Liberty Lock?? Ilco Lock?

[gswimfrk]

Hi LP101 Community!

Today I came across a strange and obscure key... Unfortunately I did not take a picture of it... it was on my friend's keychain...

The Key:

The key looked very strange... it has multiple grooves on both sides and probabally goes to a nasty keyway...
The color was a bright brass/nickel silver color.
On one side it was stamped Embossed "DO NOT DUPLICATE" and it was a neutered bow like any other DND KEY
It was the length of a DND KW10 Key from Ilco
It had the word "LIBERTY" and the number "3" on the other side...

Has anyone seen any keys like this and/or know what kind of lock it belongs to? Im curious!!! The keyway must be nasty!!!

Also I know Ilco makes a proprietary keyway for locksmiths, has anyone seen any?

Thanks

-Gswimfrk

[Evan]

@gswimfrk:

Could it have been a Medeco key ?

Most Medeco's are either Square headed, Classic round headed and there are some odd ones here and there that have different bow shapes...

~~ Evan

[gswimfrk]

Im sure it wasn't a Medeco key. The key had a standard neutered bow... And was not as thick as medeco keys and did not have angular cuts.

I have a feeling it may be to a Ilco Restricted keyway... only because the head looks like an Ilco DND...

Thanks,

Ivan

[gswimfrk]

I found a picture online!!! Its the third key from the left! (Middle Key) with the DO NOT DUPLICATE EMBOSSED IN IT!

[gswimfrk]

[url]http://www.google.com/imgres?q=restricted+keys&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&nord=1&biw=1279&bih=635&tbm=isch&tbnid=mUP09iLS9AK6ZM:&imgrefurl=http://www.lockmasterlv.com/propertymanagement.html&docid=mzYkFBt6EIW13M&w=172&h=134&ei=ewtfTo3eA8PliAKJuLWvDg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=282&page=1&tbnh=107&tbnw=137&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=109&ty=48/url]

[gswimfrk]

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=restrict ... =109&ty=48

[Evan]

Im sure it wasn't a Medeco key. The key had a standard neutered bow... And was not as thick as medeco keys and did not have angular cuts.

I have a feeling it may be to a Ilco Restricted keyway... only because the head looks like an Ilco DND...

Thanks,

Ivan

If it is the EXACT key you linked to it could be a neuter bow Schlage numbered keyway...

It could be anything -- without slightly better pictures to check out there can be no certainty...

~~ Evan