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  • Luciercrew
    Speed Bag Trainee
    • Sep 2010
    • 4

    antique speedbag

    I came across(and now own) a unique speedbag that I have not been able to get any info on. It is made mostly of wood with a leather bag that is labled as AJ Reach Co. It is a design I have not seen before and wondered if anyone had and info on it.
    See attached photo. I do have more pictures if anyone is interested.

    Thanks,

    Jon
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  • Speedbag
    Author of the Speed Bag Bible, founder of speedbagcentral.com

    • Feb 2006
    • 7109

    #2
    You've stumped this band. I don't have a clue but it looks like a real piece of ancient speed bag history. Where is the rebound surface?
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    • MsDeville
      Senior Member

      • Oct 2009
      • 1301

      #3
      Boy, that's interesting. I would love to see some more photos of this.
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      • Dutchman
        Speed Bag Historian
        • Jun 2006
        • 1903

        #4
        Have to admit, this is the first of these I've seen. Could be a variation on the Crippen design, using some kind of elastic mount to rebound the bag back at the user, "silently".

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        • paranday
          Speed Bag Guru
          • Sep 2009
          • 2515

          #5
          How does the bag pivot? Does it move freely in all directions?

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          • Tim
            Administrator and Founder of SpeedBagForum.com


            • Jan 2006
            • 3428

            #6
            Originally posted by paranday View Post
            How does the bag pivot? Does it move freely in all directions?
            x2. Hard to tell how this thing actually works. From that pic, it looks like a "speed bag on a stick"???? I just can't imagine how that works.

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            • juxt
              Speed Bag Trainee

              • Jun 2010
              • 216

              #7
              maby it was meant to be like one of those freestanding little kid punching bags.

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              • tryme
                Member
                • Mar 2010
                • 80

                #8
                it looks like a bag on a piano leg

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                • Luciercrew
                  Speed Bag Trainee
                  • Sep 2010
                  • 4

                  #9
                  more pics of antique speedbag

                  It seems the wooden swivel is tensioned by an adjustment wingnut in the steel shaft to which it is mounted. There must be a cable which runs down through the wooden platform and rounded swiveling section.
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                  • Luciercrew
                    Speed Bag Trainee
                    • Sep 2010
                    • 4

                    #10
                    even more pics of antique speedbag

                    The steel shaft is adjustable, sliding one within another.
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                    • Luciercrew
                      Speed Bag Trainee
                      • Sep 2010
                      • 4

                      #11
                      yet even more pics

                      I hope these are helpful. This is really a original design.
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                      • Dutchman
                        Speed Bag Historian
                        • Jun 2006
                        • 1903

                        #12
                        Okay, this is an early reflex bag. They were bolted to the floor. I'll correct myself, I have seen one or two pics of this type of bag.

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                        • paranday
                          Speed Bag Guru
                          • Sep 2009
                          • 2515

                          #13
                          Found the patent for this tonight.
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                          • PIEFURZ
                            Speed Bag Trainee

                            • Jun 2010
                            • 294

                            #14
                            You guys are a gem for finding and sharing this information.

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                            • Dutchman
                              Speed Bag Historian
                              • Jun 2006
                              • 1903

                              #15
                              Ya think we'd have something better to do with our time, wouldn't you?

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