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Pictures from The Sneaker Boy

Check out these pictures from The Sneaker Boy:

The Sneaker Boy aka Chris Mitchell leg cuffs

 

The Sneaker Boy writes,

“In these photos my boyfriend, Jake Wolf, was chained in my Mr. S heavy iron restraints. While he was taking a nap in his new Nike Foamposite I slipped the restraints around his ankles and tightened the screws to secure him.”

 

Thanks for the hot pictures, Sneaker Boy!

The Mr S ankle restraints are available here

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Historical restraints from the Lincoln era

I took pictures of these restraints during a recent visit to the museum across the street from Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. These are rigid handcuffs and ankle shackles used on Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was the doctor who treated the fugitive John Wilkes Booth.

Samuel Mudd ridig handcuffs and leg cuffs

 

And here is a reproduction of the type of canvas hood they used on the conspirators in the Lincoln assassination — including Lewis Powell.

hood used on lincoln conspirators

 

I made a visit to this museum while on a business trip recently. I was with a female co-worker, who no doubt was wondering why I was so interested in these particular items.

To learn a bit more about these types of historical restraints, see this previous posting.