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A controversial Fancy Steel addition, and a PAINful week on the leaderboard

Sent August 23, 2026 · by Phalanx

Hi —

This week's "New Chastity Products" report sparked controversy on Reddit centered around Fancy Steel's new "Iron Knob 2.0" cage. Fancy Steel is an Australian manufacturer known for its full-belt designs, but they did previously have one ball-trap style cage in their catalogue -- the Iron Knob 1.0.

Now, I had previously owned the Iron Knob 1.0, and I recall it being a heavy device that was secured using a rubbery glans ring inside the head piece. The glans ring snapped on the third or fourth time I tried to wear the cage, and I quickly discarded my Iron Knob and moved on.

When I saw that Fancy Steel had released a 2.0 version of the cage, the new version looked like a big improvement. It used security screws, had tetherspout and piercing support, and overall more closely resembled a Badass Workroom (BAWR) cage.

Well, turns out that's because the Iron Knob 2.0 design WAS lifted from BAWR -- at least according to newbie-sub, a well-known moderator in the r/chastitytraining community. And not only that, newbie-sub claimed that before it was stolen from BAWR, BAWR had actually lifted the design from him as part of a previous "co-creator" program BAWR sponsored.

Check out the whole thread in the comments section here. Wherever you land on the Iron Knob situation, one thing is for certain -- there is a lot of IP theft happening in this industry, and that's one of my least favorite things about it.

New on ChasteGPT: Newly Rated Page

This week, I built a page that announces new chastity products as they are added to our Ratings Leaderboard. In order for a chastity device to have a rating on ChasteGPT, we need to have a minimum of 15 product ratings in our database. So as devices pass that 15 review threshold, they have an initial rating set, and there will be a corresponding post to this page that marks the addition.

Recently, I have been ingesting some older chastity reviews from the Chastity Mansion archives, so you'll see some older cages featured here right now, including a couple devices that are no longer sold. Long-time chastity enthusiasts may be interested to take a trip down memory lane and check out the Tollyboy FGA/200, Lori's #7 Cage, and ClubFem MCD.

The other new addition is Steelworxx's Pain cage. "Pain" seems like an appropriate name for this cage, and I wouldn't want it anywhere near my dick!

Check out the complete timeline here.

This week's new chastity products

Badass Workroom

Craverise

Fancy Steel

M Chastity * Male Butterfly Spring Chastity Belt: Full male chastity belt made from ABS, resin, silicone. The front plate has a butterfly design with five different color styles. Price: $289. * Space-Future Cyber Police Cage: One of the more ridiculous designs I’ve seen for a chastity cage. Looks like some kind of spaceship. You probably just need to see this one. Price: $159. * Manta Ray Cage with Anal Plug Tail: Resin/ABS/silicone cage with a tail-shaped anal plug that extends from the base ring. The cage comes with different sized base rings, but the tail is only on the 50mm size. The cage piece comes in five different styles, two of which are inverted-type. Price: $159.

SMBSM

​TameGuard * RemoteGuard: Premium Keyholding Service: This is not a chastity cage, but figured it was interesting enough to note. TameGuard has developed an app that matches chastity wearers with real, human keyholders. Price: around $160/month

This week's rating moves

Spotted a false positive above, or a new product I missed? Just reply — I read everything.

— Phalanx ChasteGPT — real ratings from 15,000+ verified reviews

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