Chubb Patent Padlock

[Huw Eastwood]

Very nice Chubb Tarzan, I've moved this over to to the Padlocks Forum.

[Tarzan]

Thanks Huw.. I'm still trying to work my way around :)

[Huw Eastwood]

No worries Tarzan, welcome to your new Chubb addiction, there is no known cure

[Tarzan]

I have also just purchased what was advertised as an all brass 19th century prison lock...captured my attention because I noticed the faded Chubb emblem which I think is made out of copper...I can just make out that it says queen Victoria St etc.apparently it measures 13 cm by 13 cm and weighs 1.5 kg.. the number on the stopper ,is hard to read but as far as I can tell reads 1187007....again it's missing the key and the knob? or handle...will post pics when it arrives ,suffice to say , ,,, I'm really excited to learn more about it...I will post some crude pics for now ,cos computers and I don't get along that well lol.

[Tarzan]

Pics. Brass prison or safe lock?

[oldlock]

Pics. Brass prison or safe lock?

Nothing to do with a Prison IMO. Brass cased rim deadlock, single sided action usually for a storeroom or similar.

[Tarzan]

Great stuff .thanks for your expert advice Huw.looking forward to polishing some brass when it arrives...I'm building a house at the moment so the locks will be adding a welcome enhancement to the premises...cheers

[Tarzan]

Pics. Brass prison or safe lock?

Just a follow up on a previous post..received a chubbs detector brass latch lock today.unfortunately the lock has had an abusive Hard life and unfortunately the detector mechanism seems to be missing..the serial number is not clear but the best I can make it reads 17?7?07. This dates it to the 1920s or 1930s. The bolt reads Chubbs Detector.with the chubbs London trademark...there is also an arrow ,which could mean military issue?there are 5 levers .on the lever furthest from the bolt there is a threaded luv of sorts which could be a broken screw head.it seems that there is possibly a missing lever..looks like an educational piece.my question is ,what should the mechanism look like ..what parts am I missing..my plans are to clean the mechanism and wandering if there is any chance if finding any of the missing mechanism pieces...unfortunately this detector has had a hard life.will add pics

[Tarzan]

Pics.hard life detector