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    Default Help with these locks

    Hello everyone. I found these old locks and have searched on the web but can't seem to find what they are. Any help will be appreciated.
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    Default re: Help with these locks

    I just saw your post and thought I should add these pictures of the back of the helmet lock and the key holes for both
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    This padlock could be Slaymaker Padlock because of the "S" on face of lock. If you can post picture of keyway make help a little. The second padlock have no idea but I notice it has key attach to it if can post the picture of the key......Timothy.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Timothy View Post
    This padlock could be Slaymaker Padlock because of the "S" on face of lock. If you can post picture of keyway make help a little. The second padlock have no idea but I notice it has key attach to it if can post the picture of the key......Timothy.....
    Thanks Timothy. Another guy sent me a PM and suggests the first one is a Fraim-Slaymaker, which makes sense since there is an F-S on the hasp.

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    I have an identical lock that I had thought was made by Belknap but am now thinking it must have been made by Slaymaker at some time. I started looking when I saw YakimaJims post. Here is a picture of mine, no S or F-S on it anywhere though.
    I found this at LancasterHistory.org

    Fraim-Slaymaker Lock Company


    1888 - 1929, Locksmiths
    The company originally known as Slaymaker, Barry Lock Company was merged with the Fraim Lock Company around 1925. Many of their locks are engraved with the letters F-S, denoting a Far Superior Padlock. The company ceased operations in 1929.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bbcci View Post
    Fraim-Slaymaker Lock Company
    1888 - 1929, Locksmiths
    The company originally known as Slaymaker, Barry Lock Company was merged with the Fraim Lock Company around 1925. Many of their locks are engraved with the letters F-S, denoting a Far Superior Padlock. The company ceased operations in 1929.
    The Slaymaker Lock Co. closed in 1988, E.T. Fraim Lock Co. was sold to Safe Lock & Hardware Co. in 1955.*

    *from Locks and Lockmakers of America, Rev. 3rd. Ed.,pg. 76, by the late Thomas F. Hennessy.

    Pete Schifferli

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