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Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks
Posted:
Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:59 pm
by awol70
i would like to see peoples rare old ,neat,and unusual locks
Re: old ,rare, interesting,unusual locks
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Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:30 pm
by klown
Here's one for ya. I found this while metal detecting (my other hobby) beside a railroad.
Re: old ,rare, interesting,unusual locks
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Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:27 pm
by WOT
Best lock core from ~50+ yrs ago
Click for fullsize
Re: Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks
Posted:
Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:29 am
by Site Admin
WOW, they are awesome, hope you don't mind ray but i moved it into the lockpicking section , nice finds guys
Re: Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks
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Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:18 am
by adamd
Re: Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks
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Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:11 pm
by Site Admin
some of those look ancient, nice score
Re: Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks
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Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:31 pm
by 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
Re: Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks
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Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:51 am
by Mrlockpicker
chieflittlehorse wrote: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
Re: Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks
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Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:49 am
by chieflittlehorse
Wow, I think their collections make our collection of locks look pretty sad!
Re: Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks
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Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:49 pm
by USApicker
here's a lock that i think is pretty interesting. all i know is that it's a schlage.
schlage keyway picture.jpg
Re: Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks
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Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:30 am
by DPSVDV
My Old Corbin Lock...
Re: Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks
Posted:
Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:33 pm
by Josh
USApicker wrote: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
Re: Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks
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Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:50 pm
by 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?
Re: Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks
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Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:58 pm
by Wozzlock
Holy hell, never seen anything like that before?
Re: Old, Rare, Interesting And Unusual Locks
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Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:29 pm
by Kai
Never seen anything like it. Any luck getting it open?