23" Wood S&W Billy Club with friends... Slapjack & Handcuffs

[Abbynormal]

Papaw was an Illinois St. Police Lt. back in the 30's & 40's. When I was a kid, he showed me his S&W HD .38/.44 6" and his blackjack.

Three things I still remember was:

1. "Don't hit em' in the head with a blackjack, You'd kill em'. Hit in the collar bone, shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand and you'd break it and the fight would go out of em".

2. Don't ever put your wrist through the blackjack strap. Someone could grab the blackjack and tie up your arm and be unable to use it. Just put your thumb through the loop and wrap the strap around the outside (back) of your hand so it ends up resting in your palm between the thumb and forefinger. That way, if someone grabbed your blackjack, all you had to do was open your hand and the jack would be released.

3. Always use the blackjack with your left hand, so if it doesn't work, you can still draw your pistol with your right hand!

 

[quinn]

quinn (Randy),
I've enjoyed your thread on billy clubs, slapjacks & handcuffs.
I would like to make a few clarifications on the S&W Model 100 handcuffs.
The first "model 100" handcuffs (also the first S&W handcuffs with the "slot" double lock system), were manufactured pre-1979 & manufactured in the Springfield, MA. plant. These were the patent pending versions with the "cheeks" marked PAT'S PENDING and did not have the model number stamped on them. There were two versions of the PAT'S PENDING cuffs.

The 1st version had the "double lock slot" only on the front keyway side (photo 1).

The 2nd version had the "double lock slot" on front & back sides (photo 2).

When the handcuffs were marked with the model number, M-100, the manufacturing had moved to the Houlton, ME facility, and in 1979 started the M-100 marked versions with the "slot double lock" on both sides (photo 3).

The "push-pin" double lock, M-100P handcuff like you posted, did not appear until 2005. I have a S&W Academy Handcuff Price List Effective May 1, 2005, showing the M-100P and stating the Individual Officer Price of $18.05 and a Suggested Retail Price of $28.95. M-100P in (photo 4).
Also in this price list, for the first time listed, was a 103P & 104P.

The Model 1, chain link, and Model 1H, hinged handcuffs, these were larger adjustable cuffs (50% more than the M-100) were both introduced "New in 1999" and these were manufactured with the "push-pin" double lock system. This was the first time S&W went back to the "push-pin" double lock system since they used this system in the early handcuffs manufactured started in 1952 through 1978.

Sorry about giving a long explanation.
Dave

Dave: Thanks for the historical info. It was great.
Randy

 

[STCM(SW)]

I have a set of S&W regular finish Nickel Model 90 with vapor paper, box and key.
Worth anything?

 

[delcrossv]

The stick and slapjack would be great to keep in the car.

 

[SAFireman]

The stick and slapjack would be great to keep in the car.

Be very careful doing that. There are some locales which consider either to be a deadly weapon

 

[delcrossv]

Be very careful doing that. There are some locales which consider either to be a deadly weapon

Not here, fortunately.

 

[2ndshift]

Ah memories. "Old School" the way things were and should still be!

 

[rwsmith]

Don't you mean .......

The actual name is flat sap. The only thing I ever used mine for was, once in a while I drove an unmarked car and occasionally the left head light would go out and I would reach out the window and smack the top of the fender and the light would come back on. True story!

Don't you mean a fat slap????

That's pretty good about the headlight adjustment tool.

 

[rwsmith]

I have an old billy club...

...but I didn't know Louisville slugger ever made them.

 

[flagman1776]

I had D cell, Kel-Light. Towards the end of my service, there was a lot of flack over their use as a striking implement. I'd already retired my wooden stick with the aforementioned rubber grommet in favor of an early PR24.

My only defensive use of the Kel-light was an off duty incident. My then fiancee & I were eating dinner at the remote house, a caretakers cottage belonging to the state in a Wildlife Management area. Some jerk broke through the locked gate in front of the (lighted) house with his 4X4. The improved trails were all closed during the winter & hunting seasons.
We were outside inspecting the damage when the perp came back. We flashed our flashlights at him & he tried to run us down. As I dove out of the way, I flung my Kel-light at the truck. The truck kept going & was stopped by the State Police.
I recovered the Kel-light in the snow with his paint on it... reportedly a nice gouge in his hood! A real shame it didn't take out the windshield. The scary part was I lost sight of my fiancee in the dive out of the way.
The perp got off on the destruction of property, claimed it was an accident. On our testimony, he was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon.

Not long before an officer in my dept on traffic detail had a someone try to run him down... his Kel-light was recovered at an intersection a half mile away... in a puddle of antifreeze.

We both got our lights back.