Sounds like the Ambutech SlimLine folding graphite cane is probably perfect for your needs. They're a Canadian company, too.

That policy changed about 5-6 years ago, unfortunately.

That isn’t a hard and fast rule. That is, in Canada, generally, people who are totally blind also carry canes with a red band on the bottom (unless you specially order an all white cane). I know this is not the case in other countries (my mum brought me back a white cane from England as a kid, and it was all white). Someone who is Deafblind may carry a red and white striped cane, to indicate Deafblindness, or they may choose not to. EDIT: I should say, the Deafblind people I’ve met, admittedly not many, carried a standard white cane rather than one with stripes or with a red band near the top of the cane, which is why I understand this to be an option rather than necessity, but I’m not Deafblind, myself, and this may have become more common practice in recent years.

There may be more specific rules or laws in other places, but there isn’t an international standard beyond a mostly white stick generally indicating blindness.

A cane will work the same no matter what colour it is, though it won’t necessarily identify you in the same way. It’s not very common, but I’ve seen people carry a blue or a pink cane.

I recently ordered a new cane in white and blue. It has a blue handle, and I replaced the red bottom section with a blue one. I kept the rest of the cane white, so it would still be recognizable as a white cane. Shamelessly stealing the idea from a post on here, I’ve added galaxy print duct tape accents to my cane, and a cool keychain to the top, so it’s space-themed. I’m not using my cane wrongly by doing this, though I expect I may get questions about the colour sometimes (I haven’t yet). If you chose to get a cane of an entirely different colour, you’re also making the choice to accept people will ask you more questions about it.

For an ID cane, seeing as it’s primary purpose is identification, you ought probably to order the cane in white, so it serves its purpose. But no reason you can’t decide to customize with a blue or red handle, instead of a black one, for example, without compromising the utility of the cane or what it symbolizes.

Never heard of this.


And why are we downvoting now?

Yeah, I like those over the heavier ones and they work really well too.

That’s definitely not cool people think you think you want to fight when you bump in to them.