Cuff of the Day for April 19. A Trip Around the USA.

During the past week we have been touring the world.  Today we are going to tour the USA.
And like many tourists we are going to do it State by State.  The challenge today is to post pictures of cuffs from as
many states as we can find.  

The rule is that the cuff has to be identified with a particular state in some way.

Ideally the cuff would have the manufacturer marked along with the state name or an identifiable city in a given state. 

Most cuffs are not so marked, but the location of the company that made them is known.  (Tower & Lyon was located in New York for example.)

Finally if you have cuff clearly marked for a user in a particular state, then we will count that as well.   How else are we going to find North Dakota?

Can we find all 50 states?

Have Fun!

I will start with Montana.  The home of the Roundup Nipper Company.

Joe

Joe, basically a good idea but it will make it very hard for non US citizens to contribute.
I don't know the states in where my US cuffs were patentd, I'm sorry.

Lars

Joe

I like your idea for today, but we have to be careful. Tower & Lyon had their store in New York City, but their factory was in New Jersey and most of their police goods were made by The Union Hardware Company in Torrington, Connecticut.

Matt

Romers New Jersey

Harvard Lock
Reading, PA.
Dave

ok, since no one as done it yet I will do one of the easy ones S&W model 94 Springfield Mass.

Wisner, apparently Michigan...

also another ease one, from Springfield Mass. Peerless 700L -100 anniversary. cuffs.

Since we are in Massachusetts, lets drop by and visit Mr. Harrington and Mr. Richardson

another easy one from Worcester Mass.  H & R 123

Home sick!
Back to California for me.

(not mine)

There are several rare US nippers that do not have the markings asked for in this thread.  One exception is the Shear Nipper patented August 19,1884 by W. H. Shear, of Morrison, ILL.  This is one nipper that is solid and heavy not like other that could be easily broken.  

Ron

Boston, Massachusetts is nice this time of year.
Let see what Mr. Lovell is doing these days

Gill Alligator Handcuff Kansas City Missouri

The Iron Claw Argus MFG Chicago IL

American Handcuff Co. Fond du lac Wi Juvenile N-105

ASP Ultra Hinged Handcuffs. Appleton WI

Headed back to Chicago to revisit the Iron Claw factory.
I did not know that this device could be used on the neck as well

CTS Thompson handcuffs Jamestown PA   Model 1058 Tri-Max Oversized Hinged Handcuffs.

BOA Handcuff Company.. Huntington, NY Proto Type.

Strauss Crawford,Georgia

American Munitions Leg irons. Chicago IL

Fred, That Gill Alligator Handcuff, was my favorite out of your entire collection and there were so many that I was impressed by. 
I do have a question though. That 1929 written on it, is that the year of manufacture? Because there's no way that it's a serial number unless they were counting it as the 1,929th cuff of any type that Gill made. Where it's printed on the cuff and the size of the lettering makes it look more like a serial number than a date and if I'm not mistaken, that is the only Gill Alligator cuff known to exist. So if you don't mind taking a minute to tell us a little bit more about the cuff, I would love to hear a bit more about t's history or anything else that you know about it.
Thanks in advance,
Glenn

Zak Tool #60H Tactical Training Handcuffs Lebec, CA

OK. Lets Do Houlton, Maine for Smith & Wesson. In particular, my 4 Models of the ill fated, first hinged handcuff design from them. Here, i have the Model 200 stamped with "Pats Pending."

The standard Model 200 Handcuff

The Oversized Model 210 stamped "Pats Pending."

One of the jewels in my collection. The Possible, i believe it is (but cant verify it), prototype for the hinge system on the Model 200 Handcuffs. Looking at this hinge, and the hinge on the production Model 200, you can see they decided to "beef" up the hinges and make them wider with smaller teeth. I wonder if they did that, because they found out the thinner, larger toothed hinge was prone to breaking? Which is, of course, what lead to the eventual discontinuation of this series of cuffs. Since the production model was found to be able to be broken at the hinge, by bending the cuff, the wrong way,  and forcing it beyond its limits.

These models were replaced by the M-300 Hinged Handcuff and the Model-1H, hinged handcuff. I have seen a Model 310, basically an M-1900 Leg Iron, with the hinge set-up of the Model 1H. Though I have only seen the one example of the Model 310. I believe it may have been made by special order from the S&W factory. Does anyone have a Model 310? Or has anyone seen the one  I was referring to? I cannot remember where i found the picture of one?
-Richard Knip-

If anyone has a Model 210, that is not stamped "Pats Pending", I am looking to buy one to complete this set of the 200 series S&W cuffs. Send me a message on here or to iambiohazard@yahoo.com  Thank you!
-RK-

Maine is home to the first patented handcuff in the US.
It is also one of the manufacturers of the 2016 Cuffs of the Year!
William H. Kimball (not Hank) in 1860

Let's add Kansas:
The McKenzie Mitts were inventented by J.O. McKenzie from Phillipsburg, Kansas.

Indiana was probably not the Handcuff Capitol in the US but George Harrisson  wanted to hold your hand, not quite the same way that George Harrison and company sang about.

Let's bring everyone up to speed on the states we have shown.
1. Montana
2. New Jersey
3. Pennsylvania
4. Massachusetts
5. Michigan
6. California
7. Illinois
8. Missouri
9. Wisconsin
10. New York
11. Georgia
12. Maine
13. Kansas (mentioned but no cuff shown)
14. Indiana

-RK-

Here they are:

 I'm not sure if West Virginia is covered yet. Elijah Rickard, Shepherdstown, West Virgina.

Let’s add Oregon, the Leininger Shackle patented May 16th 1876 number 177406.

Some other Oregon Boots.  The Burnside Boot was made in Washington.
Ron

Gale Finger Cuff of Woodsville New Hampshire.

The notice that this "aid" may make old fashioned handcuffs obsolete is interesting.
The Combination Luna, Alligator, Muhlefeld combo and others are trash because of the GFC. 
Send your trash to me!

O.C. Phelps, New York

Clog Leg Restraint.  Union Hardware Co., Torrington, Connecticut

North Carolina, the Hancock Manufacturing Co. CHARLOTTE which I have just googled and it says North Carolina.

Rankin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Chris, I've never seen that cuff from Hancock Manufacturing before. Is that the name of the cuff? Or is that just that name of the company?

I have a Hancock as well.
From what I was told, it was made by a lock collector who made a few of these in his basement.
I confronted him about how many he made and he got insulted (or embarrassed) and would no longer talk to me.
I believe everyone knows he made them but I think he was selling these as a rare item and did not want to be found out.
All that I know of were originally sold by him.
I don't recall his name, but I think I have it written down somewhere.

 Mark is quite right. I sold my Hancock to Mark

Yes, Gordon and you sold it within 10 minutes of us meeting at Indy.
I thank you again.  It is an unusual item and  I am very fond of them.
I could be wrong but I think they might be Tower bows.

I am not sure if we visited more than half of the states yet, but a trip back to New York is in order as I just listed a S.A. French Nipper on eBay and noticed that I never took a side by side pic of the 2 versions of these that I have.  I think the thin model is older as the tips are more round just like the patent papers show.
The thick model a more tear drop at the nipper tips.  The castings are reversed from each other too.

A combination that says USN (US Navy?) Washington (State / ship?) 1862. 

One of the most obvious states have been missed.
Rhode Island our smallest state is the home of the  Providence Tool Company.