American 1105 equivalence?

[yng_pick]

KA is keyed alike, KD is keyed different.

Being rekeyable is still nice, even if you do not have pin kits/ key machines/ etc. You can change the bitting using existing pins to challenge your self. Most American Padlocks I have messed with are rekeyable- is the one you have now? Usually there is a screw located beneath the opening shackle hole

[dnullify]

Yea, I've actually done so. The pins it comes with, came pinned in it's most challanging combination. The biting IMO is pretty limmited.

I also wanted a lock to try my new bogota set on, as it's no fun with my cutaway locks and the americans's pins are really tough for the bogota.

[tballard]

KA is keyed alike, KD is keyed different.

This is correct, but be careful trusting the meaning of "KD". I've seen it used to mean "key detaining" (as in, the key cannot be removed when the lock is open, which is a requirement AFAIK for US Military locks) I'm pretty sure no real locksmith would use "KD" to mean anything other than "keyed differently" but I have seen some ... creative... use of abbreviations on eBay.

[eppiotic]

There is also a KZ for zero bitted.

[tballard]

There is also a KZ for zero bitted.

So, to carry this to extremes, you could buy a lot of KZ/KA/KD padlocks. (All Keyed Zero, which would mean they were all Keyed Alike, and, if you misused the abbreviation, they could all be Key Detaining)

[loki-aka]

American also uses the terms; NRK= Non Removeable Key and NKR= Non Key Retaining.
Good and confused yet ?