I dont know anything about these locks.

[Evan]

i was wondering if someone could maybe tell me a little bit about these locks, in particular the yale locks. i googled yale padlocks to death and could not find any like these ones.

maybe what model number?
most commonly seen?
worth anything?
how old are they?
ect...

Hey geardog32:

Those Yale locks are very old, that is why you are not finding any information about them... Do you have the keys for these locks or are you going to impression them to fit a key to them... They look like standard Yale simplex paracentric keyways "E1R" which could be 5, 6, or 7 pins...

The Wilson Bohannon padlock looks pretty standard too, and those can be 5 or 6 pins...

The American padlock is an AH10 and is a double bitted wafer/disc tumbler padlock with 10 wafers... I would disassemble that one to fit a key to it so you can see what you are doing one pin at a time...

Good luck...

~~ Evan

[Evan]

Only looks like one.. its a double wafer lock. the H10 padlocks are one of my favorite, very compact, well made, heavy, and fun to pick.

There's an interesting trick to getting the core out, I have it in one of my older posts... Here are some pics: http://nynex.s5.com/lp101/American_Lock/H10/

Hi squelchtone:

Yes, those are really cool to take apart... Given the immense size of the shackle at 7/16" you would never know its a tiny brass pin holding the cylinder in place...

~~ Evan