A sap is dense enough to break bones when the user has room to swing, and the leather edge is rough enough to cause a dull, ripping laceration to the face when used as a jabbing instrument. Saps may not look as intimidating as a gun or a baton, but thinking they’re not dangerous would be a mi stake. Unlike a baton, a sap’s size and shape allowed it to be concealed inside an officer’s pocket. Like the small handgun and one might be…the mysterious, intriguing…blackjack.Īndre Wong of Police One defines: “The sap, slapper, or blackjack is a heavy leather pouch, eight to twelve inches long, filled with lead and sometimes a flexible steel rod. And what of those who’ve never done any “kuraty?” These inevitabilities make one think about handy support, self defense weapons. Someday I know I will be limping around with only my snub-nose, hammerless revolver in my jacket pocket as my only and last resort, despite all the years of training. With advancing age and advanced age, one’s reliance on “kuraty” wanes.
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