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A large bandana with coins tied in a corner. Hold the opposite corner and use as a flail.

From a Modesty Blaise book, lead foil as the stiffining of a wide cuff, tear the sleeve off, crush the cuff into a lumb and use as weapon. Lets you flick the cloth end at them first so they ignore it as a distraction and then reverse to the weighted end to drop them.

A carry bag with a dumbbell shaped wooden handle. Pull off and you have a fist load striker.

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A stainless steel serving tray with handle cutouts at the end/edge
Metal clipboard
A stainless steel reusable straw
Microphone, cymbal, projector-screen etc. stands or parts thereof
Metal egde protectors from ruggedized briefcases , laptops, etc.
TV or monitor wall mount parts
Axle rods for rolling garbage bins etc. or even sturdy toys
Folding kick-scooter or parts thereof
Propane torch bottle
Tiki torch stick

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Do these come in SHORT BATON size?

Around 0.5 lbs.?

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Any decent rope can be made into a flail by knotting it (if all you want is something on hand in case a brawl breaks out when you go to get soused that is an option). A fishing sinker can be tied in as an extra present if you want to be mean but that will annoy cops more. A rope can also be a garotte. Making a sling is a bit more difficult but by then it is not innocuous.

Sikh bracelets are mostly ethnoreligious heraldry but Sikhs are trained to use them as knuckledusters.

An ice ax isn't something you would normally be hefting around town, unless you were in a context where it would be unsurprising (like an outdoor store). But it makes a pretty good weapon, and a famous (if unimaginative from the crime writer's perspective) assassination was done with one.

Pretty much anything can be a club.

An automoble can ram someone.

A homemade IED can be made with a can or bottle. If you wish to disguise it treat it like what it is as much as possible.

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Yep. On a seat that adjusts manually, consider the rod under the front you pull up to make it slide. Usually about 14" long and just under 1/2 " diameter.

EDIT: there are other more obscure parts under there too so different sizes are possible.

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None of these have any meaningful potential as a weapon, although the ruler and rawhide might be usable to parry a few times.

Good solid Maglite is probably your friend here.

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A pool cue (the kind that dismantles into two pieces) will give you a pair of short batons in a carrying case.

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Buffy killed a vampire with a spatula.

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Maglight flashlights used to be very popular around here. I own two of the six-cell kinds. It's metal, and can be easily used as a club. I wouldn't want to parry a real sword with it, but otherwise it should be fine. I even have aftermarket ends on the back designed to break though a car window if necessary. In a book I'm writing, the main character is using one when he's walking some girls home from a party. Though he hands it to somebody else before the danger starts.

Not what you want, Icelander, but a bunch of coins in a leather coinpurse makes a nice fist load or sap.

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That's right, it will.

Pretty neat.