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    Default found another box of old locks

    whilst clearing up today, there were some locks from problem solving Chubb engineers , which whilst not really collectable or original, are interesting from a safe engineers point of view, they obviously couldn't get old kroma novums at one time so grafted in a 6k75 lock into a novum body and also an escutcheon and combination dial made into locking keyhole covers to give dual control.
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    That is a fascinating find.

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    Wow another great find Gary, you keep trawling them up ! Although they're modern I've always loved those Kromer Lafetton shafts for the short keys- used to see a lot of them on the Tann RDVs. An underrated and often overlooked solution to eliminate long keys or fiddly detachable bits on very thick doors.t
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    Interesting, never seen a protector version of the euronovum before.

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    Lebtig's website is very badly managed. All the "news" are "olds" and not valid anymore. Their Russian sales representative which was new in 2006 seems to not exist now. The "Protector locks are again produced because of the high demand" is also not true anymore. The certification of the lock has expired. They still have the machines (probably the old Kromer ones) and capability to to produce them. So you might be able to get one from them if you are persistent, but be prepared to pay quite a bit more than for a normal high end key lock. The lock will then be identifiable as a Lebtig lock by the serial number beginning with an L and an certification sticker with the name and logo of Lebtig on it. All other imprints are still in Kromer's name.

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    Cheers Cepasaccus, that does make sense and sadly follows on from what was happening some time ago.

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    A combined lock and boltwork unit, may be Bates, but not a very clear name stamping.
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    A Chubb 6k18 lock with a lightweight aluminium bolt, seen a lightweight Isolator 6k174 keylock before, but not this one.
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    found one of what I call the lightweight isolator keylocks ,6k174, don't see very many of these and the 6k18 version shown previously is the only one I have seen of that type, if anyone has any info on these, it would be appreciated.
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    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.

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