Jitte

Adapted from a farm implement, the jitte is about a foot long instrument with a blunt tip, steel cylinder as a 'blade', and a single prong just above the handle. It is ideally used to disarm an opponent and is wielded like a knife.

The jitte is often associated with the duties of a magistrate, and because of this suffers less of a social stigma (due to its association with peasant weapons) than the sai. The jitte is wielded similarly to a knife since it shares many of the same characteristics.