Lovely small solid brass (heavy) padlock? It has six barrels which revolve, each has seven letters of the alphabet on, all quite random. It measures 3.5cm x 3.5cm. If it is a brass padlock, what would it have been used on and why letters not numbers? I'm intrigued and would value any information someone could give. There must be so many possible combinations to opening this it would take years!
Eeek! Didn't mean for the photo to be that big. You can tell I'm a newbie. There are no marks on it apart from the indented letters on the barrels. Do you think it might have been put on a small safe door? No, that's a daft idea, I suppose you could saw through the top bit quite easily.
Have you played around with it to see if you can make words out of the rows of letters?
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Wow...cool piece. I don't have a clue, but am very intrigued. I can't really picture how it would open. The top bar appears to be solidly connected to the arms that come up from the "letter wheels". If it comes apart down at the "wheels", what keeps it from falling apart? I was thinking maybe a sophisticated decoder, but it don't seem to have the full alphabet? Maybe it is a lock and I'm just not seeing its opening point.
Yes, I've tried forming the letters into a word, wondered if it might be a brand name or similar. If you knew the correct combination, the whole right side would come off. It has some play in it and you can feel it would come away. Thanks for your comments and help.
hey you know it doesn't have to spell a word. wow, you got to take it to your local lock smith, you know they've got years of experience opening locks. some of the older locks may be easier to open.
why not list the letters in column for us to see? i notice all the others are 5 across but yours six? there is a formula to figure how many possibilities you know 10's of thousands don't sound bad. it's better than the lottery.
I have seen several locks like that one or at least similar. I had one on my hunting lease for years, but when all my pals got older and blinder we had to change it. None of us old farts could read the letters! I also had a barrel type combination on a big steel lock box. You know like the one Al Gore put Social Security in.... Anyway I worked on it on and off for several years, just every time I would think of it. One day it popped open and.....I wasn't paying attention to what combination I had put in it! DUH!! Now it sits in the top of my closet with many of my "treasure" finds in it and some coins, but it is locked open now! Good luck on getting this one open, but don't forget to write down the combo you use! Monty
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Originally Posted by akl439
I was thinking maybe a sophisticated decoder, but it don't seem to have the full alphabet? Maybe it is a lock and I'm just not seeing its opening point.
