After reading this
node, I went surfing on
google for a picture of a
sjambok to satisfy my curiosity about what the
weapon looks like. To my surprise, I found them
for sale at the low price of $25. Even better, this wasn't a
police supply or exotic weapons catalogue, it was a web site for
sex toys.
See for yourself:
http://www.aswgt.com/nastytoys/sjambok.htm