Wards padlock

[bitbuster]

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Anyone know who made locks for Monkey Wards? I'm guessing Yale but don't know.

[Riyame]

Looks like an Ilco but they usually have angles instead of a smooth radius on the corners like that one has.

[GWiens2001]

Just a word of caution. When picking this lock, watch out for the WARDS.

Gordon

[6275LA]

Looks like Corbin 99 keyway. It even has the very old Corbin round bow, which preceded the now-defunct cloverleaf (X-class) bow.

[bitbuster]

Believe so. It takes a CO5 blank.

[Squelchtone]

didn't Fraim also make padlock bodies like this? I also thought of Ilco Unican as someone else mentioned. instead of Corbin though, it may be their CCL line of products.



Here is the Fraim I had in mind, now that I have found a photo, the lock in question is obviously not a Fraim.



or a Unican padlock

[bitbuster]

Maybe does belong to their CCL line. Also, the Ilco 1000 ( CO1) blank fits.

[Squelchtone]

Craftsman and Slaymaker also provided padlocks for Montgomery Wards, but I am not sure if Craftsman actually made them or had them made.

here is an example: the EL1 key suggests the padlock is an Elgin perhaps?




update: looks like an Elgin to me:


hope this helps and it's fun to see examples from American lock makers of the 1900's who are no longer around,

Squelchtone

[bitbuster]

Looks very close.