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| Sun 4 Dec 11, 1:52 PM Ishmael UK(SE), 12 yrs  |
Does anyone know anything really reliable about manacles used to restrain prisoners in Medieval gaols? About how they were really fitted? Because I'm faced with the idea of a blacksmith hammering a piece of very hot metal round a human limb and, given that the human is going to struggle like mad, I just don't believe it. Burns Night is on Jan 28th - at a secret professional dungeon location right in the very middle of Central London! | |
| 4 Dec 11, 1:57 PM Muzzlehatch UK(TN), 7 yrs  |
Basic padlocks have been around for centuries. Apart from that. Hinged manacles can be rivited cold, no heat required!
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| 4 Dec 11, 2:03 PM Attitude_Adjuster UK(N), 6 yrs |
That doesn't sound likely to me. From museum pieces I've seen, they appeared generally to be a U shape in metal, with either a pin through, or a bar that screws down. or hinges. they had hinges. hinges are really old.
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| 4 Dec 11, 4:20 PM Tanos  UK(M), 14 yrs   |
This is a very interesting book. Yes, a mixture of cold hammering, hot rivets, and padlocks for both medieval and Roman periods. :T: www.tanos.org.uk Edited 4 Dec 11, 4:21 PM by Tanos | |
| 4 Dec 11, 4:21 PM BooteDom UK(NR), 6 yrs |
I have a set that comprises of a straight steel bar and two U shaped steel fittings that just slide down with the wrists inside.Very effective. | |
| 4 Dec 11, 4:56 PM Cropperr UK(G), 7 yrs |
I was interested in this thread, so had a wee look online. Wikipedia, and a few other places talk about cup lock shackles, that have no lock, and also puzzle lock shackles. Although from the little I have seen online of these puzzle lock shackles, it appears that only one shackle is 'puzzle' locked, the other shackle seems to be padlocked... As someone said up there^, padlocks have been around for since at least Roman times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legcuffs
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| 10 Dec 11, 6:54 PM Tanos UK(M), 14 yrs |
Some markkingdom videos from YouTube showing hammering shut and then removing Thai restraints with soft rivets:
These last ones are more medieval looking and you don't see them removed:
:T: www.tanos.org.uk Edited 11 Dec 11, 12:11 AM by Tanos |
