became old enough to start masturbating, these unique features were incorporated into my sex play. As I grew older and found a girlfriend, marriage and a family, I eventually had the skin bridges removed, but I never got over the excitement of this uniqueness.

This is what started me towards my fascination with genital piercing and all the other modifications as seen on BME. After I had lost my skin bridges, I still yearned for more unique sexual play and eventually began experimenting with play piercing. Being very inquisitive by nature, I learned a lot about anatomy in the process. Beginning with sewing needles run through the skin of my scrotum, I learned how to control pain and enjoy having things piercing my body.

After a while I fabricated several special needles made from high strength wire that I had in my workshop. 8 inches long and with razor sharp points, I played with them by making deep piercing through the base of my scrotum and eventually through the shaft of my penis. I have had as many as 6 of these needles run through my cock shaft at one time running in various directions. Since these needles where made from a very fine, strong wire, they would also bend fairly easily. Upon obtaining an erection with these needles in place, I noticed that the spongy tissue inside the shaft of the penis actually "flows" in a manner, the center most tissue being forced outward along the shaft as the penis lengthens and stiffens. This would cause the needles all to bend backwards as I flexed and stiffened my erections. Imaging, masturbating with a penis that somewhat resembled a porcupine.

All of this experimenting was done clandestinely without my wife's knowledge. Usually when she went to visit her sister for a week, I would consume myself with an orgy of play piercing that would occasionally leave my penis black and blue. I always made sure to make love to my wife in the dark after she came home when this happened. She never found out.

In time, I was able to introduce my wife to the concept of erotic piercing and eventually, she was interested enough to have her nipples pierced. They were wonderfully successful, but that is another story. While we waited at the piercing salon in Seattle, I discovered a magazine called PFIQ which really fired up my interest in more than just play piercing for myself. I never told my wife about the play episodes, but I did finally tell her that I was interested in having something done to my cock. I had considered all manner of things from a relatively simple PA to a complete bisection from tip to balls. She was not very encouraging. She said that she loved my cock just as it was and did not want me to have anything done to it. Okay, being married, I figured that she was "half owner" too, so I returned my interest to piercing alone. I designed something unique that I had not ever seen or known possible at the time, a deep shaft piercing.

Knowing what I did about anatomy (but inexperienced in the art of piercing) I set out to make this happen and somehow get my wife to be okay with it. I did some more experimentation taking one of the special needles that I had made, and on a week alone, I placed the needle through the shaft of my cock, from side to side just behind the glans. The placement was good and I bent the needle into a ring that was large enough to circle the glans. It looked great, but being made of spring steel, I knew that I had to remove it soon or infection would set in. I also noticed that it was painful to have a full erection with this needle in place. The "movement" of the erectile tissue inside the shaft pressed against the metal shaft and cause a lot of discomfort, to say the least, as well as causing the round form of the wire ring to flip backwards. The last thing I wanted was a stabbing pain each time my cock pulsed during an orgasm, so I reasoned that the piercing needed to be neutral when the tissue was hardest so that there would be no pressure at that point... When flaccid, the soft tissue would not be a source of pain. I also reasoned that there was no way to place such a passage with the penis flaccid, therefore, the piercing had to be performed with a full erection. The ring that stayed in place also needed to have a straight section to prevent rotating.

Piercing fully engorged erectile tissue is no easy task. Trying several times with my special needles netted no success even with a pair of pliers to grasp and push the thing. It also hurt like hell. A sudden blow would be needed to do this. The next problem to control was placement during the blow. Back in my well equipped workshop I created a wooden (yes, wood!) device that was a stock of sorts. Two boards pegged together with a half hole in the edge of each, matching in the middle so that together they made a hole the exact size of my cock head. Laterally through both was a hole drilled to guide the needle and lastly, a 12" custom made stainless needle 1/16" in diameter that would start the piercing. The length was needed to guide the shaft, but it was specially scored to break off on either side of my penis once fully driven in. It was intended to remain in place until a permanent piece of adornment could me made.

With the wife gone again and the device mounted to the edge of a wall with a large pendulum weight for a hammer, I got brave. I was nervous and had to get out my favorite porn video and anything else I could to distract me and stimulate me enough to get a full erection knowing that I was about to drive a nail the size if a pencil through the end of my dick. At last, I squeezed my cock, placed it in the device, looked away, held my breath and dropped the hammer. It hit the stock with a bang and a shot went through me like lightening! I looked down and saw that the hammer has flat against the stock ensuring full penetration of the needle. Of course, I was now nailed to the wall and it took a moment to open the stock to release my now pierced cock (It was kind of erotic in a BDSM sort of way to be nailed to the wall by the end of my dick). The device had worked perfectly though the exit point was off just a tiny bit (about a 1/16"). Now I was about to see what I had done wrong!

My earlier play piercing were all done with needles that were about the same gauge as microfine injection needles. The conical tips I had sharpened onto them were fine for that, but when you get into wire as big as 1/16" dia, that conical point will cause problems. It will pierce the tissue and push it radially out away from the passage. This creates a very tight piercing that is dangerous! Not only is the position of the piercing item immobile, but the tissue around it is compressed and will eventually die, leading to possible gangrene, infections, etc. Additionally, not any old stainless steel can be used in the body! I had used a readily available industrial stainless not knowing any better. And lastly, the scored needle idea was a bad one. Though the long ends of the needle did break off as planned, the shock sent into my penis as it snapped was, to say the least, excruciating! Since the piercing was so tight, there was no bleeding at all until I removed the rod. The metal began to fuse to my tissue and for the first time I thought I was going to be in the hospital emergency room with a very, very red face. I had to use a pair of vise grips and my leather welding gloves to pull the steel rod out of the end of my limp dick. Words cannot describe the pain. Fortunately, I was once an EMT and knew enough first aid to repair the damage and prevent infection. By the time my wife returned, there were only two tiny scabs on each side of my penis that she never noticed in the dark... A couple weeks passed and she did notice the bumps of scar tissue. I feigned ignorance of their origin.

Serious attempt number two came two years later and was finally successful. I used the same basic technique, but I changed several items. The successful combination was to again go with a fully erect state when pierced, but this time the needle was a very complicated device that included a separate piercing tip about three inches long with a 3/32" hollow shaft, solid core and tip precisely ground in an elliptical spear shape. It is important that the needle actually CUT through the tissue, not just pierce it! The hollow butt end of the needle would hold the follower, (just a length of stainless rod) and also shield the tip of the actual ring that would be placed in the piercing. I also custom made the ring from the correct metal, a "D" shaped ring about 2" in diameter (split at the center of the curve) made from 316L stainless. The stock was modified to include a nylon insert to guide the needle more accurately as well as to be much more easily sterilized.

Nervous as before, It took a lotta porn to get up the nerve, but I did it. The hammer slammed down with a bang, but this time the shock that went through me was not as severe. Experience or the new tip design? I don't know, but upon releasing myself from the stock, I found that the piercing was just loose enough to spin the needle inside me. From there it was a simple matter of taking the sterilized ring that I had made, placing one end in the hollow butt of the needle and pushing it easily through my now soft dick. This was not painless, but it was quite easily managed. since the passage was slightly larger than the wire, there was some bleeding this time. I wrapped my penis and did nothing to stop the bleeding as it was not severe and I felt that it would help further to prevent infection. After the bleeding stopped, I took a hot bath and marveled at what I had done, wondering... How the hell am I gonna tell my wife?

Well, obviously, I had to tell her when she got home the next week. By then it had healed enough that I could masturbate without starting it to bleeding again and was anxious to try it out on my wife, that is, if she let me keep it! She got home early one afternoon and I had an awful time keeping my mind off of it while catching up with my kids, having dinner with the family etc... That night as we were going to bed, my heart was pounding. when and how to spring this on her? She's horney and wants me to make love to her, she WILL feel this, there's no hiding in the dark this time. Not knowing how or whether to be cleaver, I finally just showed it to her. At first she freaked a little, but since I had talked to her about it, it wasn't like this was a shock from the blue. Of course she asked things like how?, when?, did it hurt?, does it hurt?, am I allright?, can we still?

Eventually she was okay with it, and sex is great! The ring itself has a tendency to push the vaginal walls away from the head of my cock and that provides for more staying power for me (as if I needed any more) and more stimulation for her. The smooth ring shape is quite comfortable for her, though she can feel it mostly on insertion. Oral sex is a bit trickier, and anal is impossible (no big loss). For the first couple months, it was hard to deal with as it was still tender and hurt sometimes during sex, and learning how to get it into my wife was another learning experience, but all in all I am happy with it and now, three years latter, she is very happy with her unique little toy. The placement worked great and it is comfortable now when erect. The curved passage has the opposite affect when flaccid and causes the head of my cock to appear somewhat bulged out. The ring is just large enough to encircle the glans when erect and it closed with a large (1/2") craft bead. Although we are not into S&M, sometimes my wife likes to hang a chain on the ring and use it as a sort of leash or bridle for me when she's feeling a tad kinky. I don't have any pictured as yet, but as soon as I find a friend who can develop such pictures discreetly or purchase a Polaroid, I will scan them and send them into BME. Outwardly, my wife and I are very conservative quiet types and no one would ever guess that we are into such things. The only ones that know about her nipple rings and my cock ring are me, her... and now you!