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    Default Hobbs

    Hobbs & Co.
    Hobbs Hart & Co.

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    Parautoptics and other change key locks.

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    M00076 - Hobbs made but to the Day & Newall design. 6 lever, 203 x 159mm.
    M00079 - First production (sn:600) version with the Hobbs protector, anti-pressure, patent. Dated: 1863.

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    Default Hobbs Violence Locks

    Hobbs Anti-Violence locks.

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    M00085 - Pr of double stump locks. sn: 26606, Provenance: from a demountable vault (Known as the Egyptian Box Vault), used during the Suez conflict. Vault now scraped.

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    M00083 - 12" lock & key with escutcheon and safe badge all with the same serial number - 35374. c1924

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    Default Bankers Triple Control Locks

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    M00261 - Bankers triple control system. c1926

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    Default Egyptian box vault

    Hi everybody

    Has anyone got any photos of the Egyptian Box Vault with the Hobbs progress E locks

    Kent

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    I remember seeing a picture of your pipe key Mersey, very nice, I know a collector who has all the versions of the Mersey, will have to show him a picture of your pipe key version 8-)

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    cheers Gary, I've still got most of them somewhere. Experimented with a few designs- stainless drill pins in plastic and delrin curtains, moulded and machined variants but best were riveted hardened pins in machined brass- much more difficult to remove under attack than the delrin ones. I've got one I made here somewhere with a detachable bit on an 18 inch or so stem.

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    London is probably the place in the UK for thick doors, thickest slab doors with keylocks I have seen up north was a 16 inch main slab door

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    Huw you are right about the level of craftsmanship, thought, and detail that went into those Hobbs Locks and Keys.
    Nothing around these days that compare.

    Just out of interest, does anyone know what is the best high security key lock on the market these days that causes the most issues to pick?
    From what I can gather, there is a pick for just about every key lock available, and in the hands of the skilled operator, none of the key locks cause too many issues.

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    Or an internal picture of the bank triple control lock?

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    if you have any pictures of them, post them up, always interesting

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