Evan wrote:sheldonl wrote:I used to see many "Curtis" keyblanks. We have one for our toyota. However, the car is over fifteen years old, so I'm sure the blank was duplicated some time ago.
Does anyone know if these blanks are still made/available? As I said they seem quite rare.
Thank you for your assistance.
Curtis used to be big in the hotel/lodging industry in offering those neuter bow/large bow custom coined keyblanks formerly used in many hotels...
When the hotel industry began migrating en masse to electronic based locking systems Curtis's niche market dried up and the companies remaining viable products were purchased by other businesses that still produce them...
~~ Evan
Turns out one of my work buddies worked for Curtis milling blanks!