Posted: 4/6/2010 4:12:07 PM EDT
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I would like to find a nice leather case for these that isn't huge. I like the Galco cuff case, but these have a round raise section on the front and back were the cylinder lock is which makes them kind of thick. Sorry for the bad photo's but if you look at the side angle you can see they are just wide enough not to fit in my Galco carrier.
Thanks 
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They are definitely pretty cool, and certainly look like they would be pretty close to pick proof...
I'm just torn as to whether the fact that they use a non-standard cuff key would be as much of a disadvantage, as it would seem to be an advantage. Seems to go equally in both directions... ETA: I carry S&W Mod 1 hinge cuffs... they are larger than most cuffs, maybe a case for those would work. Mine are in a Gould B670. |
I get a call from my Dad (about 5 years ago) saying I'm at a garage sale and I'm buying you a pair of hand cuffs. Me I'm thinking "great" can't wait to see them. I have been told they were federal agent cuffs, "for arresting cops". Don't know if that's true though. They are very nice, and btw he paid $2.
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I get a call from my Dad (about 5 years ago) saying I'm at a garage sale and I'm buying you a pair of hand cuffs. Me I'm thinking "great" can't wait to see them. I have been told they were federal agent cuffs, "for arresting cops". Don't know if that's true though. They are very nice, and btw he paid $2.My dad gave me a set almost exactly like those. He was a US Marshal back in the day (like, late 70s, 80s back in the day). He said basically different field offices had different sets of cuffs for transports on high-risk prisoners, so if the fucker somehow got loose, toss your keys somewhere irretrievable and they're screwed, plus they're unpickable. he also said sometimes they'd slap the cuffs on in the jail, leave with no keys on a transport, arrive at the next prison and uncuff there with another set of keys that matched that stayed at that facility. Funny stuff, but i'd never use em on the street. |