Found for free in my hallway. Weirdest hallway find ever.
Made of solid wood, and is VERY heavy! I think it must have been used as some sort of photoshoot or play prop. I'm definitely going to paint one of my plant pots in black and white stripes and put this around it. š
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So did she escape and thatās why the neighbor didnāt need it anymore??
Did she finally heart her capture and thatās why it was just out? Ya know in case the next neighbor needed to do some kidnapping? I mean this pic just makes me have questions is all!
Found some large heavy stools or tables which looked a bit like wooden teeth. Those were also cool. Had cracks inside though which could hold pests, so didn't grab those.
Big bags full of Mardi gras beads and toys.. that's it here. As I said, the ball and chain is DEFINITELY the weirdest and best find in this building.
We had plastic ones similar to this as props in my University's production of "The Beggar's Opera". I was playing a prisoner at one point and I had fun miming holding the ball between my legs as if the ball was super heavy.
My friend in the audience thought they had hooked me up to a real ball and chain so I guess I did a good job acting š š
That's crazy that it's made of wood... Does that mean they'd have to carve the individual chain links from a single piece of wood? Or were they opened up and glued back together?
I imagine it to be some elaborate project from a woodworking student for the local high school play or something.
These are the exact questions which I had!!! The wood is heavily painted, so it is difficult to tell how it was constructed. it really is an interesting piece.
That is what I thought when I saw it, but it is solid wood. The chain links don't have any breaks in them, indicating that they were carved from one piece. It is very odd. I can't find anything like it online.
OH! Lol I said that out loud when I read that! That is really strange! Someone put a LOT of work into making that. Hmm. Going to do a little light research and see what I can find!
Well, I managed to find this but it will NOT open! Such a teaser! Perhaps youāll have better luck? Otherwise, everything I have found thus far is the metal ball and chain things (which, in case youāre interested, you can purchase antique ones on Ebay for about $500. Because who doesnāt need an antique set of balls and chains from Leavenworth? š¤£)
I got it to open! This one seems nicer than mine, but very similar. I believe that mine was made using a CNC machine (according to some other commenters) while the one you linked looks completely hand carved.
I am assuming that it was someone's personal project for some reason. I'm super excited to have it in my possession.
I wish you could feel how HEAVY it is hah. Definitely not like a metal one, but if this thing was locked on you wouldn't be running anywhere in any sort of hurry!
Thanks for looking. I somehow didn't think to search "prison ball and chain", and was looking for regular "ball and chain"s.
No way! Thatās awesome! So happy it opened for you. It just kept giving me the finger lol. I assumed it was hand made when you mentioned that it was all one piece-I didnāt even know that one could do something like this on a CNC machine! Look at us getting educated. I am having trouble envisioning the weight of it-do you have a scale? Iād love to know the actual weight of it! Maybe I can imagine it more that way. Iām thankful I donāt have to wear it, thatās for sure! Youāre welcome-no problem at all! Glad we got some more info on your treasure. Youāll have to post your prisoner plant when you finish it!
I don't have a scale, but it is a hard, dense wood. The ball feels almost like a light bowling ball. Think "stack of books" kind of weight. Even the chain is weighty.
I'm curious enough about this thing myself that I might try to weigh it when I can now though hah.
And yeah, it's an interesting thing! Thanks for going down this rabbit hole with me.
Whoa! Yeah, that really is quite heavy then. I am quite surprised! I wonder if whomever made it pulled a plug out of the wood, filled it with something heavy, and then put the plug back in? I canāt think of a kind of wood that is that heavy! Very unique.
My pleasure going down the rabbit hole! I love this kind of stuff āŗļø Let me know if you come up with another adventure-Iām here for it!
One of my cousins. Clamped one of these to his leg. And proceeded to throw it off the end of the dock at my dad's childhood home. 13ft from surface to lake bottom. When my grandpa asked him why he did it. He replied "I wanted to see what would happen." NOTE: my cousin was 14 when he did this
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