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Hello guys, recently I found an old, built in safe in my house. It does not really look like a safe, because it has hidden lock.I called previous owner of that house and he said that key is lost and he can't help me. As a person, who has basic knowledge about locks, I decided to try to open it by myself. But I dont know what kind of safe it is, because I couldn't find any engraved marks on it. Maybe one of you guys, know what kind of safe it could be?
In addition, it has very strange lock. I have never seen like this before. Inside the hole, there are few "pushable" things, which automaticaly presses deep in to the lock when introducing a key.
What do you guys think about this lock? Would it be possible to open it? Or I have to call local locksmith? Sorry for grammar mistakes, English is not my native language.
Maybe not genuine Bramah? All Bramah locks which I have found on the net have the sliders oriented radially while this lock has them slanted but the working principle may be similar.
It looks like someone who didnt know how the lock worked stuck some kind of key in there that fit and turned it and turned it until the plates were bent to those angles.
but who knows, I'm not there in person, and I do not know Bramah style mechanism locks well enough to say.
You should contact Jord Knaap he is a safe expert in Groningen, NL. He would have the tools and could open it or give you good advice.
Im located in south Netherlands, so he is pretty far from me. If I cant find anyone in my town, I will probably call him. But first, I want to find out, If I can open it by myself
Last edited by AbramK on 12 Jun 2015 16:47, edited 1 time in total.
You should contact Jord Knaap he is a safe expert in Groningen, NL. He would have the tools and could open it or give you good advice.
Im located in south Netherlands, so he is pretty far from me. If I cant find anyone in my town, I will probably call him. But first, I want to find out, If I can open it by myself
Yes, from northern Netherlands to southern is such a long distance. snicker, snicker
Squelchtone is probably 4,000 kilometers from me, and neither of us is on a coast.
Gordon
Just when you finally think you have learned it all, that is when you learn that you don't know anything yet.
You should contact Jord Knaap he is a safe expert in Groningen, NL. He would have the tools and could open it or give you good advice.
Im located in south Netherlands, so he is pretty far from me. If I cant find anyone in my town, I will probably call him. But first, I want to find out, If I can open it by myself
If you have never picked a lock before, you 99% more than likely won't open it yourself.. you can try to contact someone in your town, or you could contact the best. (Jord is the best)
you know..... TOOOL, a well known locksport club, has meetings in Eindhoven.. you may have very good luck contacting them at toool.nl and maybe one of their members will be happy to practice his picking and open that for you.
