Inside the Maltby

Ever wondered what the inside of The Maltby looks looks like? Years ago I was "working" with one and it broke. After I stopped kicking myself around the block I got the idea to glue the pieces together and make an expensive "cutaway".

This is the round key version Patent # 686626 dated Nov. 12, 1901. With all the springs and levers it had to be an expensive cuff to make. The workmanship is superb. Now you can compare the real thing to the patent papers.

Sorry the photos a small. I must be doing something wrong with photobucket.

Ron

Ever wondered what the inside of The Maltby looks looks like? Years ago I was "working" with one and it broke. After I stopped kicking myself around the block I got the idea to glue the pieces together and make an expensive "cutaway".

This is the round key version Patent # 686626 dated Nov. 12, 1901. With all the springs and levers it had to be an expensive cuff to make. The workmanship is superb. Now you can compare the real thing to the patent papers.

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Ever wondered what the inside of The Maltby looks looks like? Years ago I was "working" with one and it broke. After I stopped kicking myself around the block I got the idea to glue the pieces together and make an expensive "cutaway".

This is the round key version Patent # 686626 dated Nov. 12, 1901. With all the springs and levers it had to be an expensive cuff to make. The workmanship is superb. Now you can compare the real thing to the patent papers.

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Thanks for posting the photos. How did you get them since I sent them to Joe?

Ron

Ever wondered what the inside of The Maltby looks looks like? Years ago I was "working" with one and it broke. After I stopped kicking myself around the block I got the idea to glue the pieces together and make an expensive "cutaway".

This is the round key version Patent # 686626 dated Nov. 12, 1901. With all the springs and levers it had to be an expensive cuff to make. The workmanship is superb. Now you can compare the real thing to the patent papers.

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About this Maltby is that it is the lightweight detective version in which the back part of the lock case is made of a type of white or pot metal that is almost greenish in appearance and is prone to cracking easilly if the cuff is dropped.

I owned one once myself but have not seen another until now.

Cheers, Steve

Ever wondered what the inside of The Maltby looks looks like? Years ago I was "working" with one and it broke. After I stopped kicking myself around the block I got the idea to glue the pieces together and make an expensive "cutaway".

This is the round key version Patent # 686626 dated Nov. 12, 1901. With all the springs and levers it had to be an expensive cuff to make. The workmanship is superb. Now you can compare the real thing to the patent papers.

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Steve,

I remember when it broke and looking at it I agree it is pot metal. It just broke not like a sheet of metal that would bend.
The other half of the cuff is just fine--I didn't mess with it.

Ron

Ever wondered what the inside of The Maltby looks looks like? Years ago I was "working" with one and it broke. After I stopped kicking myself around the block I got the idea to glue the pieces together and make an expensive "cutaway".

This is the round key version Patent # 686626 dated Nov. 12, 1901. With all the springs and levers it had to be an expensive cuff to make. The workmanship is superb. Now you can compare the real thing to the patent papers.

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A crystalized form of metal that was designed to be lightweight. More lightweight than the face plate which is steel.

Hence the lightweight "Maltby Detective" moniker I gave to my pair.

A lousy material to use in any cuff.

One good strike against something hard and it shatters.

Steve