dltvette
US Veteran
I posted this on the S&WCA members side awhile back, but thought I would share it here on the public side.
In 1952 S&W introduced their own line of handcuffs that were just referred as
"A New and Improved Model". Model numbers were not assigned to their line of handcuffs until 1958 and this New and Improved Model was then known as the Model 90.
This example is one I acquired from the Roy Jinks collection, and is a pre-model 90, that never had a serial number assigned to it, and was made for the purpose to test the strength or I should say, the breaking point of their new handcuffs. It would have been nice if the test data could have accompanied this example, but just having it in my collection is a plus.
Shown is a 1953 product brochure stating the strength of the S&W handcuffs, but I'm sure this test was totally different.
Interesting example.
Dave
S&WCA #836 LM
In 1952 S&W introduced their own line of handcuffs that were just referred as
"A New and Improved Model". Model numbers were not assigned to their line of handcuffs until 1958 and this New and Improved Model was then known as the Model 90.
This example is one I acquired from the Roy Jinks collection, and is a pre-model 90, that never had a serial number assigned to it, and was made for the purpose to test the strength or I should say, the breaking point of their new handcuffs. It would have been nice if the test data could have accompanied this example, but just having it in my collection is a plus.
Shown is a 1953 product brochure stating the strength of the S&W handcuffs, but I'm sure this test was totally different.
Interesting example.
Dave
S&WCA #836 LM