I was researching self-defense for a scene I'm writing and I came upon something called a Kubotan. I thought info about it might be useful to some of you out there. You never know when you might need a simple way to defend yourself. link (be sure to follow the "Fist of Dynomite" link for how-to information.)
If y'all are already familiar with this baby, well, then, what can I say? It's new and exciting to me, so I thought I'd pass it along...