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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dormotavian" data-source="post: 4493794" data-attributes="member: 78050">from the horses mouthwell this conversation surprised me so I called a friend of mine at WETA (the people who did the actual costuming) and their term for it was a flail but not in theclassical sense. the chain on the weapon is actually only 11 inches in length where as the mace weight attachment is over 3 1/2 feet in length. the actual handle is one foot exactly and when filmed they used angles to make it all appear much larger. the whole thing was constructed of foam rubber which is the only reason the actor could wield it because had the thing been made of iron as they where attempting to depict it would have weighed in excess of 80 lbs just in mace weight which would have proved impossible for any "mortal" man to wield in the manner the witch king swung it about. I hope this helps sidenote: they did construct an actual iron mace for one shot if you watch the film when the mace is swung and practically burries itself in the ground it was thrown by three men at loose sod.  EDIT: I did happen to find a picture of JUST the weight from the weapon.<a href="http://www.decipher.com/images/contentimages/article_lotr_wetawkweapons3.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.decipher.com/images/contentimages/article_lotr_wetawkweapons3.jpg</a></blockquote>