The mysterious and deadly deerhooks are a signature weapon of the bagua kungfu player. Always used in pairs the deerhorn knives have 4 points and 9 edges each. Deerhooks do not seem easily concealable in the modern world, however they were possibly the most dangerous sidearm one could wear under chinese robes excepting firearms. Many bagua masters of old used either extremely big weapons, or very small ones that are easily concealed, often in pairs. Many of the smaller "hidden weapons" of bagua are trained using the emptyhand forms and require only slight changes to be effective. This "hidden weapon" weapon philosophy is based around mobility and skill, and