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The clear winner this time is a rare Parker side snap 8. This cuff was made in the early 19th century, most likely by Hiatt. It was sold by William Parker, a gun smith located in the Holborn section of London.

Joe


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Hi Joe,

again thank you very much for your great job putting these auctions together! I would like to add one auction from the German ebay site, you will find it here:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... K:MEWAX:IT






I had the cuff in the mail yesterday and will post more pics soon.

Best wishes,

Michael

The clear winner this time is a rare Parker side snap 8. This cuff was made in the early 19th century, most likely by Hiatt. It was sold by William Parker, a gun smith located in the Holborn section of London.

Joe


http://www.handcuffs.org/auctions.html

Wow! What a neat cuff. What is it?
Joe

The clear winner this time is a rare Parker side snap 8. This cuff was made in the early 19th century, most likely by Hiatt. It was sold by William Parker, a gun smith located in the Holborn section of London.

Joe


http://www.handcuffs.org/auctions.html

Just when you think you have seen it all, a new one pops up out of nowhere... Whatever happened to the S&W thumbcuffs or was that a hoax?

The clear winner this time is a rare Parker side snap 8. This cuff was made in the early 19th century, most likely by Hiatt. It was sold by William Parker, a gun smith located in the Holborn section of London.

Joe


http://www.handcuffs.org/auctions.html

The bows and lockcases of the handcuff are made of brass, within the hinges there are springs that let the cuff open automatically when unlocked. The handcuff possibly was in the closed position for quite some time, it came without a key, and luckily these springs are still working. The locks are very simple and can easily be opened with a piece of bent wire or any barrel key that fits into the lockcase.

About 8 to 10 years ago I found a cuff on ebay that very obviously came from the same producer as this 8, the difference being that the bows are made of steel, only the lockplates are brass, and that the two halves of the cuff are chain-connected. I have absolutely no idea who was the manufacturer of these cuffs, so any hint is very wellcome.

Below some more pictures of the 8, pictures of the chain style handcuff will follow soon.

Best wishes,

Michael

The clear winner this time is a rare Parker side snap 8. This cuff was made in the early 19th century, most likely by Hiatt. It was sold by William Parker, a gun smith located in the Holborn section of London.

Joe


http://www.handcuffs.org/auctions.html

"Just when you think you have seen it all, a new one pops up out of nowhere... Whatever happened to the S&W thumbcuffs or was that a hoax?"

I've never seen a pair of Smith & Wesson thumbuffs, but years ago I heard unconfirmed rumors about thumbcuffs being manufactured by big name U.S. companies for overseas markets. They were supposedly unmarked as to avoid any blue thumb lawsuits. If these truly exist, I'd think that at least one pair would have made its way into somebody's collection by now. Then again, who knows? Perhaps they do exist and were only made for a short time in very limited quantities.

B.T.W. Nice rare 8s!

The clear winner this time is a rare Parker side snap 8. This cuff was made in the early 19th century, most likely by Hiatt. It was sold by William Parker, a gun smith located in the Holborn section of London.

Joe


http://www.handcuffs.org/auctions.html

Here some pictures of the chain-style handcuffs: