How old is this lock?

by **Darek84CJ** » 22 Dec 2003 17:37

Could anyone tell me how old this lock is? Thanks!
-Darek

by **zsl27** » 12 Jan 2004 22:24

hmmmm....its either from like 1901 or its a fake verson of old locks....it looks awfully easy to pick...lol

by **Chucklz** » 12 Jan 2004 23:43

Its not an easy design to pick, It appears to be a lever lock. Are there any kinds of markings/designs on the lock. Could you take a picture with some kind of scale object, ie a ruler, quarter, etc?

by **David_Parker** » 13 Jan 2004 0:27

...because I had that exact same lock....only it was silver. The keys are the same, truly.

-Dave.

by **CitySpider** » 13 Jan 2004 11:10

Could anyone tell me how old this lock is? Thanks!
-Darek

There's a yahoo group for people who collect antique locks and keys. You might want to go ask them; they know their stuff.

by **Varjeal** » 13 Jan 2004 12:19

I have a lock exactly like that one. The key is a bit different, but the rest is the same. A friend bought it for me last year from Liquidation World. Some company went bankrupt and this company bought their old stock. So yeah, maybe a year or two. Probably a knock off.

by **CitySpider** » 13 Jan 2004 15:32

And again I accidentally quoted a picture, which was completely unnecessary. I'd edit it out if I could, but I can't. If one of you moderators gets bored...

by **Darek84CJ** » 13 Jan 2004 17:25

Ohhh, to bad its a knock off.
And yea, it has no markings

by **Pheniox** » 13 Jan 2004 18:23

CitySpider wrote:And again I accidentally quoted a picture, which was completely unnecessary. I'd edit it out if I could, but I can't. If one of you moderators gets bored...

Actually, since the picture was already downloaded for the first display, it doesn't need to be downloaded again. All its doing is just making the page a little longer. It's not using anymore bandwidth with it being on the site twice since its coming from the same URL

by **CitySpider** » 13 Jan 2004 20:09

Pheniox wrote:Actually, since the picture was already downloaded for the first display, it doesn't need to be downloaded again. All its doing is just making the page a little longer. It's not using anymore bandwidth with it being on the site twice since its coming from the same URL

I wasn't worried about bandwidth so much as worried about taking up unnecessary space on the page. There's no reason to show the picture twice, especially not in this case. I'll try to be more careful about it in the future, though, so I don't need to keep requesting edits.

by **Pheniox** » 13 Jan 2004 20:12

ick, just now realized I hadn't edited it yeat. Done now. sorry about that.

by **jason** » 15 Jan 2004 14:05

Looks a bit like the old "Victorian" style padlocks. They're fairly common over here in the UK as they are good for exposed areas (they don't seem to seize up too much). The fire brigade use them on gated areas (blocked off roads) as do Local Authorities.

They are still made (mostly by "Squire" in the UK who only seem to use 4 levers).

How old is this lock?

How old is this lock?

not too old...

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