Interesting Leg Irons on eBay

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These look like the prototype for all those horrible Paki Darbies. They have a folded hinge like the Pakis and a relatively light weight bow, but the tip is shouldered at the lock tube. It is also somewhat rounded in cross section, rather than the strap iron on the Pakis. The chain is electro welded crap. The key is nicer, but still crude. There's some hand forfing, but a awful lot of grinding wheel work on those cuffs.

They appears to have slightly nicer overall craftsmanship than the typical Pakis, except that the first lock tube plug shown, is buggered.

There's another set up, starting at nine bucks, so I guess they're rapping out an "Improved Model" of the Paki Crap cuffs. They do have shouldered bows like the better cuffs. Maybe some of the junk manufacturers are reading this board?

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These look like the prototype for all those horrible Paki Darbies. They have a folded hinge like the Pakis and a relatively light weight bow, but the tip is shouldered at the lock tube. It is also somewhat rounded in cross section, rather than the strap iron on the Pakis. The chain is electro welded crap. The key is nicer, but still crude. There's some hand forfing, but a awful lot of grinding wheel work on those cuffs.

They appears to have slightly nicer overall craftsmanship than the typical Pakis, except that the first lock tube plug shown, is buggered.

The dealer states, "These may or may not be old."

That certainly covers all possibilities.

Joe

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These look like the prototype for all those horrible Paki Darbies. They have a folded hinge like the Pakis and a relatively light weight bow, but the tip is shouldered at the lock tube. It is also somewhat rounded in cross section, rather than the strap iron on the Pakis. The chain is electro welded crap. The key is nicer, but still crude. There's some hand forfing, but a awful lot of grinding wheel work on those cuffs.

They appears to have slightly nicer overall craftsmanship than the typical Pakis, except that the first lock tube plug shown, is buggered.

The key is also much nicer the the usual junk. This could be a nice set if only the chain was of better quality and not so crappy looking.

Ron