At the Toool evening, Maurice from kluisspecialist.nl showed us one of the locks in his collection. It is a really interesting lock. I’ve never seen a lock with such a key before. And it’s old. But that’s about all that we know. Do you know more? Please leave a comment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The keys are in a protective metal holder and they have 5 hollow pins.

The lock is opened by inserting the key fully and the retracting it. The mechanism is such that closing the lock after it has been opened, resets the lock mechanism. On the key you can see a horizontal stripe, this is a metal strip that, when removed, allows the key to be re-keyed.

Here’s a short video of the lock in action:

At the Toool evening, we had a visit of Maurice and Sander from http://www.kluisspecialist.nl/. Having 20 years of experience opening safe locks, Maurice has created a lovely collection of lever locks. All locks have been given a plexiglass shield so you can see the inner working.

Among it are some interesting ones, like one from a church, with letters on the wheel and a nice rekeyable lock.

 

And here’s some more.

Thanks Maurice and Sander!