Creative Umbrella

On January, 1902, an article in The Daily Mirror instructed women on how they can defend themselves from ruffians with an umbrella or parasol.
In March 2011 media outlets reveled that French president Nicolas Sarkozy has started using a £10,000 armor-plated umbrella to protect him from attackers. Para Pactum (Latin for “Prepare for peace”) is a Kevlar-coated device made by The Real Cherbourg. It will be carried by a member of Sarkozy’s security team.
• As a weapon of attack
In 1978 Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov was killed in London by a dose of ricin injected via a modified umbrella. The KGB is widely believed to have developed a modified umbrella that could deliver a deadly pellet.