M00076 - Hobbs made but to the Day & Newall design. 6 lever, 203 x 159mm.
M00079 - First production (sn:600) version with the Hobbs protector, anti-pressure, patent. Dated: 1863.
M00085 - Pr of double stump locks. sn: 26606, Provenance: from a demountable vault (Known as the Egyptian Box Vault), used during the Suez conflict. Vault now scraped.
M00083 - 12" lock & key with escutcheon and safe badge all with the same serial number - 35374. c1924
HoLRSG History of Locks Research & Social Group Meeting at:- MLA HQ, Rugby, UK, CV21 1TF All welcome
Gatherings:3rd Sunday of the month. Next meeting: 16th June from 10am
Itinery: 10:00am -12:30 Archive-Artefact access and research/Networking wiith other members. 12:30 - 1:30: Lunch Break (bring your own sandwiches (tea, coffee & biscuits provided) 1:30 - 4:00On a theam of Barron – A cicular talk about the 'Double Acting Principal first apearing around the Industrial Revolution, many contiuing well into the 19th century. Barron and others found lots of interesting and novel ways to apply this principal. Bring examples of your own locks or refer to those in the Heritage Rooms. There is allways time after a meeting for further socialising & networking.
The next gathering of the History of Locks Research & Social Group (HoLRSG) is on the 16h June 2024
(International members see below) (If you haven’t...
I've had this old brass Abloy padlock for some time. Can anybody ID it (e.g. model number)? I don't know much about their older products. Also, what time frame is this from?
The second part of his build was posted on YouTube. At the end he seems confused about a few things like cumulative error, blaming that for his apparent difficulty with assembly. But the temporary...
Thanks and thank you for the history lesson. Kevin Moreau, an exceptional U.S. blacksmith has a video on making a "pinched bow" key so I thought I would try that technique on this key.
Thank you safeman for supplying all the detail on the 10 lever lock
though I worked for Tann I didn't spend hardly any time at Borehamwood as being a Service engineer was located first in the...
A couple more pictures of this lock which is almost certainly German.
Chubb Bramah key