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Amsterdam Lockshop

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Amsterdam Lockshop

Postby stratmando » 4 Nov 2010 16:08

A friend of mines wife bought herself and husband a trip to Amsterdam, when he was there, he said he went into this Old Locksmiths shop, he said the place was loaded with several hundered year old locks, Jam packed, anyone know the name of this shop, he forgot to bring back a business card.
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Re: Amsterdam Lockshop

Postby Wizer » 9 Nov 2010 9:10

Bump!
I´ll be going there soon too, and would be grateful if some of you Dutch pickers would remember the name or address of the shop.
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Re: Amsterdam Lockshop

Postby stratmando » 9 Nov 2010 19:18

I will take to my friend tommorow, and believe it is a "block off marketplace". He described it as very extreme, and his wife was impressed, and she is not into locks, Not sure if you can buy anything there. sounds like it may
be a Museum? I will pick his brain tommorow.
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Re: Amsterdam Lockshop

Postby stratmando » 11 Nov 2010 7:45

I talked to him today, and he said it is 1 block off Cuyp Market, at the end of the street. he didn't know which end, but says it is at the end where Contruction does NOT have it closed. I will search more. Once you get to the end, you make a left 1 block. Good Luck.
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Re: Amsterdam Lockshop

Postby femurat » 11 Nov 2010 8:48

Why don't you look for it in street view?

Cheers :)
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Re: Amsterdam Lockshop

Postby Wizer » 11 Nov 2010 8:51

Thanks, stratmando!
I will post some pictures of the shop if I find it.
Femurat, I´ll be looking for it in The real world soon enough!
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Re: Amsterdam Lockshop

Postby Phatphish » 11 Nov 2010 12:36

I think this may be the shop in question.
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Re: Amsterdam Lockshop

Postby femurat » 11 Nov 2010 14:16

Thanks guys, if I ever go to amsterdam I know where I'm starting my trip!

Cheers :-)
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Re: Amsterdam Lockshop

Postby Wizer » 17 Nov 2010 5:03

Greetings from Holland!
I found the shop easily, its on Van Woustraat about one block towards the centrum from Albert Cuyp markt.
The windows were covered with tens, maybe hundreds of old locks and keys. Some strage old locks too, like a temperature lock. I guess you can set it so that it needs to be cold or war enough before the lock opens. Inside it was a modern key cutting service. Maybe 1500-2000 different key blanks on one wall, some firesafes, bike locks etc. Half of the room was for employees only, it looked like they prepared and restaured old trunks, cabins and locks. Their speciality seemed to be antigue keys and fixing old lever and warded locks.
The guy behind the counter was busy cutting keys and people were coming in so I did not want to disturb him with my stupid questions.
In short, it is not worth travelling to Amsterdam just for this shop, but if you are going to the city anyways its definetly worth checking out. You will be going to Albert Cuyp markt anyway, and it is only a block away.

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And this is the whole album (15 photos): http://s773.photobucket.com/albums/yy12 ... 0lockshop/
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Re: Amsterdam Lockshop

Postby yono » 17 Nov 2010 5:50

thanks to all you guys especially to wizer, (for posting the pictures) first time in my entire life i've seen this kind of shop. its amazing! regards.
hi everyone, im glad to be a member of this very interesting community, our community of locksmiths. i hope i could help others, within my ability, and hope you can help me too, God bless us all fellow locksmiths.
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Re: Amsterdam Lockshop

Postby stratmando » 17 Nov 2010 7:50

Wizer, you are good, I bet thats it. I bet they have some cool stuff buried in that Shop that they haven't even seen for years. Glad you found it, thanks for the pics.
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Re: Amsterdam Lockshop

Postby weilawei » 17 Nov 2010 9:48

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This is absolutely gorgeous.
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Re: Amsterdam Lockshop

Postby stratmando » 28 Nov 2010 12:27

Wizer, I showed my buddy your Photos and says that IS deffinately the place. Lookss like you could spend days in there.
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