Improvised weapon

Well-known examples include the Irish shillelagh, which was originally used as a walking stick; the Japanese bō, which may have originally been used to carry buckets and baskets; and the Buddhist monk's spade, a shovel monks used for burying corpses, which often had sharpened edges to help defend against bandits.

It is possible for a person to be detained or even arrested by a law enforcement official or security personnel for carrying a potentially-harmful object if there is no reasonable use for it.

The security repercussions after the September 11 attacks saw restrictions widely extended to cover even objects like nail clippers and spiked wristbands.

[1] Examples of makeshift weapons include: The improvised Molotov cocktail was used with great success by the heavily outnumbered Finnish forces in the Winter War against the Soviet Union.

[citation needed] The mixture of flammable petroleum, often thickened with soap or tar, was so effective against the Soviet tanks that the Finns began mass producing Molotov cocktails, and issuing them to their troops.

Rocks being thrown in 2005 Belize unrest
A spinlock adjustable dumbbell
Modern factory-made machete , US Forces issue
Improvised weapons of the British Home Guard, prepared against the possibility of a German invasion in WWII
A Finnish soldier with a Molotov Cocktail during the Winter War
Improvised submachine gun " Carlo ", made out of a toy gun. Used in West Bank .
An improvised tire puncturing device (slang term ‘Ninja’), composed of an iron nail inserted into a rubber disc from a used tire. Many of these makeshift weapons were scattered by Palestinians on main roads in the occupied territories of the West Bank during the First Intifada .