brad204 wrote:Thanks for the info Martin. Ya been doing some more research since I posted and I am sure you are correct. Originally I thought the 1053 was a model number, but I think that is the serial number now. Thanks again.
I wouldn't bother wasting too much time looking for a model number on something that old, we've all been down that rabbit hole before and even if you find that number, it's not like you can call the company back in 1890 and ask them what the combination is. And no locksmith today would go, ahh yes, the Baum model 10, of course, here is how you open it. Honestly, some of these things predate the idea of model numbers, it just wasn't a thing like it is today. And the ones that had model numbers, that info has been lost to time. Once in a while you can get lucky and find an old sales catalog, like this one from 1922:
https://www.amazon.com/1922-Baum-Safes- ... B07GQQS1X5 which is available as a .pdf file here:
https://digital.hagley.org/08052424_baum but like I said, having the model number won't really give you anyhing useful to go by.
The other thing to note is that safe locks and safe bodies were often made by 2 different companies, which is why a Baum safe may have a Yale safe dial, etc. It's like buying a Toyota, but the car stereo is made by Kenwood because frankly Toyota's job is to make cars not good stereos. So safe body makers would buy safe locks from companies who were in business to make safe locks. Some big enough companies would have their own locks such as Mosler, while some would put their safe body brand on the dial of the safe lock which was made by someone else. Unlike safe bodies, safe locks usually did have pretty well known model numbers, go figure.
Hope this is somehow useful in your research,
Squelchtone
