Flat keys for PTPK padlock

[Timothy]

Pete
Where you findthe 1248S Blank at I don't see it in the ILCO Catalog....??..Timothy.....

[nathanbonstein]

perhaps cut down a flat steel k ey ? i just used my last blank on this sargent. Pete is correct on the blanks and i doubt you will find one. This blank had a 251E on it and i do not know who made them.

[nathanbonstein]

forgot info
the 1031 is nickel silver and 1239 is plated steel, these are not wide enough ,but were available from north carolina thru distributor last year .

[nathanbonstein]

would something like this work ? the stop is very short,and you might have to file the bow near the stop ?

[Pschiffe]

perhaps cut down a flat steel k ey ? i just used my last blank on this sargent. Pete is correct on the blanks and i doubt you will find one. This blank had a 251E on it and i do not know who made them.

Nathan, 251E is a Keil number, crosses to 1248 Old Ilco and 2790C Graham all of which are obsolete. Old Ilco 1248 and 1248S are both .335" x .050" but the former is steel while the later is nickel silver. Thus we now have three more possibilities for that old Sargent push padlock blank.

Pete Schifferli

[nathanbonstein]

thank you,Sir,i will make a note on these #'s
thank you Pete

[candado3]

Thank you all for your input.
I was thinking that it might come down to making my own key blank.
Just need to find a satisfactory blank to start with.

[nathanbonstein]

Mailed this morning,enjoy

[candado3]

Mailed this morning,enjoy

I received the key that you sent in the mail yesterday.
Thank you very much.
Made a key for one of the five pin sargent locks.
There is almost no cut on the 5th pin.
Needed to make the modifications that you suggested and the new key works well.

[Pschiffe]

Pete
Where you findthe 1248S Blank at I don't see it in the ILCO Catalog....??..Timothy.....

Timothy, note that I said Old Ilco, can be found in:

1. 1950 Ilco Cat. 13G, Pg. 30
2. 1949 Ilco Cat. 12B, Pg. 30
3. 1947 Ilco Cat. 12A, Pg. 29
4. 1941 Ilco Cat. 12, Pg. 163
5. 1936 Ilco Cat. 11, Pg. 64
6. 1932 Ilco Cat. 10, Pg. 56
7. 1930 Ilco Cat. 9, Pg. 43

In 1941 the net price was $4.80 per gross.

Pete Schifferli