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Pancake lock "Corbin Cabinet Lock Co" - Rare?
I stumbled across the following pancake lock which I figured was likely very common, mainly because Corbin is so prolific
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This lock is in exceptional condition but I haven't been able to locate others like it. It did not come with a key - and none of my push keys open it. Still, in order to correctly price it, I need an idea what others like them have sold for. Do any of you have this in your collection and if so, do you remember what you paid for it?
Oh, one more thing. The back side of the lock has a very nice repeating circular pattern where it was polished out:
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Pancake lock "Corbin Cabinet Lock Co" -Rare?
BBE
You are right as how many time have people let some locksmith to try to impression key for there lock. As for some they don't know how to impression any lock as they do go way to far by trying to take the whole lock apart as thinking they can make a key found out they can't. They end up destory the whole lock. It going to be hard to find some old timer that do know how to do this better than most new locksmith today. As today locksmith they only want to cut key by code to get a working key. This is why I tell most people as be careful of how or who you deal with some locksmith....
Pancake lock "Corbin Cabinet Lock Co" -Rare?
There one thing as there are not too many blank key for some of these old lock. I just wish that ILCO would start making these old blank key as far as back in 1800. These old lock are still around and still working as new. I'm sure there are some locksmith still have the old blank key somewhere in there garage.
Just like Dean said there are few of these locksmith that really know how to do the job. As today with all this computer thing going on that a lot would really like to look up the code on-line to get a working key as they are to dang lazy to impression key than to learn how to impression key.