Hi, folks,
Very interesting reading about the "old days!" I'm not an LEO,
but do remember seeing both the flat "slapper" and cylindrical,
spring-type blackjacks in use by police officers when I was young.

I'm curious to ask if there was any significant difference in effectiveness
or damage done by either flat saps or cylindrical, coil-spring blackjacks?
It seems the flat saps replaced the coil-spring type? Is that because they
did more damage than was desirable, or were less effective than the saps?

Just curious. I was raised with proper respect for police officers, so
luckily, I never encountered these except from afar! :-)


John