Circa 1820 plate lock for restoration and keys making
Bramah lock stripped prior to silver plating and re-assembly
Lockable Tantalus with Bramah lock key
Side view of finished Tantalus
End view of Tantalus ready to go back to owners
1750s Box lock. Note LF engraving in key for Scottish farmhouse
Another view of the LF key and lock after restoration
Original sketch drawing for escutcheon plate for the LF lock
Finished plate  for LF lock
Key for the LF lock.
LF lock before restoration
Types of machines in main workshop area
circa 1750 safe door from a church - to be restored. I have already made the key.
Coding machine the copy of some cylinder keys with codes.-  for example MRN, FS, FNR, FA etc.
Borkey cylinder machine
One of our mortice machines. Manufacturer Borkey - the top quality and very precise
Ornate lock before restoration.
And the finished ornate black lock.
Keys designed to order for black lock.
A 1921Rolls Royce toolbox lock for restoration.
1921 Rolls toolbox lock. Key on the hand made.  Escutcheon designed and made by Arras Fiori.
The Rolls Royce finished toolbox. The tools themselves are worth £5000.00.
And the Rolls itself.
Two keys made for a  Stradivarious violin case copied from the originals.
A recent difficult job replacing a church door lock that was stolen in Ledsham, West Yorkshire.  First picture is start of reconstruction process with woodstock block.  The lock mechanism was made to fit the one original key and two more keys made. The woodstock block was made and aligned with and a template made, then copied at the workshop. It's what we do at the Old Lock & Key Company.
A similar old lock that was used to modify as a replacement
Several pictures of components in the reconstruction process. The last two  pictures are of the wood case ready to be stained black oak, and the finished lock.
We are proud to have done work for Canterbury Cathedral, Low Chapel where the key was incorrect for the period. The lock was stripped, repaired, and the correct key for the period made. About 250 years old.
The very nice letter received from the security Manager of The Kings School, Canterbury , Lucy Flight.
Some more miscellaneous pictures of locks before and after restoration
It's a bookmakers lockable purse with timer that kept the contents locked until the runner got the cash to the bank. That was the theory!
Making  a bow for a run box lock.
Shaft of key after lathe work ready for bow and bit to be made and fitted for Woodstock 1840 box lock.
Hand made brass key for box lock, note s small size.
Wooden 1840 box lock  after restoration with two hand made keys and hand made escutcheon plate.
1926 Rolls-Royce locks, stripped by platers, sent to Old Lock and Key  Company, keys were made and sent back Denmark customer.
Two ducks on the loch. Get it -- boom, boom....!!!
A Chubb detector lock and fire exit lock (circa 1823) used in one of the oldest banks in  this country
Repaired Belgian lock from approx 1650.
Very difficult metalwork job needed for escutcheon plate.
This turned out to be a "pig of a job"
An interesting restored Tantalus with unusual swivel base.

These pages last updated on 14th October 2009 (The Chubb detector lock, the Belgian 1650 lock, the "pig of a "job, and the swivel base Tantalus)

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