found another box of old locks

[Huw Eastwood]

A large cell lock, two Chatwood Milner 6k115 locks and what I suspect is a Ratner grille gate lock.

Sounds like the Generation Game for lock collectors Gary, all you need now is the fondue set, toaster and cuddly toy :-)

The cell lock looks like a 4L55, heck of a lump I think from memory they're over 10 kg.

[Chubby]

I remember, they had those when I was locked up in Rampton.

[Gary Stephenson]

Funny you should mention that Chubby, it has 'Chubby was ere' scratched on the inside of it.

Thanks for the lock model number Huw, I probably have info on them somewhere, but it save me digging it out. It is a big heavy lump.

[Gary Stephenson]

Some more stuff from the generation game conveyor belt today.
Another old key machine, this one converted to copy chubb ava keys, and an old cast concrete safe.

[Huw Eastwood]

Gary that 'safe' is a shocker!
Looking at the warded mortice key, are we right to assume it has only a simple mortice deadlock slotted in the edge of the door? Hung on ordinary butt type hinges with no hinge bolts or dogging bar?

I posted an oddball Cotwin a while back in an antique shop, that also had the lock morticed in the edge of the door, but that was at least more conventional construction with a pretty sturdy 6 lever lock!

[Gary Stephenson]

Yes Huw, little old mortice lock and just the plain hinges securing the hinge side of the door. I remember working on an eggers safe from hamburg that had lock and boltwork morticed into the door edge, but that was a thing of beauty.

[Gary Stephenson]

Today an Ava deposit lock with wax sealed key envelope and a pay phone coin box door that has a profiled key version of the Chubb 6k202 keylock.

[Huw Eastwood]

Well I never...can remember cutting short bullet warded safe keys like those and wondering what the heck they were for- had no idea it was a pay phone and wouldn't have guessed either as most had cylinder locks. Another mystery solved thanks to Gary's Magic Mystery Conveyor. Cheers Gary!

[Gary Stephenson]

We used to have to open them a lot when they had been attacked or vandalised, really good construction and hardplate on them. I think I have a video somewhere of the attack tests done on them by Chubb research.
Today some old Chatwood stuff, a large Tann grille gate lock, some nice locking escutcheons and an old lock/boltwork unit.

[oldlock]

OK. I am now trying to change the itinerary of my upcoming trip to the UK to include half a day in gary's shed. Preferably when he's out ...