Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks

[awol70]

i would like to see peoples rare old ,neat,and unusual locks

[klown]

Here's one for ya. I found this while metal detecting (my other hobby) beside a railroad.

[WOT]

Best lock core from ~50+ yrs ago

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WOW, they are awesome, hope you don't mind ray but i moved it into the lockpicking section , nice finds guys

[adamd]

Here's some of the keys I was given (along with a few locks including an Abus 85/70 which I haven't managed to pick yet) after clearing out a shed:

some of those look ancient, nice score

[chieflittlehorse]

I was visiting the junkyard at Wilmington, CA to practice my car opening skills when me and a few friends stopped by this lockshop called Alsop! They have a wall full of padlocks, the owner wasn't there so we talked to his wife!

She was saying how her husband collects antique locks and such and she gave me a flier! Here a link to the Westcoast Lock Collectors page:

http://www.wclca.net/index.htm

[Mrlockpicker]

I was visiting the junkyard at Wilmington, CA to practice my car opening skills when me and a few friends stopped by this lockshop called Alsop! They have a wall full of padlocks, the owner wasn't there so we talked to his wife!

She was saying how her husband collects antique locks and such and she gave me a flier! Here a link to the Westcoast Lock Collectors page:

http://www.wclca.net/index.htm

Wow, thats really interesting. Thought I'd give a link the the picture gallery
http://www.wclca.net/show_gallery.htm

[chieflittlehorse]

Wow, I think their collections make our collection of locks look pretty sad!

[USApicker]

here's a lock that i think is pretty interesting. all i know is that it's a schlage.

schlage keyway picture.jpg

[DPSVDV]

My Old Corbin Lock...

[Josh]

here's a lock that i think is pretty interesting. all i know is that it's a schlage.

schlage keyway picture.jpg

ok well, it looks to be a schlage wafer lock...


"Years ago, Schlage developed a lock that was thought to be un-pickable – the Schlage Wafer. They are no longer sold and installed, but they still show up in older offices and hotel/motel complexes. Although they can’t be picked with conventional tools, they are a snap to open with the Schlage Wafer picks. Highly recommended if your business takes you into older buildings."
http://southord.com/catalog.asp?cat=tubular

[awol70]

here is an interesting, 16-pin/ dimple tubular type crosslock?
i think this lock is very cool. it is solid brass...
not sure on the terminology here, but there appear to be 4 rows of diagonally opposed pinstacks.
i do not have the key, but judging by shape of the keyway, this appears to be a tubular dimple lock.
anyone have any ideas on how to tension this sucker?

[Wozzlock]

Holy hell, never seen anything like that before?

[Kai]

Never seen anything like it. Any luck getting it open?