BEST keyway ID (pic)

[Omikron]

that appears to be one of those best keys that is twice as thick as the normal one, I have seen the keys, but never the lock. this morning, I picked two best keys up on the sidewalk, and they were on a q blank, that is one I had not seen before, but I suppose its safe to guess it comes from some institution with lots of locks, one of the keys has at least 3 positions with the highest bitting, virtually uncut. this type of config just makes me think "control key or master, or something special" but that may just be my take on it, I'm not a best expert.

Heh, I've got to uncombinated Q IC cores if you're interested.

[bpc293]

you can send this place a fax of your key and they will find it.

http://www.bluedogkeys.com/

[Polkaroo]

Does anyone know where I can find best WH blanks?

I would say from BEST. Restricted key blanks are restricted for a reason...

If I recall correctly, these were best's "patented" keyways back in the '90s, but Ilco started producing them. Case ended up in court for patent infringement and the judge revoked Best's patent stating the only difference in this "new" patented system was a wider key. With no new features other than that, it wasn't innovative and different enough from the previous patent for the current one to be valid. Ilco won the case.

That said, they shouldn't be 'restricted' anymore, just hard to find. I am surprised though that these wider keys aren't listed in the ilco catalog.