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The Canadian Prison Strap and extreme instrument of corporal punishment
Stiff Russet sole bend leather blade with a burgundy handle is standard. 3" wide x 29 1/2 " long x 1/4" thick with 3/8" diameter holes.
The BARGAIN on offer has cosmetic defects .. for example the blade is not the color Adam intended ... or the leather grain isn't quite as uniform as a $180 price tag would suggest. This is in the real of "Q: Why does Robin Hood use a Quarter Staff ? A: Because they're just as good as the half-a-dollar ones. If you "don't need it to look EXACTLY like the picture " This One's for YOU.
(This design USED to be 30" long ... but Postmaster DeJoy, in his infinite wisdom imposed a surcharge on "long things" ... $7 for 20 - 29 inches $15 for 30"+. SO, if you want it "a little longer" MESSAGE us. We'll build ... you'll pay.)
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Starting around 1900, straps like this replaced "cats" in the Canadian Federal and Provincial Prisons and continued in use for more than 70 years. The standard handle and color scheme are a contemporary interpretation. It is also available All Black with the more traditional straight sided handle: use the MESSAGE function for this.
The size and thickness are consistent with the goal of intimidating violent felons in adult prisons ... and with the descriptions of the damage with only five or ten strokes. This estimation fits the descriptions of the Canadian Prison Strap provided by prisoners.
Naturally, in consensual play, a "Punisher" might not use quite the full force that the Senior Warders of a more brutal age would have employed.
However ... it is difficult to ignore corpun.c*m's documentation. While prison officials may have minimized the size of the Canadian Prison Strap to mollify anti-corporal punishment reformers, it is equally likely that prisoners would have exaggerated the brutality of their punishment.
Here's what one of our customers said recently:
"The Canadian Prison Strap that you made in your stiff, heaviest leather is a gorgeous implement. Truly intimidating to behold and with its narrow handle and holes it is very easy to use at full force (I receive the strap lying down making those over-the-shoulder deliveries very easy!). Lots and lots of burning sting. Wonderful. Amazingly, though, this is the least severe of the three straps you sent me. (although it is definitely more painful than a rattan cane!!!) P"
And, in case you are wondering about its authenticity:
"I work in a Jail in Canada. I discovered that we still have the Paddle Board ... an apparatus that the Prisoner was strapped to when he got the Strap. This was last used in our Jail in 1955. The Strap went missing around 10 years ago. ... I have been trying to get the few guards that had seen it to describe it to me so I could get a replica made up and "bring it back by popular demand"! No, just as a historical display. I then Googled it and found you guys ... true story. RD"