"Handcuff Annual - 2006"

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

hi joe, this sounds like a great idea, the history of restraints has been covered in a few books, (thanks alex), but it would be great to read about other collections, and put a face to a name!, my own collection is fairly small, mostly modern stuff, but maybe it could at least be mentioned that i am a collector!..ttfn.c.

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

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oops, sorry, im not annonymous, im chris....

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

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If it would be of any use to you I could contribute the safety of a typical handcuff, Prison Restraint etc in terms of restraint and control level offered to the Officer using the device.


Yours


Officer-Safety

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

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Hey Joe, I will put together an article for you on some old time escape artists. Will email you with particulars later. Happy Easter!
Bruce

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

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Hi Joe
Sounds a great idea, I would like to write an article on 'The Original Hiatt Collection of Restraints'
I believe I can almost re-create it and give photos of several individual unusual items that were in it.
Let me know if that sounds okay.
Best wishes
Chris

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

Click to expand...

Hi Joe,

great idea, if you see a cuff at http://www.atame.info/MA_Sammlung.htm (nipper updates are coming soon) you would like to include in this annual – with some English description and better pictures (higher resolution, different angles) or scans/translations of historical documents shown at http://www.atame.info/SO_Historisches.htm please feel free to contact me. I would be honoured to participate in making this annual.

Regards,
Guenter aka Atame

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

Click to expand...

I announced this project about a week ago and the initial response has been excellent. I have heard from many people who would like to participate from around the world, eight countries are represented so far.

We all know this will be a great deal of work and effort. But the final result should be worth it.

I also have plenty of room left for more contributions. So think about your interests and your own expertise and ask yourself if you could participate. Don't worry if you are not a great writer (or if English is not your primary language.) If you can operate a camera or tell a story you can participate.

Thanks very much to all who have already responded.

Joe

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

Click to expand...

Hi Joe,

Let's add Sweden to the list of represented countries.

Due to the collection of Swedish restraints I bought yesterday I'm able to contribute with a number of pictures of them and some history.

Lars


www.holstcollection.com

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

Click to expand...

Bonjour,

Excellente idée que celle de réaliser un livre sur ce sujet.
Je vis en Belgique et je suis collectionneur de menottes et d'entraves diverses. Si cela t'interesse je suis près à faire un ou deux articles sur d'anciennes entraves de forçats datées du 18eme ou 19eme siècle.
Je possède aussi quelques pièces relativement rares qui pourront surement interesser les amateurs.

Salutations.
JM ROBIN

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

Click to expand...

I don't know French, but here is my attempt at a translation.

"Excellent idea to carry out a book on this subject. I live in Belgium and I am collector of shackles and various restraints. If that is of interest to you I am close to doing one or two articles on old convict restraints dated from the 18th or 19th century. I have also some relatively rare parts which will be able surely be of interest.

Salutations.
JM ROBIN"

------------------------------------------------

I would be most pleased to have a contribution describing old European restraints. Anything you would like to contribute would be most welcome.

Thank you very much

Joe

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

Click to expand...

I know Mr. Robin and he has an excellent collection with many rare European restraints. His contribution to the book will be great.

/Lars

www.holstcollection.com

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

Click to expand...

Count me in, too, for several items/articles. I have some pictures posted on the Forum. Would those work okay or do you need new pics submitted.

Thanks. Great idea.

Brad

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

Click to expand...

Brad

Any contribution would be very welcome. I have had many people from around the world offer to participate. In a couple of weeks, once the University semester is over I will be bugging people to get started. I would like contributions to be in by the end of June.

As for pictures:

The book will be printed on glossy paper with pretty high resolution for the pictures. Pictures will be printed at 300 dpi (300 pixels per inch or 120 pixels per cm). Thus a picture spanning a full page (7 inches or 18 cm) needs
to be about 2100 pixels wide.

Of course many of the pictures will not be this wide and 1000 pixel width would be fine.

Some of the pictures will be printed in color, but most will be black and white. Cuffs come out very well in black and white. Color will be used for pictures of people and other special things.

If anyone has any questions about making a contribution, please ask.

Joe

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

Click to expand...

Will you be letting us know when and how you want the submissions or should we start on them and get them to you when they are ready?

Thanks,

Clyde

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

Click to expand...

Clyde good question:

Here is a run down of what I need.


Articles. The ideal format for me would be a Microsoft Word document, but any simple text format will do as well. Photographs and pictures can be included with in the document, but for formatting purposes it would be best if they could be sent separately as well. The best picture formats would be .jpg or .tif If you include pictures or photos (and please do) it would be good if you could write a caption for each.

Once I receive the article, I will edit and format it to be compatible with the rest of the book and then I will email it back to you for checking. I will also send it out to a couple others for comment and proofreading.


Articles can be long, with lots of text and or pictures or short. Indeed I would be glad to include a section of short notes, much like individual contributions to the forum. Think of them as "letters to the editor." Be sure to include a picture if you are discussing an interesting cuff.

Pictures need to be at least 1000 pixels wide, twice that if it is a important picture that will be printed at full page width. If you have a truly spectacular picture. Like a spectacular escape or a truly rare cuff that deserves a full page in the annual all to it's self then we need even higher resolution.

Deadline: I would like all contributions in by the end of June. Of course earlier is better. If everything comes in the last day I will be in trouble. (Stan was first. Thanks Stan.)

If you have some good ideas, but do not think you have enough skill or creativity to write something, just send me an email. We can figure it out together.

Many people have proposed very interesting projects. If this all comes off we will have something great to share.

Thanks very much.

Joe

Handcuffs.Org
March 26, 2005

Dear Friends

I wish to announce and solicit your contributions for the "The Handcuff Annual - 2006."

This will be a bound book with a “magazine” format with contributions from people in the world wide restraint collecting/escape artist community. The physical binding and paper of the book will be like my British Handcuffs book, but the annual will be in a two column format with a smaller font so the information density will be higher. An emphasis would be given to good photographs. The book will be say 150-200 pages long with some (25-30) color pages. I learned in my first book that the black and white pictures are good enough for cuffs, but color will be very nice for pictures of people or events and displays of entire collections.

The annual will not be just another encyclopedic book on handcuffs; instead I plan to include a variety of features. But it all depends upon contributions from the community. I want this to be a "fun" project that everyone can participate in. If it is successful it can become a true "annual" and we can do it again next year.

Here are some ideas to get you started, but please feel free to suggest almost anything within the general theme.

1. Feature articles on specific handcuffs or lines of handcuffs form the past. For example: Froggatt Handcuffs, the handcuffs of East Germany, or even better - the handcuffs of Eastern Europe. Mckenzie Mitts, cuffs by Mattatuck, or Gill or you name it. The key would be a good set of photos, they will be reproduced in high quality black and white on glossy paper with color available for special items.

2. Public Collection Displays. Photographs of public collections from around the world. This is something where everyone could participate. Just send a photo or two or three of a public collection that you have visited. If you want to write a full article that would be even better.

3. Feature articles on specific private collectors or collections. These would be similar to the Fred Patella or Stan Willis articles on my web site. It would be very nice if one collector could write an article about a visit to another.

4. Articles on the technical aspects of restraints. Perhaps someone might write an article similar to the ones that Dick Norman wrote for the Locksmith Ledger back in the 1950s. Maybe someone could write about the manufacturing process.

5. A photographic “highlights” or gallery section asking for pictures of unusual cuffs from collectors around the world. All one needs to do is to submit a high quality picture and a short description.

6. A section devoted to "oddballs" or "unknowns" cuffs that no one can identify. This could be great fun. I have a couple cuffs that may be unique. I am sure that others do as well. Again all you would need to supply would be a picture and a short description.

7. Feature articles on specific escape artists of the present. One idea is to ask one escape artist (or fan) to write about one of his or her colleagues, perhaps using an interview format. The key would some nice color pictures, which could be publicity shots, but original pictures would be better.

8. Articles on escape artists of the past. This would depend upon the availability of some good pictures. A collection of pictures of old brochures would be great.

9. A gallery of pictures of “escape events” that have taken place in the last year. I will solicit contributions at the Magic Café web site. A report of the United Kingdom Escape Artist meetings would be most welcome.

10. A section devoted to old ads and advertising brochures. We can do this for restraints, but also for escape artists of the past. Any 19th century advertising would really be welcome.

11. Personal stories. How did you acquire that special cuff? How did you get started in collecting? Do you have a particularly good eBay story?

12. A new products section, showing interesting new cuffs on the market as well as products intended for the escape artist community.

13. Anything else you care to suggest.

So what should you do if you wish to participate? Send me your tentative ideas as soon as possible. If you do this I can make sure that I do not have two people doing the exactly same thing.

What format do I need? Text can be in almost any format, although Microsoft Word would be ideal. Pictures need to be of high quality. We will print at 300 dpi so a picture that spans a full page needs to be at least 2000 pixels wide. Pictures than span a single column won't need so many pixels. Color pictures can be submitted, but I will have to ration color since it will be the most expensive part of printing the book. Scans of old brochures, ads or pictures should be done at the highest resolution you can.

What will I do with your contribution once I receive it? I will edit and format it to fit into the style of the annual and I will then send it back to your for your final approval. I will also ask others to help me review and proofread the contributions. (Volunteers would be most welcome.)

When should you submit? As soon as you can, but no later than June 30 for a first draft. Sooner is much better than later.

Who will own the copyright? The copyright to all submitted materials would be retained by the original author or photographer. I only ask that I be given permission to include your contributions in the Annual, including any possible reprint, and to post your contribution on the Handcuffs.Org web site sometime in the future. I will take particular care to give full credit and acknowledgement to each author. You should of course make sure that you own the copyright or have permission to use any materials that you submit. Don't take pictures off the web or out of other books without permission unless they are clearly in the public domain.

What do you get for participation? Fame and glory will be the main compensation. Anyone making a major contribution will get a free copy of the annual. Anyone making a smaller contribution (like a single picture) will be able to buy a discounted copy of the annual at the cost of printing and postage. (I can assure you that this will not be a money making project.) I want to hold the book down to a reasonable cost, in the $25-$30 range.

When will the book be published? If I can get the contributions by the end of June, then the book should be available in time for release at the Cannon's Escape Artist convention in October.
This will be the goal, but one never knows.

So please send me your thoughts and comments. Is this a good idea? Would you like to participate?

Thanks very much.

Joseph W. Lauher
lauher@handcuffs.org

http://www.handcuffs.org/handcuff_annual_2006.pdf

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I will Send you Pictures and Descriptions of the South African Cuffs and The South African Republic Arms Cuffs.

If there is anything else that I can help with, please do not hesitate to ask.

Regards
Wolflock