I was just watching a Shaw Brothers film the other day in which an old kung fu master uses a rather oversized (three foot?) smoking pipe as a weapon. I think this type of weapon is called a "Tie Yan Dou".
The name "Tie Yan Dou" translates into "iron smoking pipe", whereas the one in the pics and video below is made of wood and brass, with perhaps an ivory mouthpiece. Still, it's big- about a yard long and maybe 1 1/4" thick. And if it's made of some heavy ironwood, it could certainly pack a wallop.
I'm fascinated by innocuous-looking weapons: canes, sashes/sarongs, etc, and a pipe like this.. well, isn't exactly inconspicuous, but one doesn't usually think it's a weapon at first glance.
Has anyone run into examples of these pipes before? Google image searches seem rather limited.
Screenshots
Smoking:
In the hand (better shot):
Strike/block:
Hooking:
Video:
04:39 and 05:17 are the first appearances of this pipe, if you want to fast forward:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss1fXNgVgtg
Post 'em if you got 'em.