# Knife play > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Knife_play > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Knife_play.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_play > Source revision: 1328947470 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Form of consensual BDSM edgeplay involving knives, daggers, and swords This article is about a form of BDSM. For the Xiu Xiu album, see [Knife Play](/source/Knife_Play). For the band, see [Knifeplay (band)](/source/Knifeplay_(band)). This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Knife play" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) **Knife play** is a form of consensual [BDSM](/source/BDSM) [edgeplay](/source/Edgeplay) involving [knives](/source/Knife), [daggers](/source/Dagger), and [swords](/source/Sword) as a source of physical and mental stimulation.[1] Knives are typically used to cut away clothing, scratch the skin, remove wax after [wax play](/source/Wax_play), or simply provide sensual stimulation. Knife play can also be a form of [temperature play](/source/Temperature_play) or [body modification](/source/Body_modification). ## Kinky Women Research Study In 2015, the scientific journal *[Archives of Sexual Behavior](/source/Archives_of_Sexual_Behavior)* published the "Kinky Women Research Study" by author Jennifer Eve Rehor, a San Diego relationship therapist. Rehor conducted the study at [San Francisco State University](/source/San_Francisco_State_University) while in the Human Sexuality Studies graduate program. Rehor surveyed 1,580 women within the kink community and questioned them about 126 sexual behaviors.[2] A 2015 article in *[Men's Health](/source/Men's_Health)* magazine written by Eric Spitznagel about the kink study stated that, "38 percent like "Knife play," which I’m going to assume means they like being on the receiving end of a knife."[2] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-T_1-0)** Austin, Miranda; Atwood, Sam (2005), The Toybag Guide to Erotic Knifeplay, San Francisco: [Greenery Press](/source/Greenery_Press), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-890159-66-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-890159-66-5), [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [60419183](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/60419183) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-M_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-M_2-1) Spitznagel, Eric (September 11, 2015). ["1,580 Women Reveal Their Surprising (and Sometimes Frightening) Erotic Fantasies"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201019163320/https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a19547669/crazy-sex-kinks-explained/). *[Men's Health](/source/Men's_Health)*. 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