What kind of lock is this?

[sisk]

I bought a box of random locks on E-Bay and this little guy was in it. I've never seen a lock or a key like it before and it's got me curious. It's obviously a pin tumbler lock (though by far the smallest I've ever seen), but beyond that I've got nothing. I've turned up a blank on Google trying to identify it with the "FLORA" that's imprinted on the keys (which you can't see in the picture because my camera is a phone). Anyone else recognize it?

[Squelchtone]

I think it is a lock used to lock out mortise cylinders which use old skeleton keys.

like these:


the lock you have will block the keyhole.

[sisk]

So it's a lock lock for locking locked locks? (Sorry, couldn't resist)

Thanks. Knowing that actually makes me like this little lock even more.

[Squelchtone]

you actually might have a glass case plunger lock now that I think about it

http://www.dkhardware.com/product-27144 ... gQodhrQBLg

[sisk]

That's probably it. The hardware around the lock in that picture looks like some that was rattling around the bottom of the box. I haven't sat down to figure out which hardware goes with which lock out of it, but I can't imagine that there's too many locks that would fit that hardware.

[cledry]

The second guess is the correct one.

[billdeserthills]

I think it is a lock used to lock out mortise cylinders which use old skeleton keys.

like these:


the lock you have will block the keyhole.

I actually have one of those laying around somewhere. It is a replacement knob which spins freely when locked