I boarded a plane in china once and they explicitly asked me if I had nunchucks. They do the spiel on sharp/flammable items, but nunchucks don't fit in an obvious category like that, so they spell it out (makes sense, but was hilarious at the time).

nunchuks are Ok but don't try it wearing a T-shirt with a picture of a power ranger on it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7431640.stm

Funnily enough a mate of mine traveled into Holland with replica weapons recently with no problems at customs. He's a stage magician.

That says something pretty sad about the mental health / public policy of that destination...