vakevainen.mika 21 Dec 2023
#1I found these handcuffs few year ago from flea market at 5,00 euros price.
I think that these are not made in USA, but maybe in THAILAND? Finishing is not so good, Plating is okay and mechanic is also quite good, byt some sharp edges etc.
Hallmarks are "THE SMIT HANDCUFF SPRINGFIELD MASS" and "PATENT 153174-891152 CHICAGO"
Are these made in Asia? Does someone know more about these?
I checked the two patent numbers in the US Patent Office data base and on the hard copies that I have and nothing came up. The 891152 number would put the date in the early 1900''s which is too early for this type of cuff. This leads me to believe the information on the cuff is not real and made up.
Ron
vakevainen.mika 21 Dec 2023
#3ronspitz wrote:
↑Dec 21, 2023
I checked the two patent numbers in the US Patent Office data base and on the hard copies that I have and nothing came up. The 891152 number would put the date in the early 1900''s which is too early for this type of cuff. This leads me to believe the information on the cuff is not real and made up.
Ron
I checked Espacenet, which is European Patent Offices database for worldwide patent seach and nothing leaded to handcuffs for those numbers.
Mika
KruegerKuffs 21 Dec 2023
#4Funny, fake patent numbers. Just to make them seem worth something.
Just did a search for SMIT handcuffs and a few sites from China came up. However, none of them showed any information about the cuff.
Ron
vakevainen.mika 21 Dec 2023
#6ronspitz wrote:
↑Dec 21, 2023
Just did a search for SMIT handcuffs and a few sites from China came up. However, none of them showed any information about the cuff.
Ron
I found online shop from Thailand. About 7,00 euros each.
PaulJDavies 22 Dec 2023
#7Reminds me of asian made t-shirts with nonsensical English words printed on them. Stupid.
Do they appear to be cast soft metal bows or stamped-out steel? The lettering does not look stamped.
153,174 is for a "Molders' Flask" patented July 21st 1874 by J. McClure
891,152 is for a "Driving Mechanism For Motor Vehicles" patented June 16th 1908 by W. H. Douglas
[This looks like the grand daddy of today's independent rear axle suspensions on cars]
NOTHING TO DO WITH CUFFS AT ALL!
~ It kinda looks like a bastardation "AI" designed cuff, with many subtle design cues from random internet images cobbled together. Do those things have a functional double lock by chance?
--Vince
vakevainen.mika 22 Dec 2023
#9PaulJDavies wrote:
↑Dec 22, 2023
Reminds me of asian made t-shirts with nonsensical English words printed on them. Stupid.
Do they appear to be cast soft metal bows or stamped-out steel? The lettering does not look stamped.
Handcuffs are solid steel and works fine. Only but its finishing. Seems to bee strong enough for official use.
Unknown / guest 22 Dec 2023
#10Vince wrote:
↑Dec 22, 2023
153,174 is for a "Molders' Flask" patented July 21st 1874 by J. McClure
891,152 is for a "Driving Mechanism For Motor Vehicles" patented June 16th 1908 by W. H. Douglas
[This looks like the grand daddy of today's independent rear axle suspensions on cars]
NOTHING TO DO WITH CUFFS AT ALL!
~ It kinda looks like a bastardation "AI" designed cuff, with many subtle design cues from random internet images cobbled together. Do those things have a functional double lock by chance?
--Vince
Yes, double lock mechanism works very fine. If I comapre qulity, it is quite good, like older Spanish handcuffs, but nickel finishing is nod perfect.
Ian McColl 23 Dec 2023
#11I read it as 5MIT, not an S , compared to letter S in the other words.
