F.Whitfield's Safe

[David Hovey]

Huw, Thanks for the explanation I understand now.

Gary was correct, the handle and bolt-work were in the open position, and the door was just jammed. It was in this condition after shipped here to the states and had not been open for more than 10 years. In this time someone went ahead and painted the safe with thick black paint that helped seal it’s fate.


First thing I did was scope the lock. 1st pic shows the talon in the unlocked position, so we new right away the lock was open. The owner had a key but didn’t know if it was for the safe. I showed him the 2nd pic and confirmed it was.


Completely serviced and working fine now. Interesting to work on an old timer from the UK, sure was a pleasure out of the ordinary.


DH