From Tony Wolf
"For regular Bartitsu training, canes like the one I put together are almost ideal - straight rattan with rubber blunts standing in for the ball handles and a regular rubber stopper at the other end. They can be used in sparring without having to armor up too much, in striking drills against heavy bags, etc. and are light and flexible enough for almost all pre-arranged and improvised self defense drills, etc. Plus the fact that the Vigny cannes used at the original Bartitsu School were made of rattan.
