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Martin 29 Jun 2016
#1
Hi i have just recived some hiatt chained cuffs blued. I believe they are hiatt 2015. What i would like to know is how come they would not uave a seriel number on. I thought all the hiatt speedcuffs and chain cuffs had numbers on so police and prison services could use them so just wondering if i have a pair that missed the stamp or if they made unstamped cuffs. Many thanks
Tremex 01 Jul 2016
#2
Hello,
Some Hiatts cuffs have theirs serials removed (grinded) before they can be sold to non-official customers. Sad but it's the law.
Martin 01 Jul 2016
#3
Hi i have just recived some hiatt chained cuffs blued. I believe they are hiatt 2015. What i would like to know is how come they would not uave a seriel number on. I thought all the hiatt speedcuffs and chain cuffs had numbers on so police and prison services could use them so just wondering if i have a pair that missed the stamp or if they made unstamped cuffs. Many thanks
Yeah i know any police ones have to be grinded off in uk but the ones i have do not have a number at all as in they have not been removed.
Also another thing i wanted to know is on hiatt derbys they have hiatt best and warrented wrought. What do these two stampings mean
Anonymous 02 Jul 2016
#4
Hi i have just recived some hiatt chained cuffs blued. I believe they are hiatt 2015. What i would like to know is how come they would not uave a seriel number on. I thought all the hiatt speedcuffs and chain cuffs had numbers on so police and prison services could use them so just wondering if i have a pair that missed the stamp or if they made unstamped cuffs. Many thanks
HANDCUFFS Antique HIATT BEST "Warranted WROUGHT"

Forged-Iron, as opposed to "CAST IRON" (Which is inherently WEAK and easily shattered) Hiatt Model 104 Darby handcuffs originally used in the middle-late Victorian period

"Hiatt" branded Handcuffs
were manufactured by leading British Police contract supplier HIATT who have been manufacturing the very FINEST in Police equipment for over two centuries

Proudly maker-marked as "Warranted Wrought" and attested to be "Hiatt's BEST" there was no finer security available to the British Bobby of the 19th century
Tremex 02 Jul 2016
#5
Hi i have just recived some hiatt chained cuffs blued. I believe they are hiatt 2015. What i would like to know is how come they would not uave a seriel number on. I thought all the hiatt speedcuffs and chain cuffs had numbers on so police and prison services could use them so just wondering if i have a pair that missed the stamp or if they made unstamped cuffs. Many thanks
Not grinded cuffs, and not stamped elsewhere ? Sorry, never seen this on Hiatts. Could they have "civilian" versions, as for some French cuffs (devoid of the "Police" stamping in this case) ?
Martin 03 Jul 2016
#6
Hi i have just recived some hiatt chained cuffs blued. I believe they are hiatt 2015. What i would like to know is how come they would not uave a seriel number on. I thought all the hiatt speedcuffs and chain cuffs had numbers on so police and prison services could use them so just wondering if i have a pair that missed the stamp or if they made unstamped cuffs. Many thanks
I have not seen it either and as far as i am aware hiatt stamp them in factory because if you buy nee they will have a number. I was the nking maybe they missed this s pair and let them slip out unstamped.
Anonymous 03 Jul 2016
#7
Hi i have just recived some hiatt chained cuffs blued. I believe they are hiatt 2015. What i would like to know is how come they would not uave a seriel number on. I thought all the hiatt speedcuffs and chain cuffs had numbers on so police and prison services could use them so just wondering if i have a pair that missed the stamp or if they made unstamped cuffs. Many thanks
It depends how they were blued. I believe sometimes the type used on top of already nickel plated could fill in the serial number inadvertently.