Greetings!
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:58 pmHello everyone. I stumbled upon this site while looking for information on manipulating a combination on a safe I just acquired. I have been a key and lock lover since I was a little kid. I never perused anything more than collecting keys and locks until about 5 years ago when I started picking up a few old safes.
My favorite safe is a 1908 Victor cannonball that I recently restored. Here is the before as I found it in Minnesota:
It was a major project and needed some mechanical work, all new nickle plating with damascening, and of course, bodywork, paint, and lettering.
Beside some other run of the mill safes from the late 1800's I also have a very rare Martin Briggs and Son safe from ~1870. A very unique piece.
Back to manipulating, I just picked up a Fort Knox gun safe that has issues so I was looking for technical information on the S&G lock. It looks like I found the right place to learn a thing or two. I am sure I will have questions, I hope some of them will not be "dumb" questions. Thanks in advance.
My favorite safe is a 1908 Victor cannonball that I recently restored. Here is the before as I found it in Minnesota:
It was a major project and needed some mechanical work, all new nickle plating with damascening, and of course, bodywork, paint, and lettering.
Beside some other run of the mill safes from the late 1800's I also have a very rare Martin Briggs and Son safe from ~1870. A very unique piece.
Back to manipulating, I just picked up a Fort Knox gun safe that has issues so I was looking for technical information on the S&G lock. It looks like I found the right place to learn a thing or two. I am sure I will have questions, I hope some of them will not be "dumb" questions. Thanks in advance.
