So my canemaker is going to retire. How could he do
that to me, well not only me he also works for a company much bigger than
me and he's going to stop making for them too. What a rotter! Only joking, I
like Alec and my first reaction when he told me was 'Are you OK, no health issues
or anything?' No there aren't, he just wants more time for other things. It
won't be until summer so he's giving me plenty of notice, he actually told me
over the Christmas period.
I've got time to find an alternative or try to. Not
easy, I already know that from some tentative contact I've had with a paddle
manufacturer in Germany and a spanking toys general supplier from India, who
started off great guns but then when I got down to the nitty gritty and wouldn't
place orders without seeing samples, went all quiet. Then I found, quite
incidentally, a book I bought years ago called 'Kinkycraft' and
I vaguely remembered a section on canes. I flicked the pages and sure
enough there is indeed a section on how to make your own canes, I wondered if I
could teach myself to make them, I mean I've got a few months. But then I read
through the section, which I'll summarise:-
- Obtain rattan, must be the bendy type
- Cut to length, they recommend 36"
- Soak in water in bath for a day
- Remove and hang up with weights to straighten out any kinks or place under heavy objects to do same
- Dry off
- Sand length to smooth nodes and round tip
- Double coat with yachting varnish
- And there you have it. One cane ready for use
What? Are they kidding? What about the curly
handles how do I get those, or rubber handles or any sort of handles for
that matter. And no way am I going to have a bath full of floating canes, P
wouldn't be amused. I shall ask Alec if it's OK for me to increase my orders
from him to build up a stockpile while I find a solution, that could extend
me to, say, Autumn or even Christmas but it still isn't a long term solution. Panic
stations:)
Have a fun weekend.
Have a fun weekend.
Ronnie
xx
