As long as I am into locks (and opening them) I have had a fascination with ‘restricted’ keyblanks.
One of the systems you still see a lot here is the ‘KB’ series sold by Nemef (and made by CES). There is a range of twenty different profiles in this system, and in my impressioning kit I carry five blanks of each profile. Three keys are the long ‘six pin’ version and two are the shorter ‘five pin’ version.
Until last weekend. “DeciBell-120”, one of the most loyal Dutch Toool members, showed me a trick. If you take keyblank number 14 of the CS20 series and cut away two grooves, the blank will fit all twenty profiles!
When I told my local locksmith he ordered a bunch of them, and over the weekend I put my keyway king to work. And now my impressioning kit is not as heavy as it used to be as I am carrying eight keys instead of one hundred …
If any of my readers are familiar with similar tricks/stories I would love to hear them 😉
Wow!!!!That is some news,Decibell,good work!!!!!
Barry,your back will be thankfull now I guess:-)
Wow thats quite a trick. nice find DeciBell.
One of the common Union master key systems in the UK relies on different key profiles to create sub-master keys. In careless installations I’ve seen a key that only works on 3 rooms be modified into one that fits over 200 simply by removing some of the ridges.
This is an old post, but I figure I can give it a shot: who sells the aftermarket KB keys (the golden ones)?
I once purchased 200, but I’m now to my last 5 and the company I bought them from in the past doesn’t exist anymore.
If someone can point me to where I can get them it would be much appreciated (mail: r@phid.ae).
Thanks!