We've generally had pretty good
"We've generally had pretty good luck with ordering rattan staves from Century. We're a Filipino Martial Arts school and we use a 5' rattan staff in our training. We haven't had bad rattan yet (if you buy a lot of rattan like we do, you know it's always a risk no matter the supplier). The 5 foot staves are thick enough to not become too "whippy" when moving through space with force. We use the plain and the carved rattan staves and we've enjoyed both. We can get these elsewhere but the combination of price and quality works well for us. Rattan as a training material is relatively inexpensive, can usually take a beating and are really safe when it comes to breakage, and these have been no different (although to be fair, we haven't broken any yet!). Worth a try, espeically at the price."