It has been a while since I laid the collection out for some photos... thanks for the prompting: it gave me a bit of a nudge to reorganize some of the more recent additions. (And, as always, there are a few other new items, including a Kaba-Mas X-07 and some nice padlocks from LocksmithArmy in the mail... so I guess this will be out of date by about Friday.)
Collecting and refurbishing locks is clearly a passion of mine: I hope the lengthy photo essay doesn't bore people too much.
I have a couple of hundred locks: I've just listed the highlights below...
- Cut-aways: basic pin-tumbler, Sargent mortise, ASSA Flexcore, wafer cam-lock, 7-pin tubular
- Schlage SecureKey
- Schlage Everest: KIK, LFIC, padlock and rim-cylinder cut-away
- Schlage Primus: mortise, LFIC,
- Schlage Everest Primus: KIK, rim-cylinder cut-away
- Duo mortise cylinder
- Ace II
- TuBAR
- Folger Adam Model 110 Mogul
- Corbin Master Ring
- Corbin Emhart KIK cut-away
- Medeco Original: KIK and mortise (incl. military keyway)
- Medeco Camlock
- Medeco Payphone lock
- Medeco Biaxial: KIK, progressively-pinned mortise locks, S&G 831B cylinder, factory cut-away rim cylinder
- Medeco Biaxial sales demo pin (oversized pin, used to demonstrate pins)
- Medeco M3: 5- and 6-pin mortise, half-euro cut-away
- Medeco Logic: mortise cylinder and G8R padlock
- Medeco Tufloc
- Medeco Duracam in Cobra 8500 padlock body
- Medeco removable-plug cylinder
- ScanLock SLX-5
- GMS MX
- Arrone Plus
- ABUS Plus: 20/70 Diskus, 88/40 padlock
- ABUS 25/70 Diskus (lever)
- Ingersoll CS712
- Abloy Classic: various padlocks
- Abloy Disklock Pro: KIK
- Abloy Protec: factory cut-away padlock
- Mul-T-Lock Classic: rim cylinder, half-euro cut-away
- Mul-T-Lock Interactive: mortise, hockey-puck padlock
- Mul-T-Lock Integrator
- Mul-T-Lock Garrison
- Mul-T-Lock MT5 padlock core
- Mul-T-Lock MT5+ half-euro cut-away
- Dom iX
- Kaba Gemini
- Kaba Penta
- Best SFIC: mortise housing, cut-away
- Misc automotive locks: 1963 Ford Mustang, 2010 Grand Prix, Honda, cut-away, etc..
- Western Electric 30C payphone locks
- BiLock first-generation
- ASSA Twin V-10
- Fichet 484
- EVVA 3KS
- DOM Diamant
- Bramah BP-17
- Concept Plus
- Weiser Smartkey
- U-Change (with keys)
- Brinks Shrouded
- American 700: one "factory" and one "tricked" for use by escape artists
- ERA 975 5-lever cut-away
- Van Lock in a Cobra 8500 padlock body
- Mosler 5700 safe deposit cut-away
- S&G 4440 safe deposit
- PPI Model 40-LH safe deposit cut-away
- S&G 8077
- Master Speed-Dial
- S&W M-100 handcuffs
- S&G 833C Military
- Peerless 710 handcuffs (Medeco cylinders)
- S&G 831B-M-1 Military
- Abloy 350 Protec
- S&G Environmental (104)
- Hi-Shear LK-1200 Military
- S&G 831B
- Ratcliff & Horner factor cut-away safe lock (c. 1893)
- NATO Mersey Lock
- Folger Adams Model 82 prison lock (with key)
- LaGard 2200 safe lock
- LaGard 33E safe lock
- Chubb Detector safe-deposit lock
- Kromer Euronovum 14-lever safe lock
- Medeco 52-Series M3 padlock
- S&G Environmental (102)
- S&G 8077-AD
- Diebold 17423A ATM safe lock
- Yale pin-tumbler padlock (c. 1901)
- Slaight / Slaymaker paper seal padlock
- Miller Champion 6-lever push-key padlock
- Excelsior 6-lever push-key cut-away padlock
- SEZAM deadbolt
- Armory screw-key padlock (France c.1859)
- Dudley combination padlock (c.1920)
- Miller "999" Scandinavian padlock
- USPS Registered Mail rotary padlocks (with key)
- Master Lock No.88
- Master Lock No.66 factory cut-away
- Lowe & Fischer UK Ministry of Works water-meter padlock
- American Keyless No-Key padlock (with combination)
- USPS Mail Bag padlock (with key)
- Ikon TK5 Super-Nocke
- Dom D
- EVVA MCS
- DanLock Model B puzzle padlock
- MIWA EC
- MagLock ML-10
- Abloy 342 High Profile (x 2)
- Abloy 340 Protec Ruby
- Abloy PL655 Government
- Kaba 20
- Guri push-key padlock
- Various repinning kits, key blanks, safe locks, cash bags, mortise locksets, etc.
- My well-packed toolbag: contains all of the tools below...
- Ancient Locks: The Evolutionary Development of the Lock and Key (Scott Klemm)
- A.C. Hobbs: A Man of Genius (Fincher)
- George Price: Victorian Champion of the Security Trade (Pat Tempest)
- Early Locks and Lockmakers of America (Thomas Hennessy)
- American Genius: Nineteenth Century Bank Locks and Time Locks (David Erroll)
- The Complete Book of Locks and Locksmithing (Bill Phillips)
- Locks, Safes and Security (Marc Tobias)
- High-Security Mechanical Locks (Graham Pulford)
- Impressioning (Oliver Diederichsen)
- Practical Lock Picking (Deviant Ollam)
- Open in Thirty Seconds (Marc Tobias, Tobias Bluzimanis)
- The Art of Manipulation (Lentz, Kenton)
- The Fifteen Minute Safe Opening Technique (Jake Jakubuwski)
- Bread and Butter (Dave McOmie)
- Drilling Safes (The National Locksmith)
Whew... well, that's most of it, anyhow...
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:50 am
I know it can be some work getting photos together, but I'd love to see more.
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