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Demonstrating the flexibility of a rattan cane.

Rattan cane with curved handle

A cane is a kind of straight stick made of hollow or porous material so that it is more lightweight than regular wood. Canes are used for many purposes where strength combined with light weight is an asset, such as walking sticks.

Popular cane plants include the Spanish cane, bamboo and rattan. Rattan is very popular for making furniture such as chairs or tables. Bamboo is also sometimes used for furniture making, among many other uses such as building construction and gardening.

1 Caning
2 Cane variants
3 Oiling, soaking and cane care
4 Images
5 See also
6 Links

[edit] Caning

Using a cane as a spanking implement is known as caning. Usually a caning is given on the buttocks, but, mainly in school corporal punishment, also sometimes on the delinquent's outstretched hands ("hand caning").

While bamboo is much cheaper and more readily available, rattan is the preferred cane for chastisement because of its unique material properties. Rattan is not hard and hollow like bamboo but spongy-solid and very flexible - in fact, more flexible than any other natural material of the same diameter.

Spanking with a bamboo cane gives not only an inferior tactile sensation but is also potentially dangerous: bamboo can easily break and the splinters can injure the spankee. A rattan cane, in contrast, will practically never break.

Still, caning always comes with the danger of skin and tissue injuries such as bruising.

[edit] Cane variants

Inexpensive rattan canes can be bought in shops and on street markets in South and Southeast Asian countries where they are grown and manufactured. In the U.S. and Europe, they are no longer available in general stores, but can still be purchased in BDSM shops.

Variants in the diameter and weight:

nursery cane (very thin and lightweight), around 1/4" (6 to 7 mm) in diameter.
junior cane (thin and lightweight), around 3/8" (8 to 10 mm) in diameter.
senior cane (medium), around 7/16" (11 mm) in diameter.
adult cane / reformatory cane (thicker and heavier), above 7/16" (11 mm) in diameter.

Variants in the handle end:

straight
U-curved (English cane)
looped (Malaysian junior cane)
wrist strap (similar to that on a riding crop)

Variants in the finishing:

natural
smoothened
varnished

Variants in shape

straight - the standard cane
loopy - a length of cane doubled back on itself and bound at the tips to form a loop effectively making an implement suitable for over the knee spankings

Rattan materials

kooboo - The most common type of rattan used for punishment canes which is generally light and flexible.
dragon - Another type or rattan which is much denser than kooboo and accordingly produces more pain.

[edit] Oiling, soaking and cane care

It is possible to make a cane more painful by letting it soak up drops of oil (e.g. linseed) to gain weight. Another option is to soak the cane (which should not be varnished for this purpose) in water overnight. A cane should be regularly soaked if it is unvarnished to prevent it splitting or splintering while in use. If the cane has U-curved handle then the handle should be bound to the shaft of the cane while soaking to prevent it from straightening. The best way to soak a cane is by placing just the tip into a few inches of room temperature water for a few hours or overnight. The water will be drawn up throughout the whole cane while it soaks. Soaking it in brine (salt water) is said to be better because the salt will keep the cane from drying completely out. Canes are best stored somewhere humid like a bathroom to help prevent them from drying out. Any sign of splitting or splintering during, before or after use should cause the cane to be discarded to avoid causing injury.

[edit] Images

From left to right: Nursery cane, Junior cane, Senior Cane and Dragon cane. The dragon cane is virtually an identical width to the senior cane, however it weighs about twice as much.