Tradition
Old Guard
To Love, To Obey, To Serve
Diary of an Old Guard Slave
V. M. Johnson · 1999
Old Guard
To Love, To Obey, To Serve is the personal memoir of V. M. Johnson, documenting nearly two decades of life as an Old Guard slave within a Female-Led Leather household. Rather than offering instruction or ideology, the book preserves the lived experience of service, obedience, protocol, devotion, and personal transformation through the author's own journals, creating one of the rare first-person historical testimonies of Old Guard Master/slave life.
The Leatherman's Protocol Handbook
A Handbook on "Old Guard" Rituals, Traditions and Protocols
John D. Weal · 2010
Old Guard
A documentary reference on Old Guard Leather traditions, rituals, ceremonies, etiquette, and protocol as experienced and preserved by John D. Weal. Rather than presenting a universal code of conduct, the book records one influential interpretation of twentieth-century American Leather culture and its ceremonial practices.
SlaveCraft
Roadmaps for Consensual Erotic Servitude: Principles, Skills, and Tools
a grateful slave, Guy Baldwin · 1997
Old Guard
A reflective exploration of consensual Master/slave relationships that examines erotic servitude as a psychological, emotional, and ethical identity rather than a system of training techniques. Through a series of essays, personal reflections, and commentary, the authors explore the principles of obedience, identity, transparency, humility, fear, and responsibility within long-term power exchange relationships.