Miniatures are great! They take up less room in the collection! LOL! I also have a set of David Kucer made Peerless cuffs. This set, I had to send back to David for repair, recently. The work was handled by Zavie Kucer, who is David's son. Great guy and did an exceptional job at making my cuffs work again! At one time, the pair i got from Ebay, rested in Stan's collection. How, it made its journey through time and ended up on a $20 auction on Ebay, is a mystery to me. What matters is, they now have a home in another collection. The wooden box they are stored in was also made by David Kucer. It was carved with the initials and given to the editor of a popular miniatures magazine, by David. I am very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to get these!
I also have a couple of different, non-working cuffs, in tiny scale. Here is a Tower style Leg Iron set that is made by a shop that does miniatures for Manga figurines. Im not familiar with what character they are supposed to be made for or what series they are from? I just liked the look of them and bought them.
This set of Mini GDR style cuffs came to me from an auction in Germany. The bows do swing on these, but there is no actual locking mechanism inside of it. Just a cool little piece. The hinge also works like it should. There is a small barb on the inside of the cuff body that holds the swing arms closed, to simulate them being "locked."
I also collect children's toy handcuffs, if they are made of some type of metal. I dont collect plastic toys. No reason, really? Just had to draw a line, somewhere. LOL! This is a set of Scottland Yard Darby Handcuffs. The release is a button that is built into the end cap of the cuff. Since these are made for kid's toys, they are pretty small in size.
-Richard Knip-
