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When not in use, the urumi is worn around the waist like a belt. Since women often wore belts it was a convenient weapon for them to carry. Unniarcha, one of the heroines of the ballads of the Northern Malabar coast, was said to have been adept at wielding the urumi. It was also a good weapon for duels since thrusting with the point of the sword was not permitted in duels in South India.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urumi
Brutal metal-link whips, miniature swords disguised as tobacco pipes, fans edges with razor-sharp blades and poison-tipped arrows are all lethal in their own right but pale in comparison with an almost mystical weapon of decapitation.1. The UrumiAlso known as “chuttuval,” which means “coiled sword,” this flexible weapon is used in the South Indian Martial Art of Kalaripayatt.The blade (or multiple blades, as in the urumi pictured here) is flexible enough to be rolled up and stored when not used, or even worn as a belt and whipped out on demand.The blade or blades are typically razor-sharp and bad news for anyone standing in the vicinity of the person wielding the urumi.
A hat too dangerous for New York and New Jersey. Wow!]I wonder of the Oddjob character's razorblade frisbee-derby from Dr. No was legal.
