An Old Lock

by **triman247** » 29 Jul 2005 22:17

So we've been in oregon and california for 3 weeks and on our way back we stopped at this old fort in Wyoming. I was walking around in their old stuff and I came across this old lock that weighs about 5 pounds and is about 7 inches long by 4 inches wide. It was 25 dollars and I think its really cool. So here are some pics of it and the 2 keys it came with which are a little over 4 inches long. Enjoy.

triman

by **Santos718** » 29 Jul 2005 22:20

Nice..I should start collecting old locks..

by **Mad Mick** » 29 Jul 2005 22:47

Looks kinda like an old Squire lever padlock...

Is it laminated?

by **Chrispy** » 29 Jul 2005 23:11

There's heaps of these types of locks on eBay.... frickin heaps.

by **vector40** » 29 Jul 2005 23:42

So what's the deal, people? Is there one lever? Or is it merely warded?

by **Santos718** » 29 Jul 2005 23:52

Before you ask the question, I want you to take a look at the key and take a guess.

by **triman247** » 30 Jul 2005 0:15

its not laminated or at least i dont think it is

by **vector40** » 30 Jul 2005 1:41

Santos718 wrote:Before you ask the question, I want you to take a look at the key and take a guess.

Wow, there's something that never occurred to me.

Nice to know there's always an itinerant pain in the neck around in case I run short of my own.

by **Chrispy** » 30 Jul 2005 2:02

itinerant iÂ·tinÂ·erÂ·ant

adj.
Traveling from place to place, especially to perform work or a duty: an itinerant judge; itinerant labor.

n.
One who travels from place to place.

A travelling pain in the neck?

by **Santos718** » 30 Jul 2005 8:26

vector40 wrote:Nice to know there's always an itinerant pain in the neck around in case I run short of my own.

No problem. I'll be here for a long time :twisted:

by **raimundo** » 30 Jul 2005 11:06

There are some genuine old locks and there are also new copies of them that are being marketed, The new copies are probably handmade in some southasian shops. the new copies are cheap looking, they often have file marks on the flat surfaces that the real old locks do not. Also, that keyway door has a certain rectangular look with sharp corners that look a lot like the copies that are made. A genuine old lock will probably have the manufacturers name on it, while the knockoffs do not Without a closer look I can't tell you for sure, but I think you got a knockoff in that picture.

by **vector40** » 30 Jul 2005 17:57

Chrispy wrote:A travelling pain in the neck?

As opposed to my usual home-grown variety

by **triman247** » 30 Jul 2005 18:58

Where would I look for a name or some markings? Even if it is fake, it still looks cool.

by **oldlock** » 31 Jul 2005 6:04

triman247 wrote:So we've been in oregon and california for 3 weeks and on our way back we stopped at this old fort in Wyoming. I was walking around in their old stuff and I came across this old lock that weighs about 5 pounds and is about 7 inches long by 4 inches wide. It was 25 dollars and I think its really cool. So here are some pics of it and the 2 keys it came with which are a little over 4 inches long. Enjoy.

triman

What you have there is a modern lock - as in brand new . Made in India. Stacks of them on ebay - sometimes being sold as antiques by the less honest sellers. Worth about what you paid for it. Probably 4 or 5 very crude levers, should not be a problem to pick.

Paul

by **vector40** » 31 Jul 2005 6:25

o_O Four or five levers?

Am I completely dense or can everyone but me see more than one notch here?

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