CTS-Thompson 1010C Purple Handcuffs

These are another chain link pair of 1010 CTS-Thompson handcuffs. This time in a purple colour.

They have 3 pawls, but one solid spring which means while picking them, if you pull any 1 pawl down, all the rest of the pawls drop since the spring is not split at any point.

Still, they are good handcuffs. But... the finish quality on the purple coating was pretty bad. It had residue and blotchy appearance. They looked a MESS. But a very very gentle polishing with Peek metal cleaner brought them up nicely. Unlike the yellow hinged pair I have, these do have the colour all the way to the ends of the bows AND they do not smell like Satan's personal plastic factory 🤣. The Yellow hinged ones smell very bad.

They have backloading feature which is nice to get a quick handcuffing of a suspect. However the bow alignment could be better and often it does not ratchet when pressed onto the wrist. It just bangs against one of the cheek plates, which then necessitates you manually clicking them to get them to start locking, which is less than ideal.

But all in all, not a bad handcuff if you can deal with having to possibly to a small amount of polishing to get the finish to look good.

Enjoy!

CTS-Thompson Hinged Yellow Handcuffs Model 1054

These are the CTS-Thompson Hinged Yellow Handcuffs Model 1054. NIJ rated.

These are bright yellow! Very nice, Hiatt-like design. Good strong hinges, 3 pawls, superior (larger) size like modern speedcuff sizes are.

They have a yellow coating which does not go all the way to the start of the bow. It's like they clicked them 1 click and baked the colour on. It's a shame, but this company is known for not always having full coverage of the colour coating over the entire surface.

All in all, I do like these and they have a very smooth mechanism.

Enjoy!

CTS Thompson 1010 police chain link handcuffs [NIJ]

These are police handcuffs (model 1010) from CTS Thompson.

These are NIJ rated and are functionally identical to Chicago 1000, Chicago X55, Winchester WN40. They are a 3 pawl handcuff with dual double locking bars for slightly added security.

Over all these are all good handcuffs and this pair are no exception. Shame about the finish on mine being scuffed, despite being brand new and received today.

I would say these and the other models mentioned above, are slightly more secure than Peerless or Smith & Wesson standard handcuff models.

Enjoy!

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🚨🔗 CTS Thompson Tri-Max Pick & Shim Resistant Handcuffs [NIJ]

CTS Thompson Tri-Max Pick & Shim Resistant Handcuffs

These are a stronger, more secure handcuff that uses standard handcuff keys. They are everything "normal" police handcuffs are, only a bit better.

They have a dividing plate going between the pawls which reaches up into the bow, to help prevent shimming and the keyway is decently tight to help against picking. They are not perfect, I have picked them... But it requires more effort than for example a regular Smith & Wesson pair of cuffs.

These are essentially like Smith & Wesson handcuffs with a little bit more security while still letting normal handcuff keys work in them, for when you do not specifically need "High security" handcuffs which would then require everyone having a special key.

So if you want a better handcuff but you must make sure normal keys work, get yourself a pair of Tri-Max! They are really good quality. I would recommend these as a base standard for law enforcement, especially since I have seen somewhere they are NIJ rated. The technology they talk about is a split rail shackle and pick shield XLS "for pick and bump resistance". I can only guess they defend against the "Whack attack" where you slam the handcuff to force the double lock off at which point you'd shim them. But I have picked these with relative easy with a Parker Jotter pen clip.

Still, pretty much no handcuff is perfect security, they are only temporary restraining devices but these are in a better security category than Smith & Wesson or Peerless.

Enjoy!