Flail

A flail is a handheld weapon consisting of a wooden shaft attached to a chain or rope with a spiky ball at the end. It is mostly used for close-range combat.

In mainstream Smurfs media, the Smurfs have used flails in the comic book version of "King Smurf", with the spiky balls replaced with smooth metal balls to de-emphasize the use of graphic violence in stories that are written mostly for children.