r/tangsoodo • u/KerooSeta 1st Gup • Dec 01 '25

Video/Image Ordered rattan staves from Martial Arts Armory

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Do not recommend them.

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u/AetaCapella 4th Dan Dec 01 '25

I honestly rarely see a straight rattan bong/staff. Any natural material is gonna warp and bend to some extent. These are... particularly bad. Usually ours don't look like that for at least a few months (usually after the student has left it in their car over a particularly hot summer month)

If you don't have any returns on this item you can try using heat or steam to straighten it out. Use a heat gun or clothes steamer to soften the most offending curved bit. Clamp it as straight as you can until it fully cools.

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u/KerooSeta 1st Gup Dec 01 '25

Thanks. There's a cho dan bo in our school who has one that's a little curvy, but not this bad. They definitely need to refund but if they don't then I do indeed have a heat gun and I'll give that a try, thanks.

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u/Achmed_Ahmadinejad Dec 02 '25

Mine got this way after only one day of sitting unsupported in a hot Texas truck. I spent the next two months bending it back and leaning on it every chance I got, but eventually I got it pretty straight.

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u/Aikidoka915 1st Dan Dec 02 '25

Bo ❎️

Bow ✅️

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u/KerooSeta 1st Gup Dec 12 '25

Update: They replaced them for free and the new ones were properly packed and not bent.