DIY Leather Sap...

[Missourian]

...that's what we used to call them, though I've heard them called blackjacks, slapjacks, and slappers.

You hardly ever hear about them anymore, but before tazers, asps and batons, this was the less than lethal weapon of choice for law enforcement everywhere...

I used some banding material and some lead weights, scrap leather and waxed thread. Bent a piece of the banding material in half so it is doubled up to make the handle firm but also springy. It doesn't go all the way to end of the handle to leave room for a grommet to add a retention strap.

This project required minimal specialty tools and about an hours worth of work that wasn't sanding or burnishing the edges...which is still ongoing.

That's as far as I got today.

 

[progressive hunter]

...that's what we used to call them, though I've heard them called blackjacks, slapjacks, and slappers.

You hardly ever hear about them anymore, but before tazers, asps and batons, this was the less than lethal weapon of choice for law enforcement everywhere...

I used a piece of banding material and some lead weights, scrap leather and waxed thread. Bent a piece of the banding material in half so it is doubled up to make the handle firm but also springy.

This project required minimal specialty tools and about an hours worth of work that wasn't sanding or burnishing the edges...which is still ongoing.

View attachment 931815

View attachment 931816

View attachment 931818

View attachment 931817

View attachment 931819

View attachment 931820

View attachment 931821

View attachment 931822

View attachment 931823

View attachment 931824

View attachment 931825

That's as far as I got today.

this is the one my dad use to carry,,

 

[lennypartiv]

 

[Missourian]

this is the one my dad use to carry,,

View attachment 931833

That's a classic.

I have plenty of left over banding material...I might make one in that style.

Your dad a former Lawman?

 

[progressive hunter]

That's a classic.

I have plenty of left over banding material...I might make one in that style.

Your dad a former Lawman?

opposite,, town asshole,, he was 6'4" and not to be trifled with,,

he saw no use in fighting and always talked about ending things before they got started,,

a solid thump on the forehead with that thing and your day is ruined,,

 

[Missourian]

opposite,, town asshole,, he was 6'4" and not to be trifled with,,

he saw no use in fighting and always talked about ending things before they got started,,

a solid thump on the forehead with that thing and your day is ruined,,

That right there gives me a devilishly good/bad idea.

Shame I can't use it...I just don't think the jury would get it.

 

[progressive hunter]

That right there gives me a devilishly good/bad idea.

Shame I can't use it...I just don't think the jury would get it.

View attachment 931847

a jury only counts if you get caught,,

back in the 70s they closed down our red light district on 12 st so all the hookers moved up close to us,,
when a few of them started trolling the side streets my dad gave us a few dozen eggs and told us to get rid of the hookers,,

it took a few times but they never came back,,

problem solved,,

 

[BackAgain]

...that's what we used to call them, though I've heard them called blackjacks, slapjacks, and slappers.

You hardly ever hear about them anymore, but before tazers, asps and batons, this was the less than lethal weapon of choice for law enforcement everywhere...

I used some banding material and some lead weights, scrap leather and waxed thread. Bent a piece of the banding material in half so it is doubled up to make the handle firm but also springy. It doesn't go all the way to end of the handle to leave room for a grommet to add a retention strap.

This project required minimal specialty tools and about an hours worth of work that wasn't sanding or burnishing the edges...which is still ongoing.

View attachment 931815

View attachment 931816

View attachment 931818

View attachment 931817

View attachment 931819

View attachment 931820

View attachment 931821

View attachment 931822

View attachment 931823

View attachment 931824

View attachment 931825

That's as far as I got today.

Illegal in NY.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

My mother just used a sock with a rock in it.

 

[Missourian]

Illegal in NY.

Yeah...that sucks. Almost everything is illegal in New York.

I remember when NYC applied their already draconian anti-knife law to any pocket knife you could open by flipping your wrist...calling it a gravity knife...which was a felony.

In a sudden fit of common sense, they repealed the law in 2019.

WARNING: New York City Knife Law Enforcement & Administrative Code – Knife Rights

kniferights.org

 

[Missourian]

Legally of saps by state...

Legality of Saps and Blackjacks

We are not a law firm. This is not legal advice. This is an attempt to collect and collate what legal information is readily available online about the legal status of saps and blackjacks in each o…

sapsandblackjacks.com

 

[Missourian]

All the burnishing is done.

 

[progressive hunter]

All the burnishing is done.

View attachment 932055

on to testing??

 

[Missourian]

on to testing??

I took a 2x4 to task with it...it was like hitting it with a hammer.

 

[Missourian]

All done...

Dimensions are 11.5" OAL x 4" wide and 1" thick at the business end.

The handle is 7.5" long x 1.75" wide x .334" (⅓") thick.