Roald Dahl's book "Boy," a memoir of his time in English public schools in the 1920s, includes several graphic descriptions of being caned on the hand and rear end. It's been a long time since I read it, but I remember him talking about "scarlet stripes" from the cane, and the instinct to grab the injured part of the body and squeeze it as tightly as possible to stop the pain, even though it didn't really help.
I was also going to recommend Boy, and I think Stephen Fry's autobiography also has descriptions. In a classroom, a wooden ruler was more common - being flat you'd get a burning sensation and after a couple whacks, want to squeeze it between your legs. No other options available while in the classroom! I never got more than that, but would see red stripes on other kids who had more. A cane would create a red welt with the first thwack, and if two lines were in the same place, would get an angry red raised welt. I think only one boy ever got caned in the whole time I was at my primary school. You'd always put your non-dominant hand on top when holding your hands out.
Try asking/looking on some BDSM and kink communities, particularly sites with resources and primers for beginners? The focus there will surely be about avoiding damage, rather than causing it, but I imagine you could get a general idea of risks and advisable aftercare.
To add: a belt would be unlikely as too hard to control and not heavy enough. In Scottish schools, they often used a tawse - 2-5 thick leather straps 18 inch long glued on top of each other, often with a slit half way along one end. Effect like a wide heavy ruler
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My aunt was punished in the way you describe with the hands palm up on the desk and whacked hard over and over with a ruler to the point of leaving welts. She didn't mention anything about breaking the skin, but it definitely welted and she was left virtually unable to use her hands for, I think, most of the day, and it was still painful for several days.
This may not be relevant to the OP but I'm going to include in case of possible ideas. IIRC, and it is possible I am confusing, but I think this was the case; she was also punished this way on a single hand (her left) because she was left handed and they were trying to "train" her into being right-handed. This was back in the 50s/60s. I think she still has scars (small, white, probably wouldn't notice if you weren't looking for them).
I don't have medical info, but I want to mention that there is a scene in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man where Stephen Daedalus is beaten on the hand by one of his teachers, with a device called a "pandybat." I think this may be more like a blackjack than a cane, though. But there is at least a description of the experience.
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anonymous
October 16 2014, 21:01:43 UTC
I think the way you are caned on the hand can determine the stripes. I have had a teacher pull the cane back over his head as far as it goes, this provides a very loud swish, and a slapping sound on impact to the hands. Another style which I think is more painful, is to apply a flick or wrist movement, as applied to your hand using moderate force. I love the sound on impact of hand caning.
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In a classroom, a wooden ruler was more common - being flat you'd get a burning sensation and after a couple whacks, want to squeeze it between your legs. No other options available while in the classroom!
I never got more than that, but would see red stripes on other kids who had more.
A cane would create a red welt with the first thwack, and if two lines were in the same place, would get an angry red raised welt. I think only one boy ever got caned in the whole time I was at my primary school.
You'd always put your non-dominant hand on top when holding your hands out.
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My aunt was punished in the way you describe with the hands palm up on the desk and whacked hard over and over with a ruler to the point of leaving welts. She didn't mention anything about breaking the skin, but it definitely welted and she was left virtually unable to use her hands for, I think, most of the day, and it was still painful for several days.
This may not be relevant to the OP but I'm going to include in case of possible ideas. IIRC, and it is possible I am confusing, but I think this was the case; she was also punished this way on a single hand (her left) because she was left handed and they were trying to "train" her into being right-handed. This was back in the 50s/60s. I think she still has scars (small, white, probably wouldn't notice if you weren't looking for them).
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I have had a teacher pull the cane back over his head as far as it goes, this provides a very loud swish, and a slapping sound on impact to the hands.
Another style which I think is more painful, is to apply a flick or wrist movement, as applied to your hand using moderate force.
I love the sound on impact of hand caning.
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