Top 100 List of Lock Manufaturers & their best known mod

[squelchtone]

Here's a very comprehensive listing of the most commonly known lock brands and models. I have not included every lock model, just some of the ones we all like to pick and discuss in the locksport community.

Abloy
ABUS
ABUS-Pfaffenhain
Ace Hardware
ACE II tubular
Adams Rite
American Lock
Arrow
ASSA
Assa 7 pin
Assa Desmo
Assa RUKO
Assa Twin 6000
Assa Twin V10
Baldwin
BEST
Biffar
Bilock
BKS
Bramah
Brinks R70
Brinks Shrouded
CES
Chicago
Chubb
Cisa
Corbin
Corbin Master Ring
Corbin Russwin
Defiant
Dexter
DOM
DUO
Eagle padlocks
EMTEK
Evva
E-Z Set
Falcon
Faultless
FAVOUR
Federal
Fichet
Franklin
GEGE
GMS
GUARD padlocks
HEAD
Hi-Shear
Hurd
ILCO
Ingersoll
ISEO
IVANA Necoloc
KABA 8
KABA Gemini
Kaba Peaks
KABA Quattro
Kryptonite
Kwikset
Kwikset Smartkey
Kwikset TITAN
LAI
LIPS
Lockwood
LORI
LORI KABA
Marks
Master Lock ProSeries
Mauer
Medeco Biaxial
Medeco Keymark
Medeco M3
Medeco Original
Miwa
Mountain Security
Mul-T-Lock Interactive
Mul-T-Lock Original
National Lock
Nemef
Papaiz
Pfaffenhain
Reese
Ruko
Russwin
Russwin Corbin
Sargent & Greenleaf
Schlage
Schlage Everest
Schlage Primus
Scorpion
Segal
Squire
Tessa
Tri-Circle
US Lock
Vachette
Weiser
Weslock
Wilka
Wilson Bohannon
Winkhaus
Yale
Zeiss IKON


Please add any "well known" manufacturers, but not small time imitation locks such as Helping Hand, Magnum or other Chinese style knock offs.

got a link to a company website from the list above, post it!
got some Model names or numbers for some of these, post it!
(Ex: DOM would be IX, or S&G would include the 826, the 831b, and the 833c., American Lock, you'd put 5200, Series 700, etc)

let the information flow, let's see how complete we can make the list!

Squelchtone

ps. Thanks to all those on IRC chat who contributed ideas to the list!

[n2oah]

Corbin Emhart and TuBar are the only ones I can come up with.

[n2oah]

For Models, here's what I got:
Abloy- Protec, Disklock Pro, Smartdisk, Classic, Ava
ABUS- Granit
BiLock-Classic, New Gen
Chubb- Battleship, Ava
Cisa- 57110
Evva- 3KS, MCS, DUAL, ELMO
Fichet- Monopole (1st, 2nd, 3rd Gen.), 787 (Original, S,Z) , 480, 484
Hi-Shear- LK1200
Ingersoll- 10 lever
Miwa- EC, EX, 3800
Mul-t-Lock- MT5
S&G- 831B, 833C, 8077AB/AD
Scorpion- CX-5

[greyman]

I think it would be helpful to have separate lists for brands and models or make the models a subheading of the brands. Likewise, it's going to be a boring list if you don't separate the ordinary stuff (pin tumbler locks) from the high/higher security stuff. There must be hundreds (thousands?) of companies making pin tumbler stuff that is really of little interest since it's 6 of one 1/2 dozen of the other.

A good place to start such a list from is the Silca catalogues.

[greyman]

For Models, here's what I got:
Abloy- Protec, Disklock Pro, Smartdisk, Classic, Ava
ABUS- Granit
BiLock-Classic, New Gen
Chubb- Battleship, Ava
Cisa- 57110
Evva- 3KS, MCS, DUAL, ELMO
Fichet- Monopole (1st, 2nd, 3rd Gen.), 787 (Original, S,Z) , 480, 484
Hi-Shear- LK1200
Ingersoll- 10 lever
Miwa- EC, EX, 3800
Mul-t-Lock- MT5
S&G- 831B, 833C, 8077AB/AD
Scorpion- CX-5

Apart from making me jealous about your EVVA Dual, here's some more models to match the brands you have listed:

BiLock QCC
Fichet Monopole new models are called M2B, M2i etc
Fichet 666
Miwa U9, PR
Mul-T-Lock interactive

Also I think ABUS Granit is the name of the padlock not the sidebar mechanism, though I could be wrong. Come to think of it, I don't know what ABUS calls their sidebar mechanism (Help mh!)

We should also put who (currently) owns the brands (probably ASSA Abloy or Kaba).

[bluestar]

Ok, here's what I would add to the above:

Abloy -- Disklock (not Pro), Exec, Profile, High Profile.
Abus -- EP10, XP1, TSB 5000, XP2, D8, EC 750/850, EC700/800, C73/83/90, Plus, X-Plus
Anker -- 3800, 9700
ASSA -- 600, Twin Pro, Twin 4800, Twin 7000
BAB
BKS -- 88, 31, 33SL, 50, 45 Janus
Burg-Waechter -- Alpha 800, Gamma 700, Diamant 600, Delta 660, Profi 116, Karat/Atlantic 217, C-Line 222, Boccia, Magno
CES -- 810 RE, 810 WP, 910 WR, VA5, VA7, Tera
DOM -- D, S, RN, ix 10, ix 5, ix 5HT, ix 6KG, ix10 KG, ix6-SR, Saturn, Diamant
Drumm -- Geminy
EVVA -- DPS, DPI, DPX, DPI-6, DPE, ICS, EPS
FCV
FAB -- Variant, Dynamic, Control, 2060, 2024, 2018
GTV
GEGE -- AP2000, AP3000, AP4000, ANS-2, p-Extra
Gera -- 3500, 5600, 5800, 5900, 6500mc, ISR6 mc, ISR6 PSH, 7100
Gerda -- Tytan ZX
Kaba -- 20, Gemini S, Quattro pluS, Penta, Star, Micro, ExperT
Keso -- 1000, 2000, 2000S, 3000, RS10, 2000S Omega, RS10 Omega
LIPS -- Octro, Trivium
Medeco -- BiLevel
Mottura -- Champions 28, 30, 34, 38, 48
Paffenhain -- Integral, KV14, V14, KW14, W14
SEA -- SEA, SEA2, SEA3
Tesa -- TE5, T10, T60, T80, IPS, T12, TX80
Wilka -- 2263, 1800, STR, STR Pro, WZ, W3600, w@
Winkhaus -- AZ, VS, VS6, Titan
Zeiss Ikon/zIkon/ikon -- TK5, SK6, SK7, their variants Sperrwelle, Sperrrippe, Sperrnocken, and Systems WSW/W10 and Verso.

Notes:
- Abloy Smartdisc is, by the way, some sort of Exec+Cliq.
- Biffar is, by the way, a door manufacturer - they don't produce locks. Maybe they sell re-branded ones.
- Pfaffenhain was bought by Abus, so Pfaffenhain and Abus-Pfaffenhain are the same.
- ikon was originally called Zeiss-Ikon, but sice the company got sold to Assa-Abloy, they were named ikon. The logo still has the "z", so some people call ist zikon.

Hope that helps a bit with the European locks
bluestar

[bluestar]

Also I think ABUS Granit is the name of the padlock not the sidebar mechanism, though I could be wrong. Come to think of it, I don't know what ABUS calls their sidebar

The padlock series is called Granit, the locking mechanism is called Abus Plus, also available in Abus Diskus 20, Abus 88,89 and some bike locks.
It usually has 7 Discs (6 in the Diskus), leading to 250000 (30000) possible combinations. For the advanced bike locks there is the newer Abus X-Plus mechanism, which has 8 discs and som nasty extra stuff, with over 1000000 possible combinations.

Have a nice day!
bluestar

[bluestar]

Likewise, it's going to be a boring list if you don't separate the ordinary stuff (pin tumbler locks) from the high/higher security stuff.

Agreed, but where do we draw the line? While Kaba Penta or Keso 2000S/Omega may be high(er) security, they're nothing but "ordinary" pin tumblers. Same goes for many others, e.g. DOM iX *.

Another thing to consider would be if it makes sense to separate locks from locking systems/cylinders (for example, S&G 833 is a lock, but it has a Medeco Biaxial locking cylinder) and concentrate on locking mechanisms or perhaps open two separate threads.

bluestar

[squelchtone]

Likewise, it's going to be a boring list if you don't separate the ordinary stuff (pin tumbler locks) from the high/higher security stuff.

Agreed, but where do we draw the line? While Kaba Penta or Keso 2000S/Omega may be high(er) security, they're nothing but "ordinary" pin tumblers. Same goes for many others, e.g. DOM iX *.

Another thing to consider would be if it makes sense to separate locks from locking systems/cylinders (for example, S&G 833 is a lock, but it has a Medeco Biaxial locking cylinder) and concentrate on locking mechanisms or perhaps open two separate threads.

bluestar

I'm torn. I'd like to have a list of the most popular locksport locks, so when a newbie reads about a Brinks R70, there is a place he can find out about that lock and maybe even see a photograph or two. The 833c would be in that list even though it has a Medeco cylinder.

The other list would just be common and well known (to our community, I dont expect the average home owner to know about Bi Lock) Canada/US/UK/Europe/AUS lock manufacturers, and I bet we can all figure out Top 100 without going much higher than 100. It does get tricky whether I should list Schlage only 1 time and then have sub listings for their SC1 consumer locks, their Everest checkpin line, and the Everest Primus, or the SC Primus, which uses respective keyblanks, but has the Primus side milling sidebar code.

Let's keep the popular locksport padlocks, pin tumbler & disc cylinders, and lever locks AND the big list of manufacturers all in one place for a while until we get more users contributing. Then we can seperate the two lists or use a table format to present it in a user friendly way.

Thanks for your contributions so far, you guys are the best!

Squelchtone

[squelchtone]

Notes:
- Abloy Smartdisc is, by the way, some sort of Exec+Cliq.
- Biffar is, by the way, a door manufacturer - they don't produce locks. Maybe they sell re-branded ones.
- Pfaffenhain was bought by Abus, so Pfaffenhain and Abus-Pfaffenhain are the same.
- ikon was originally called Zeiss-Ikon, but sice the company got sold to Assa-Abloy, they were named ikon. The logo still has the "z", so some people call ist zikon.

bluestar

That's very helpful bluestar, thank you!

One of the TOOOL competition euro profile cylinders I have has Biffar stamped on the face. I will check the keyway to see if it is Yale or something fancy.

One of the ideas behind this list/guide is to help users here who run into a lock in the wild. If they run into an older Pfaffenhain cylinder, it won't make mention of Abus, but as a corrolary, the NEW Phaffenhain cylinders only say ABUS and maybe the P logo, or you just have to know what they keyway warding looks like to know it is an ABUS-Phaffenhain. And you're right about all the changes with Zikon. I wonder if the list should have the most commonly known name first, then other commonly known names for a lock, or even street names from our community.

And I know I put Yale, but I think Yale & Towne also has a place, which would also include Y&T since many of their older padlocks only list Y&T just like Wilson only uses the WB logo.

phew. lots of typing.

Squelchtone

[Jaakko]

Boda lever locks is one that I didn't find in any list

[Schuyler]

I volunteer to modify the original post to link the names and list the products associated with each brand. I figure we'll give it a week or so to accumulate first?

[squelchtone]

I volunteer to modify the original post to link the names and list the products associated with each brand. I figure we'll give it a week or so to accumulate first?

I was hoping you would chime in! I'd like to see this become a sticky, once it is organized and comprehensive enough.

can you clean up the title.. it wouldn't fit the word "models" and I forgot a C in manufaCturers.
would you please make it "Top 100 List of Lock Manufacturers & best known models"

Thank you Schuyler, let's all have a BBQ / TOOOL meeting soon.

Squelchtone

[bluestar]

That's very helpful bluestar, thank you!

One of the TOOOL competition euro profile cylinders I have has Biffar stamped on the face. I will check the keyway to see if it is Yale or something fancy.

You're welcome But I don't think they use Yale - Yale is practically nonexistent on the European market. My bet yould be BKS (88 or 31) or DOM (S or RN).

One of the ideas behind this list/guide is to help users here who run into a lock in the wild. [...]

You're right... but we also dont' want this guide get too confusing, do we? How about something like this:

Pfaffenhain -- (all those shiny Pfaffenhain locks)
Abus Pfaffenhain -- see Pfaffenhain
same for Ikon, Burg -> Burg-Waechter etc.

bluestar

[Eyes_Only]

Don't forget ERA.