I managed to crack another lock

[giant056]

I found this little Yale lock a couple years back at a spot out in Battle Creek my brother and I nicknamed the trash pit (it's still producing finds too) and I made a blank from a piece of steel and used lampblack and jewelers files to file it. I'm on a roll opening all these locks that I've found metal detecting, now all I have to do is make me up a blank for my Wilson Bohannan RR lock, that will prove to be a challenge, time to get the dremel in action :)

[angellionel]

That's a nice old lock. Heavy too I bet. :thinkingabout:

[psychposse]

Cool lock.

The key thing must be a trick you learned back in the days.. uh huh..

I got some lock pick tools here somewhere.... from back in the days when I was running the towing business - have unlocked many many car doors. (not talking about the slim jim/wire set, but gone one of those too)

[rsarge1]

That's a nice old lock thumbsup01 thumbsup01 thumbsup01

[del]

very nice lock Larry , the soil was very kind to it and the fact you could get the levers to move is :shocked04:

[Jeff (or)]

I love finding old locks, that is cool that you can get them opened! :beerbuddy:

[giant056]

very nice lock Larry , the soil was very kind to it and the fact you could get the levers to move is :shocked04:
That's why I really like finding the ones that are entirely brass cause they don't rust and don't freeze up near as bad as the ones that have an iron shackle or iron springs in the lock. Besides that the ones that are entirely brass are usually the really old ones.

[wagon wheel]

That is too cool!!! Thanks for sharing! :cheering: :cheering:

w.w.

[Judy]

That's a beauty Lar!

I'd love to have more lock finds - like you, Toadie and others who do, they look wicked in a display!! :yes:

[Evan/tn]

Good job making a key and getting it to open :clapping:

[greg]

Larry the locksmith rofl

[russellt]

Larry the locksmith rofl


for real. thats a nice looking lock . the ones i have found are no where near that old . nice job

[pulltabsteve]

Hey Larry, how are you with safes? :grin: Great job on the lock picking and way cool lock!!!

[Nitro 54]

Nice lock, weird key :thinkingabout: thumbsup01 thumbsup01

[giant056]

Thanks for all the great replies everyone thumbsup01 here's a pic of the other side of the lock.

[exsquid]

Sweet...and very cool you can get them opened up... I love the old lock finds...I have yet to find any really good ones so far...

Thanks for sharing..

[Salty Dog]

Nice job Larry,you are on your way to the world of lock smithing,I took a course in locksmithing and got certified in 1984,I will have to post some of my oldies too...that lock saw some serious beating :hammer:,nice pics also...

[tanacat]

Wow that's a nice one thumbsup01 Surprised you got it open too.

[JTGOLD]

nice restor job Larry.

[jkress]

Great job on getting another one open Larry. :peace:

It's a great looking one too.

Very interesting avatar... what's the info on it? :)