Vintage and Unusual Locks

[Bud Wiser]

Would any one else be interested in sharing and viewing vintage locks and unusual locks? Perhaps if there is enough interest the moderators can create a new forum just for collectors. I for one would love to look at and read about vintage and unusual locks that we have!

Let me start the ball rolling with a vintage Master 77 Little Giant
http://anarkey.net/master77.html

Hope this sparks enough interest for others to share what they have! Even if you don't have any thing to share right now at least sound off if you think this is a good idea!

[bpc293]

thats cool you still have the box. how did you get that.

i won a lot of 6 old pad locks on ebay. when i get them i'll clean them up and put a pic up.

[quickpicks]

I dont have the locks but I do have many old keys.
Peterborough, corbin, and a few of the old ML keys with the lion head on them.

[VashTSPD]

i won a lot of 6 old pad locks on ebay.

THAT WAS YOU?!


...kidding.

I second bpc, this seems like a really good idea, I have a lot of 21 really old (my mom thinks they are fourty years old...but I don't know about that) small Master locks. They look like they could be used on luggage or something. I still need a way to clean them though..

[Bud Wiser]

thats cool you still have the box. how did you get that.

i won a lot of 6 old pad locks on ebay. when i get them i'll clean them up and put a pic up.

ebay

[Schuyler]

This would be excellent. I think a collectors forum would be awesome. I tend to collect the tools of anything I take an interest in. I've actually got my eye on a couple of things presently, and I'm hoping to riffle through my Grandfather's quanset hut in the near future.

Also? My Boss's father (a very very nice fellow) used to do all of the advertising for the Abus company. So I'm going to see if he'd be willing to part with any cool advertising pieces.

I think it's a brilliant idea!

[wsbpress]

I just saw these right after I read this thread, thought you might care. They are two vintage combo locks from 1950-60's

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170022707129

[bpc293]

anyone no how to clean old pad locks. like little rust spots and stuff. does it devalue them if you scrub them up. i never got a chance to stop by that padlock collectors place. at least i'll have some guestions when i do.

[Octillion]

Some fine grade steel wool will shine up the outside nice. Clean off any gunk with some solvent first, so it doesn't gum up the steel wool.

[bpc293]

sounds good thanks. i just wasnt sure if it was like old coins or something. dont touch them.

thanks

[Skips]

I cant possibly make any promises on getting you guys a photo of it but the cottage of a guy I know still has the original 300+ year old lock on it, I know cause Ive seen the 30cm key.

[Bud Wiser]

I cant possibly make any promises on getting you guys a photo of it but the cottage of a guy I know still has the original 300+ year old lock on it, I know cause Ive seen the 30cm key.

It would be awesome if you could!