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A Prison Key

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A Prison Key

Postby Noxious584 » 13 Jan 2008 9:27

Here is a picture of a prison KEY

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/5237 ... 450nd7.jpg

Is this particular key for a warded lock?

Thanks in advance,
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warded yes but

Postby raimundo » 13 Jan 2008 9:45

well the lock has some wards, but it probably a lever lock, the tooth at the tip of the key looks like it may be a copy cut on the wrong blank. which is not to say it wouldn't work.
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Postby greyman » 13 Jan 2008 15:56

It is most definitely for a lever lock! They don't use warded locks in prisons, for obvious reasons :wink:
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Postby aussielocky » 13 Jan 2008 18:34

Yes, Folger-Adam prison lock key. While that is one is fine be aware there are fakes of these keys, made in India on ebay a lot ..
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Postby xayandevorak » 16 Jan 2008 20:43

Thats funny you mention this, I saw a very similar key for a warded lock, and it was a jail key. I asked who their locksmith was, while visiting, and they were a "standard grade" for jail houses in my state. Of course this was 5 years ago...but indeed a warded lock, no levers. Terrible, isn't it?
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Postby Brianpojo56 » 3 Jul 2008 15:17

Yeah, that's Folger Adams. I don't know about other states, but here in Florida all of the PD's have these on their holding cells. And yes, it is a lever lock (it's just a gi-normous safe deposit lock). The Levers are god-like in proportion to most lever locks (they are about a quarter inch thick solid brass.
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Postby Urbex » 3 Jul 2008 17:56

They do use levers and they get used mostly in institutional type places.

Theres also some that use pins, those things are BIG.
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Postby MacGnG1 » 3 Jul 2008 21:34

i watch those lockup shows on tv and ive seen some crazy keys on there. im sure they make them complex considering what they are for.
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