John Bushey Handcuff/restraint Collection

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    Photos on this page by no means include all the restraints in John Bushey's collection, but are a representation of the older and rarer handcuffs and leg
irons that were used during Houdini's lifetime.  Included are several reproductions made by Ian McColl of Australia.  These reproductions are masterpieces
and include several famous handcuffs used by Houdini in challenges and famous escapes.  Included are Ian's seance handcuff, the London Mirror Challenge
handcuff, Russian Manacle, Guiteau Handcuff,  #61 Handcuff, and the French Lettercuff.


a1
Adams Handcuff Patent applied for model
1862
 a2
Adams Handcuff Patented Model
1862		 a3
Rankin Handcuff
1866
a4
Rankin Leg Iron - 1866		 a6
Romer Large Handcuff - 1880		 Romer small
Romer Small Handcuff - 1880
a8
Romer Leg Iron - 1880		 ad
Romer Leg Iron - small size - 1880
 b1
Phelps Handcuff - 1866
b2
Palmer #5 Handcuff - 1876		 b4
Palmer #3 Leg Iron - 1876  		 b3
Palmer #1 Leg Iron - 1876
p2
Palmer #2 Leg Iron - 1876		 jjj
Palmer #4 Leg Iron - 1876





c1
Maltby Handcuff - round keyhole - 1904		 c2
Maltby Handcuff - flat keyhole - 1904
c3
Mirror Handcuff w/ bramah lock
c4
Meuhlenfeld Barmen Handcuff		 fr1
McColl French Lettercuff #6/26
fr2
McColl #61 handcuff
fr3
McColl Seance Handcuff (Hungarian Handcuff)
 fr4
Plug single LI & Plug Leg Irons
 fr5
Forgatt Plug Handcuffs
plug8
Plug 8 (Boer War Type)
sh
Frogatt Thin Plug 8
 guiteau

Guiteau Handcuff ;  McColl
fr33
Houdini Russian Manacle
 s1

Cavaney Bottleneck - 1910		 s2

Marlin - Large Bottleneck - 1879
s3
Marlin - small bottleneck - 1879		 s4
Tower - Oval Link		 s5
Tower bottom-key Handcuffs
s6
Tower Single Lock Handcuffs		 s6
Tower Double-Lock Handcuffs		 s7
Tower with Stops
sh2
Tower Bottom-key Leg Iron		 sh3
Tower Double-Lock Leg Iron		 Towerbar
Tower Bar Handcuff
sh5
Cummings Handcuff - 1899		 sh6
Carberry Handcuff - 1912		 sh8
Lovell Arms Handcuff
sh9
Iver Johnson Handcuff		 sh10
Bean Leg Iron		 sh11
Bean Detective, Patrolman, & Prison
sh12
Imitation Tower Detective Handcuff		 sh15
Marlin Bottleneck - 1910		 wisner
Wisner Hoyt Handcuff 1869

german 8
German Figure 8 Handcuff
  

 as1
Bockin Handcuff - 1924		 as2
Chain Berliner-style handcuff - McColl
as4
Bell Lock Handcuff - McKee		 as5
Three McColl style Berliner reproductions		 as6
Chubb Escort with inserts
as7
McColl Batcuff		 as8
Frogatt Figure 8 Handcuff		 brass
Brass Romer large Leg Iron- Nickel plated Brass
matlby nipper
Maltby Nipper
 ad3 French figure 8
French Figure 8 unknown handcuff
ff
Old flat-key Hamburg 8		 ad7
Bushey hamburg 8 - brass		 palmer neck collar
Palmer Neck Collar - 1876 - made from original #1 Palmer parts and 1 custom piece
plug neck collar
Plug Neck Collar
 ad9
McColl ER reproduction		 double hinge darby
Double hing Darby Leg Iron - very rare @1850
           pratt
              Pratt Combination Handcuff/Nipper, 1916		          Pratt model 2
         Pratt Combination Handcuff/Nipper, 1932		               bean giant - keyhole post
                       Bean Giant - 1887 - with keyhole post
               dollar cuff
                   German Dollar Cuff - barrel key		      pinkerton links
                       Pinkerton round  links		               pinkerton swivel
                                   Pinkerton swivel link
            neck collar
                    Darby style neck collar		         walden
                         

                           Walden Handcuff		   large leg iron
                  Large unkown maker let iron
          prov hc
                 Providance Tool Co. Handcuff		       prov li
               Providance Tool Co. Leg Iron		    wood
                 Wood Chain Handcuff - 1913
hh
        Houdini's "Handcuff King Breaker" Lilly Iron
                     		              hh2
                Lilly locking bolt - altered by Houdini		                 spoof
                   Spoof Cuff - McColl-Bushey
hh3
                              Lilly Leg Irons		                 ham2
              Blackstone Sr.'s Hamburg 8 - flat key		                ham3
                      Hamburg 8 - fluted key