Escape Artist Michael Griffin, newly uploaded vids

Hey all, for the holiday, hope you like em

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... 2B59F47F48

Michael

Cool videos. Very nicely done. Much more professional than most of the similar performance on you-tube. Thanks for the link.

I do have some collector's questions. In the one video you say that Posey made their first jacket in 1935.

A. According to their web site the company began in 1937, which with some justifiable artistic license sounds as good as 1935.

But do you have any idea when they truly marketed their first jackets? I thought it was more like the late 60s or early 70s.

B. Do you know what their oldest jackets looked like? What kind of buckle did they have? etc. I have one old roller buckle jacket quite a bit different than the ones sold during the last 20 years.

How did the jacket you used in 1979 compare to the ones they were selling 20 years later?

cheers and have a Booming 4th.

thanks

Joe

Hey all, for the holiday, hope you like em

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... 2B59F47F48

Michael

Cool videos. Very nicely done. Much more professional than most of the similar performances on you-tube. Thanks for the link.

I do have some collector's questions. In the one video you say that Posey made their first jacket in 1935.

A. According to their web site the company began in 1937, which with some justifiable artistic license sounds as good as 1935.

But do you have any idea when they truly marketed their first jackets? I thought it was more like the late 60s or early 70s.

B. Do you know what their oldest jackets looked like? What kind of buckle did they have? etc. I have one old roller buckle jacket quite a bit different than the ones sold during the last 20 years.

How did the jacket you used in 1979 compare to the ones they were selling 20 years later?

cheers and have a Booming 4th.

thanks

Joe

Hey all, for the holiday, hope you like em

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... 2B59F47F48

Hi Joe:

Thank you for the kind words

I used to correspond with an old time escaped artist, when i told him i was trying to get out of the posey he started warning me right and left, in fact I think i still have his original correspondence detailing how the old time escape artists would get beat or injured on occasion when hit with one of these.

I still use the same type as i did back then. It is simple holes and buckles
best
michael