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[lawsond]

I searched the threads and posts, but the volume of information was so overwhelming, I decided to beg forgiveness and ask for a direct reply instead of digging through mountains of text!

I'm just starting in arnis, and I own a couple of rattan sticks that I work with now. THey're the basic models I got from some MA supply house.

I attended a seminar last week, and the instructor let me use his sticks. They were a little heavier than mine, and they felt much thicker, so they felt much "softer" in terms of impact. But the weight was not prohibitive to the training (about 4 hours). THe looked like rattan, but, as I said, they were maybe an inch in diameter. They were natural colored and they were covered with some kind of gloss finish.

I forget what he told me they were made of. He pointed me to Franks cane supply website, but I couldn't find by the descriptions offered on the site what I remembered from the seminar.

Can anyone tell me more specific information about the way sticks are made and/or the different materials used? I know about American hardwoods--they're all over the INternet. I was interested in finding this particular material and a supplier.

Thanks!

 

[MJS]

I searched the threads and posts, but the volume of information was so overwhelming, I decided to beg forgiveness and ask for a direct reply instead of digging through mountains of text!

I'm just starting in arnis, and I own a couple of rattan sticks that I work with now. THey're the basic models I got from some MA supply house.

I attended a seminar last week, and the instructor let me use his sticks. They were a little heavier than mine, and they felt much thicker, so they felt much "softer" in terms of impact. But the weight was not prohibitive to the training (about 4 hours). THe looked like rattan, but, as I said, they were maybe an inch in diameter. They were natural colored and they were covered with some kind of gloss finish.

I forget what he told me they were made of. He pointed me to Franks cane supply website, but I couldn't find by the descriptions offered on the site what I remembered from the seminar.

Can anyone tell me more specific information about the way sticks are made and/or the different materials used? I know about American hardwoods--they're all over the INternet. I was interested in finding this particular material and a supplier.

Thanks!

What you describe sounds very familiar to these. I have a pair that I've had for a while, and they're still in great shape. These sticks are a bit heavier than the average Kali stick, so using them for a while, you will feel it, but in a good way.

Mike

 

[K Williams]

Rattan sticks:
http://bloodsport.com/index.php?cPath=2&osCsid=1fbefb64790d4a2163dec5d869fbfe74

Filipino hardwood(kamagong, bahi, yakal, molave, etc):
http://kriscutlery.com/documents/philippine.html

http://kaligear.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=44&osCsid=2f3a65e1c99d005f2443c15add10d668

American hardwood:
http://www.canemasters.com/escrima-sticks-pair-p-108.html

http://home.i-plus.net/aa3jt/

http://bloodsport.com/product_info.php?cPath=5&products_id=35

http://64.177.159.181/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=kf&Category_Code=wo

Australian ironwood:
http://www.woodenflutemaker.com/

Stickbags:
http://www.bladerigger.com/sticks/main.php?key=61

http://kaligear.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=38

 

[K Williams]

http://www.stickman-escrima.com/Products/Secrets of Rattan.htm

 

[K Williams]

http://bloodsport.com/wrapper.php?file=process.htm

 

[lawsond]

Thank you all very much! I appreciate the advice and the links...

 

[tshadowchaser]

some great links given by the posters above thanks to all