National Safe & Lock Co. restoration project

[NatSafeMatt]

Hello..I am new to this site...just thought I would introduce myself. I am going to attempt to attach a few picts of one of my safes. It is a Nat. Safe from Cleveland, Ohio. I traded some lettering/signwork for it. I have approx. 2 YRS of work thus far in it... From sandblasting to buffing paint to putting back together. I of course have to stripe it yet. I have always been interested in antique safes because of my interest in their pinstriping. Plus the craftsmenship in them is remakable for their era. As of now...I do not want to sell it. I am however curently working on a Diebold safe (1871+/-) as well as a Mosler Bahmann (H.H. Warner Agn'ts). I have 5 antique safes and enjoy every one. Thank you and I look forward to learning what I can here as well as helping if I can. Matt (Nahum 1:7)

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Can't post pictures yet.

[NatSafeMatt]

Hope this works (Ya rookie)

[NatSafeMatt]

two more pictures...

[oldbiscuit]

Excellent job!! That safe never looked so good even coming from the factory. Be sure to repost the pics when you have it all striped and finished. Mark

[Dean Nickel]

Wonderful! That is one NICE looking safe!
More pictures! Inside of the bolt work and lock.

[NatSafeMatt]

Sorry...all my cool pictures of boltwork are bigger than 1.43 MB...I know not how to trim them down yet. I will take more picts with dig. camera and see what I get. Glad you like it though. I really have enjoyed getting it to this point.

[Dean Nickel]

Import them to paint. Then do a "Save As" to a JPG and that should resize it down and you can also change/rotate the picture.

[NatSafeMatt]

orig. condition...Inner door lock...Outer door lock. I was one happy guy when they delivered it to the shop. WooHoo!!! This was my first safe. I did not know what or how nice it was/could be at the time...I was still grinnin' though. Took me about a year to talk them out of it.

[NatSafeMatt]

thank you for the "how to" on shrinking a picture. I had to "stretch" them a smaller percentage.

[NatSafeMatt]

Here are the proposed designs for the Nat. safe. I designed them in my sign program. (MANY hours worth) They will all be hand-painted. The "yellowish" colours represent the 23KT gold leaf. The flourishes will be shaded/highlighted here and there using a turn-of-the-century method with a product called "asphaltum". Can't wait till I get time to do this part of the project...this is the best part...for me anyhow. Hope you enjoy seeing them. The circles in the designs represent the dials and the name plate. These of course are not a "restoration" version of the original. I don't think I'll get too much flack from the original painter though. Take care. Matt (Nahum 1:7)