Noah's Locks

[n2oah]

Inspired by Shoes, I decided to post pics of the junk I have laying around in my basement/bedroom.
Here ya go:
S&G 8077, 2 Baton padlocks (disc), 3 Miwa 4800 cylinders

A sargent cylinder, a few American locks, Fichet 480, some crappy masterlock

Schlage Everest Primus cutaway, Maxis Padlock, Abloy Protec

Sears MKS lock

Cisa 51170

Protec boxes

Old Yale lock, and ASSA twin 5000

Some disassembled safe deposit locks

Emhart plug, LaGard 2200 cutaway gone bad

Kassa:

I saved the best for last:

[ThE_MasteR]

How do you dare call that junk ?!

[n2oah]

I have a whole crapload of pin tumblers, too, but nobody wants to see those, do they?

[ThE_MasteR]

Well, why not !?

[ThE_MasteR]

omg !

[Schuyler]

hehe, all i did was show off a crapload of pin tumblers

I hope to have a well defined collection like your own someday. Beautiful locks. Be sure to keep updating as you get new pieces

[raimundo]

what is that maxis padlock with the round keys? is it from europe?
great collection. thanks for sharing.

[zeke79]

Maxis was a canadian company IIRC. Now defunct, the locks are sparse across the US but you will run into some occasionally. Nothing special really, the key is 3 pieces. A blank, a sleeve and a collar to lock the sleeve on. Picking is tough as tensioning the cylinder with a standard wrench can only be done by binding against the plug and bottom pins making it hard to lift the pins and even harder the more tension you use.

I have picked a few and have several along with given away several in the past as xmas gifts I think it was.

[zeke79]

Not to hijack the thread but here you go Ray.

[Kaellman]

Thats a nice heap of locks right there, especially that Kassa lock. Alot of good quality pin tumblers aswell. A collection to be proud if i say!

[kspec]

! you got alot of nice locks.. heck all i have is pin tumbler locks...where did you start your collection? do you carry some of them in those cases?

[jordyh]

<censored>! you got alot of nice locks.. heck all i have is pin tumbler locks...where did you start your collection? do you carry some of them in those cases?

To make the answer newbie-friendly (and probably quite close to the truth): N2oah probably started his collection with a pin tumbler lock.

[n2oah]

To make the answer newbie-friendly (and probably quite close to the truth): N2oah probably started his collection with a pin tumbler lock.

Yup. It all starts with one lock, next thing ya know, you've up to your neck in locks!
Nick, is the 225 the biggest lock in the Maxis line?

I just found this old picture, some of the stuff (like the Fichet 787 cutaway, The Miwa 3800 KIK, and the Pollux lock) I no longer have.

[n2oah]

Oh, I forgot to ask: does anybody need any parts for high-security locks? I have a few parts from Medeco, Mul-t-Lock, and Abloy lying around here that I'd be happy to give away if you need it.

[n2oah]

Sorry about the triple posting action, but if anyone wants to read more about some of the locks shown, or see more pictures, visit:
http://agentddr999.googlepages.com/home