From Foot Worship to Cigar Fetishists
The Fraternity Issue
20 years later, Drummer has risen from the ashes with issue 215, the Fraternity Issue. From a pig camp to a punching scene, and foot worship to cigar fetishists, this action-packed issue takes you deep into the scene that you love, looking at how these things, and more, bring us all together.
Featuring work by Race Bannon, Joe Gallagher, PIGtures, McKenzie James, Eric Anders, Jack Fritscher, Patrick Califia, and many others.
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In this issue
KINK, DIRT, & FIRE
My First Pig Camping Experience at Steppenbrand Story by: PIGtures Photography by: PIGtures October 2, 2019 I first heard about Steppenbrand at Easter Berlin in 2015. I was at an after-hours with the creators of the porn company, Pig Prod, and between hits of poppers,...
HOW TO TAKE A HIT
Punching and the power exchange Story by: Joe Gallagher Photography by: inkedKenny October 2, 2019 I start slow. I point to his left pec so he knowns my first target. The boy is beautiful, muscled, and young with some flogging experience. He flexes the thick muscle....
EXPANDING THE DEPTHS OF SUBMISSION
A Dom, a sub, a chastity belt Story by: Eric Anders Photography by: mattia_BAU_vegni October 2, 2019 When I first began exploring my kinks, I met a fellow sub and we formed a pact: I would help him explore his fantasies if he helped me explore mine. At that time, I...
GETTING OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT
Foot Worship at Berlin's Böse Buben Story by: RM Vaughan Photography by: Ulli Richter October 2, 2019 Somewhere in the playrooms of Böse Buben, a Berlin fetish club, a foot is being licked and sucked, kissed, swallowed, spat on, and tongued. Somewhere close to me,...
RAW! UNCUT! VIDEO!
How Palm Drive Video got me to wear an apricot hanky Story by: Ryan A. White Photography by: Palm Drive Video and Wohler Films October 2, 2019 I’m a belly man, a total sucker for a guy with a gut. From a burgeoning dad bod to a massive tank, my attention goes directly...
PUFF, PUFF, PASS
The brotherhood of cigar fetishists Story by: Race Bannon Photography by: McKenzie James October 2, 2019 Puffing on a favorite cigar while hanging out with your kink brethren, or playing with a hot man, conjures up a special kind of masculine erotic ethos. Cigars and...
A MEMOIR OF “THE BAD OLD DAYS”
Sticky Pages Review Story by: Patrick Califia Photography by: Peter Fiske October 2, 2019 Younger leathermen often ask me what “the bad old days” were like. The backroom bars and sex clubs of the 1960s and ’70s represent both the purist form of Old Guard, Master/slave...
BROTHERHOOD OF GRAPPLERS
Bonding over bound bodies Story by: Mike Miksche Photography by: Mike Miksche October 2, 2019 The guys at the S.F. Grapplers Wrestling Club give each other license to exert their force onto one another, while they practice all forms of grappling like Brazilian...
THE ONCE AND FUTURE DRUMMER
The Leather Fraternity Story by: Jack Fritscher Photography by: Courtesy of Jack Fritscher October 2, 2019 The guys at the S.F. Grapplers Wrestling Club give each other license to exert their force onto one another, while they practice all forms of grappling like...
GOING BACK TO 1979
What does the past have that the present doesn’t? Story by: Mike Miksche Photography by: Motorboot Photography - Robert Green October 2, 2019 Nick Wafle and Matthew Paul have been reawakening the spirits of legendary leather bars gone by with their parties in San...
LESS TALK, MORE ACTION
Folsom Europe: a beast of its own! Story by: Will Stone Photography by: Mike Miksche October 2, 2019 On a gorgeous Saturday afternoon in mid-September, I placed a 10€ bill into a donation can, and entered the leather Valhalla, aka Berlin’s annual Folsom Europe street...
THE TRAINING CAMP
Part I Story by: Mike Miksche October 2, 2019 I’m sitting at the kitchen counter, swiping through a magazine on my tablet, but my attention is wavering. I’m waiting for a message from Master B., who was supposed to text me at 7:30 to let me know which hotel to meet...
DRUMMER LEGENDS: “THE HUN”
Born April 30th, 1938. Died September 12th, 2019 Story by: Peter Fisk October 2, 2019 I am very sad to report the passing of erotic artist, Bill Schmeling AKA “The Hun,” on September 12, 2019. His work will live on in his magnificent illustrations of men who were...