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We'd always assumed the bolt was swapped from a lock that had 9 slides as it seemed the most logical explanation- it has both original keys and the detector mechanism in the cap. It's also a common...
I know little of locks and keys but there is quite a similarity between Wilson's Keys and those of Linus Yales Magic Bank Lock. I haven't checked dates yet so could be a mile out. ...
Thanks for putting things right Oldlock. The picture here of a Wilson Lock shows how quickly Cotterill stopped acknowledging the real inventor.
I think someones been over enthusastic with the stamps there .. Thats not wilsons patent and they did make locks with as many as 18 slides at times ..
Hiya John, I've got a Cotterill-Wilson probably had it 40 years which always puzzled me-marked 'nine slides', when they only ever had 8 !
Thank you for your confidence, In 1890 Cotterill took over F.E.Wilson & Co. and made a lock to Peter Wilson's Patent number 3257 of 1869. They were sold as the Cotterill-Wilson Lock. Bye for...
So the Cotterill-Wilson locks were specifically the first of the two different ACME designs (lever locks with half moon keys with stepped grooves), and not the original Royal Climax patent (radial...
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