Police Truncheons

VANDOO · 10th January 2009, 07:02 AM

JIMMY MANTERIS HAS A VERY NICE COLLECTION OF THESE AND QUITE A BIT OF REFRENCE AND INFORMATION ON THEM. NEXT TIME I TALK TO HIM I WILL SEE IF HE CAN POST SOME REFRENCES OR INFO.
THIS TYPE OF WEAPON WAS ALSO USED A LOT BY THE PRESS GANGS WHO WOULD KONK AND DRAG OFF ANYONE THEY COULD FIND TO SERVE IN THE NAVY. MANY A FAMILY SUFFERED THE HARDSHIP OF LOSEING A FATHER OR SON TO THE PRESS GANGS AND AMERICA FOUGHT A WAR OVER OUR SHIPS BEING STOPPED AND OUR SAILORS BEING PRESSED INTO THEIR NAVY.
SOME OF THESE CLUBS WERE HOLLOWED OUT AND LEAD FILLED TO ADD MORE WEIGHT AND STRIKE HARDER MANY ALSO HAD A LEATHER COVERING TO KEEP IT FROM SPLITTING. THERE ARE ALSO SIMULAR POLICE CLUBS THAT WERE USED IN AMERICA I HAVE ONE AROUND SOMEWHERE THAT WAS USED IN NEW YORK IN THE 1920'S

10th January 2009, 07:02 AM	#8
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	JIMMY MANTERIS HAS A VERY NICE COLLECTION OF THESE AND QUITE A BIT OF REFRENCE AND INFORMATION ON THEM. NEXT TIME I TALK TO HIM I WILL SEE IF HE CAN POST SOME REFRENCES OR INFO. THIS TYPE OF WEAPON WAS ALSO USED A LOT BY THE PRESS GANGS WHO WOULD KONK AND DRAG OFF ANYONE THEY COULD FIND TO SERVE IN THE NAVY. MANY A FAMILY SUFFERED THE HARDSHIP OF LOSEING A FATHER OR SON TO THE PRESS GANGS AND AMERICA FOUGHT A WAR OVER OUR SHIPS BEING STOPPED AND OUR SAILORS BEING PRESSED INTO THEIR NAVY. SOME OF THESE CLUBS WERE HOLLOWED OUT AND LEAD FILLED TO ADD MORE WEIGHT AND STRIKE HARDER MANY ALSO HAD A LEATHER COVERING TO KEEP IT FROM SPLITTING. THERE ARE ALSO SIMULAR POLICE CLUBS THAT WERE USED IN AMERICA I HAVE ONE AROUND SOMEWHERE THAT WAS USED IN NEW YORK IN THE 1920'S