How to find the bump key for this lock

[georgechalhoub]

Image: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7dmym4cK6ABaUpKdDJHeV80N09IeE5sb1lLS3Fxb0ZtN3RZ/edit
All I know it is very old in our house. I can't break the door, and there is no name written there. If we can't know the appropriate bump key for this, what is the best combination to try?

[MrAnybody]

No disrespect meant George, but a first time poster asking to attack a lock that's obviously in use won't get much of a positive response on the forum.

The thing is that we don't know you, and we have to protect a positive reputation for Locksport in general. There is a possibility that someone could pop up and ask a similar question to yours and just be using it for malicious/criminal intent. We have no way of assessing if this is the case with you or not.

[Squelchtone]

+1 for everything Mr.Anybody said. Also, that photo kinda sucks, we cant really be sure which keyway it is. Is there a reason you want to bump it versus picking it? Both bumping and picking take skill, bump keys are not magic, I can pick most locks easier than I can bump them, but hey, that's just me.

Squelchtone

[billdeserthills]

Image: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7dmym4cK6ABaUpKdDJHeV80N09IeE5sb1lLS3Fxb0ZtN3RZ/edit
All I know it is very old in our house. I can't break the door, and there is no name written there. If we can't know the appropriate bump key for this, what is the best combination to try?

The name is usually written on the latch, so if you open the door take a look at that
I hope I'm not stepping on any toes with this valuable info

[georgechalhoub]

Mr. nobody. Thank you for politeness and warning, and I understand that there might be intruders/criminals who want to perform suspicious/illegal activities.

Since this is old in our house, and I can't know the type of key, how can I get access without causing damage?

[averagejoe]

Phone a locksmith. A good locksmith, not one of those fly by night scam artist companies.

Once they get you in they can either replace the lock or make you a key for it.

[georgechalhoub]

Phone locksmith? I live in Lebanon, a country in the Middle East. I doubt that there are any of their services here.

[averagejoe]

Well then given your country it would probably be cheaper to break the lock and buy a new one then to buy a set of bump keys and have them mailed to you.

[KPick]

Well then given your country it would probably be cheaper to break the lock and buy a new one then to buy a set of bump keys and have them mailed to you.

True dat. It would be cheaper to break it and replace it. +1

[billdeserthills]

Phone locksmith? I live in Lebanon, a country in the Middle East. I doubt that there are any of their services here.

Not only that but after you break it you'll likely hafta take it to the blacksmith and have him forge a brand new one. Not to mention trying to find a dwarf to dig up some iron...
Geez I was thinking about a credit card trick, but in Lebanon? I don't guess you'll have those for a hundred years, if you don't have locksmiths yet

[KPick]

[globallockytoo]

looks like an Erebi brand lock. I think they are similar to a Yale keyway.

[billdeserthills]

looks like an Erebi brand lock. I think they are similar to a Yale keyway.

Seems to me that one came in my junky standard set of bump keys, I can't wait for them to start working