Bean Cobb Something

Can anyone help me out on what this thing is? It clearly is a Bean Cobb cuff, with the May 2, 1899 patent date on the lock. The plating is 99+% intact and seems all original. The chain links are not modern, electrically arc welded but are lapped over and forged welded at the ends of the links, as is the ring. On the inside of the hinge is the number 9455 stamped on both bows.



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I would have to say that it was used as a transportation device. It may have been locked onto a leather or chain belt or perhaps a long chain to transport many prisoners to court or to jail.

Is this the same one that was on ebay a few weeks ago? If so, I put a bid on it but did not win it. Whether it was or not, if you have any interest in selling or trading it, please let me know. I still wish to have one.

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mark
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Can anyone help me out on what this thing is? It clearly is a Bean Cobb cuff, with the May 2, 1899 patent date on the lock. The plating is 99+% intact and seems all original. The chain links are not modern, electrically arc welded but are lapped over and forged welded at the ends of the links, as is the ring. On the inside of the hinge is the number 9455 stamped on both bows.



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Hi Mark:

No, this is not off of Ebay. If one sold recently, I'd like to see the listing if you could direct me to it.

I bought the thing at a flea market from a "young woman who was selling off her grandfather's railroad collection". Yeah, right. On Sunday afternoon, I made her an offer on a huge box of crap for parts and pieces. This thing was at the bottom of the box.

Like you, I'm wondering if it is some sort of "chain gang" thing. I don't know. The only wear on the thing is on the high points; hence it was used, but not very much. And the chain is so short, but it and the ring all seems to match up.

Oh, and for what it's worth, there was a key attsched with a ratty old piece of string; a Bean Cobb key, in perfect condition, but blued rather than plated.

More than anything else, I'm just curious if anyone out there has any idea about this oddity. After all, it won't cost me anything to hang on to it.

Can anyone help me out on what this thing is? It clearly is a Bean Cobb cuff, with the May 2, 1899 patent date on the lock. The plating is 99+% intact and seems all original. The chain links are not modern, electrically arc welded but are lapped over and forged welded at the ends of the links, as is the ring. On the inside of the hinge is the number 9455 stamped on both bows.



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Hi.

The auction page for the other one is now in cyberspace. I saved a picture of it, but it is very similar to yours and hardly worth the effort to post it here unless you wish me to.

You say that it would not cost you anything to keep it. It could....about $200!

mark
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Can anyone help me out on what this thing is? It clearly is a Bean Cobb cuff, with the May 2, 1899 patent date on the lock. The plating is 99+% intact and seems all original. The chain links are not modern, electrically arc welded but are lapped over and forged welded at the ends of the links, as is the ring. On the inside of the hinge is the number 9455 stamped on both bows.



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Nice find!

About a year ago, someone auctioned a pair of H&R Bean Cobb handcuffs that were connected by no less than a 6’ chain with a large o-ring connector at its midpoint. The seller explained that they were removed from a closed psychiatric hospital in Michigan (I don’t remember the name). Like your own, they appeared to be in excellent shape, and he wasn’t sure exactly how they were used in the hospital; fastened to a bedpost, padded cell wall, etc. My guess is that as these institutions became more “enlightened” around the turn of the century, leather and cotton restraints replaced steel, and these vintage cuffs were packed away without having seen much use.

Jason

Can anyone help me out on what this thing is? It clearly is a Bean Cobb cuff, with the May 2, 1899 patent date on the lock. The plating is 99+% intact and seems all original. The chain links are not modern, electrically arc welded but are lapped over and forged welded at the ends of the links, as is the ring. On the inside of the hinge is the number 9455 stamped on both bows.



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$200.00????????

Can anyone help me out on what this thing is? It clearly is a Bean Cobb cuff, with the May 2, 1899 patent date on the lock. The plating is 99+% intact and seems all original. The chain links are not modern, electrically arc welded but are lapped over and forged welded at the ends of the links, as is the ring. On the inside of the hinge is the number 9455 stamped on both bows.



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200.99!

Can anyone help me out on what this thing is? It clearly is a Bean Cobb cuff, with the May 2, 1899 patent date on the lock. The plating is 99+% intact and seems all original. The chain links are not modern, electrically arc welded but are lapped over and forged welded at the ends of the links, as is the ring. On the inside of the hinge is the number 9455 stamped on both bows.



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$333.0--0 ??

Can anyone help me out on what this thing is? It clearly is a Bean Cobb cuff, with the May 2, 1899 patent date on the lock. The plating is 99+% intact and seems all original. The chain links are not modern, electrically arc welded but are lapped over and forged welded at the ends of the links, as is the ring. On the inside of the hinge is the number 9455 stamped on both bows.



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250.0--0!