Apologies were received from Brian Philpot and Paul Chandler. Paul had suffered from a ruptured appendix but is now recovering well; we all wish him...
What would the people here consider the oldest safes in the world?
Hobnail Safes were banded iron riveted on hardwood normally oak - there is one at...
New member, came across the forum whilst looking into some chubb locks i’ve picked up. Former career was as a commercial diver,now retired from that...
I am honoured to be invited to this forum. I am Chris Gower and my speciality is handcuffs and restraints. I started collecting over 50 years ago and...
I am honoured to be invited to this forum. I am Chris Gower and my speciality is handcuffs and restraints. I started collecting over 50 years ago and...
It's worthwhile for anyone who's collecting those sort of padlocks to scour online shops like scaramanga to get familiar with the sort of repro stuff...
Suppose it depends how you want to define a safe, but if hobnails count then the Roman arca ferrata are much older again. Not that many have survived...
i agree with you that nothing used to be properly secure but if you think in more general terms, about strongboxes that were more than merely wooden...
Only just found this thread.
Around the turn of the century, Yale began exporting a small-case cylinder rim latch to Britain. Several British makers...
You're right! I wasn't quite sure i had the name right; John Oldcorn was somebody else, I met in another life long ago. No doubt others will remember...