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  1. 29-01-14, 02:50 PM #1
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    Default "Police" Padlock?

    Anyone know anything about this lock?

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-po...51432821376%26

    I have the feeling that it may be a modern product of the Indian workshops but wondering what it is modelled on.
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    I have my doubts about it being a repro, it does'nt have the look or feel so it could well be right. As to what it is , I've no idea never seen one before.
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    It looks like it works on a Darby type handcuff key.

    It could have been used on Police bikes, early telephone boxes or railway, I can't really imagine what other uses it could be used for.
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