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aussie105 28 Jan 2011
#1
Hi,
I have a set of antique handcuffs I would like to know more about before I possibly put them up for sale. I would like to represent them reasonably correctly. I am in Australia if that helps.
Unknown / guest 28 Jan 2011
#2






Unknown / guest 28 Jan 2011
#3
Hi,
I have a set of antique handcuffs I would like to know more about before I possibly put them up for sale. I would like to represent them reasonably correctly. I am in Australia if that helps.
http://s1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff364/aussie105/
Ian McColl 28 Jan 2011
#4
Hi,
I have a set of antique handcuffs I would like to know more about before I possibly put them up for sale. I would like to represent them reasonably correctly. I am in Australia if that helps.
G'day mate, sorry to say your cuffs aren't fair dinkum. They were made in Indian and by the patina on them, it looks chemically treated, so the cuff are fairly new. Worth about $35.00 in any money.

Ian
(oi! oi! oi!)
aussie105 28 Jan 2011
#5
Hi,
I have a set of antique handcuffs I would like to know more about before I possibly put them up for sale. I would like to represent them reasonably correctly. I am in Australia if that helps.
Dont let the 'patina' be the deciding factor as that was recently added, not on purpose I might add. Lets just say the recent Queensland floods sunk the shed that they were in.

Besides the surface rust, what is the clue that they are Indian reproductions?
Dorson 28 Jan 2011
#6
Hi,
I have a set of antique handcuffs I would like to know more about before I possibly put them up for sale. I would like to represent them reasonably correctly. I am in Australia if that helps.
Derek, Then take it from someone half way around the world who has seen these exact cuffs and knows they come from India sold as a novelty item. They are very poor reproductions of the real deal. The real ones aren't as crudely constructed as the ones you have.

Joe, Maybe it is about time to put up a section of like a rogue's gallery of the terrible fake's and reproductions for reference. If need be, will take pictures of the set I have as a contribution.

-Dorson
aussie105 28 Jan 2011
#7
Well then I am glad I didn't pay anything for them! Thanks for the headsup, and I am glad there are forums like this one around.
PaulReardon 28 Jan 2011
#8
Hi,
I have a set of antique handcuffs I would like to know more about before I possibly put them up for sale. I would like to represent them reasonably correctly. I am in Australia if that helps.
An excellent ebay guide on handcuffs & fakes by frequent handcuff.org contributor (and all around good guy,) Mark Lyons.

http://reviews.ebay.com/HANDCUFF-COLLEC ... 0001203284