REAL Skeleton Keys!
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- I’ve seen tryout keys before, but not a skeleton key set for warded locks that wasn’t an antique set 👍😃 Clearly targeted at the professional lock smith, but a really fun set to explore!
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I’ve seen tryout keys before, but not a skeleton key set for warded locks that wasn’t an antique set 👍😃 Clearly targeted at the professional lock smith, but a really fun set to explore!
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To a professional, they will pay for themselves within a couple of jobs. For amateurs, a decent wire and lever is probably a better option. Thanks Ash.
That is a very well made set! Thank you so much for showing us all a fantastic bit of history brought to modern times. Thanks to Wendt also for sending them. I hope all is well for you and your family. Take care my friend 👍🏼🔐🔓🔑
Thanks friend!
Appreciate the thorough walk through on those old skeleton keys, always enjoy tuning in sir 👍👍
Thanks 🙏
I don't need it, but I want it. The curse of the lock sporter.
Me TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO lol
Lol yes!
That "Ward Plate" as you call it on the second lock is called a Bridge Ward. These tryout sets were common in the Georgian/Victorian eras. A lot of warehouses, factories and Mills got broken into using these. This is the reason why Patent Locks were so popular among those of means to afford them.
Thanks for the real names!
@@LockNoob I was the person who advised Bosnian on the terminology which I'm sure you know. I would suggest reading "A Treatise on Fire and Thief-proof Depositories, and Locks and Keys" by George Price For a further understanding in the subject.
It's quite entertaining.
In about 1977 my grandad gave me the skeleton key that looks like like a T. He worked in a factory in Norfolk and it opened all the inside locks. It had been made by the Storesman for him so he didn't keep pestering him for the keys!
I really enjoyed that video.
All the very best to you and yours 👍 👍 👍 🗝️🗝️🗝️🎄🎄🎄
He made him a "master key",they were handy if not the safest locks ever.
I'm not a historian, nor a gamer, but I can remember living in a very old farmhouse 50 years ago, and getting a black eye from the doorknob when my teenage sister caught 5 year old me peeping through the bathroom keyhole. I also remember the tarnished brass skeleton keys that opened the bathroom, basement,.and attic doors.
Ahhh memories!
Hi Lock Noob, Nice to see a professionally made set of "skeleton" keys. We still see from time to time, these old rim locks Downunder. The most common that are found on old houses etc. are the "Carpenter" rim lock - made in the U.K. They are almost identical to the one you showed with the centre ward, and come in various sizes, we have had to make up years ago, skeleton keys from the original keys, as sets like this were not available. We still get customers bringing in these old locks occasionally to have keys cut, but blanks are no longer available, and have to be produced from scratch. Expensive for the customer, but they are usually restoring an old house - or church - or whatever, and realize the replacement keys are not "off the hook". Thanks for showing, Regards, Brian.
It’s nice to hear that these old locks are still found around the world from people!
Thanks to your revealing explanation I feel I have a much better understanding of warded locks!
Cool!
Wow, Those are really interesting. Thanks for doing such a good demo showing just how they work in the lock.
Glad you like them!
Thats a good set. Like you said I've seen some very intricately designed keys before and was like oh my the Smith that forged that lock in the long past was SKILLED. But I think that set should be useful for the MAJORITY of such locks.
I do love those old locks!
@@LockNoob as do I Ash. They were signs of a more elegant time
very nice video. I always am reminded of spooky castles when I look at warded keys
Churches for me
a very cool set Ash my friend🤟😊😎👊👍🇬🇧
Thanks Leon!
Nice review Ash. Got to love a bit of lock history. Keep up the good work. 👍
Thanks 😊
As a locksmith who specializes in antiques in an city that actually has a fair number of them, especially in antique shops, I've made a LOT of skeleton keys over the years as I've discovered new warding, but it's not a set anywhere near as complete as this. I will say though that typically, if none of my ring of skeleton keys are suitable, I tend to just break out the pick wire and make one on the fly (thinner, modified hex wrenches actually work very well for this).... It would be nice to have a full set though just to cut down on time per job, but at $137 PLUS shipping to the US.... I think I'm gonna put this one off unless I pick up a severial more accounts from antique stores....
Great video though, and it's nice to know the product is out there if I ever change my mind.
Thanks 😊
I love skeleton key. my Bubbe had a set rom she was little in the early 1900s. she knew how much I loved them, and she gave them to me for my 16h birthday. I still have them. they're even on an antique key ring.
I have such one made myself when I was teen. Fits all locks used in interior doors used in my country and region. :) No need to thin tip(s) as it'll be more convinient not to use other hand for support , but main thing is to find correct vertical wardings. :) Also , from your vid and those warded locks , you can make one key that fits all , main thing is keyway profile and where cam is located inside. :) So , this set can be further reduced to just few keys. :) Obijanje Brave channel has made recently similar video. :)
Cool!
That used to be like my back door lock when I was a kid and you can buy a skeleton key set from Amazon for £17
Link please
I also had doors on family members homes that were this way. And always found them interesting
Totally agree. There are plenty 'skeleton' (try-out) keys on the marketplace that effectively open 2 and 3 lever locks. I've had my set for years and I'd wager that they are a fraction of the price (and even more effective) than the excessively overpriced Wendt items. Such a pity that they've been hyped up in this video...
Cool set. Good job!
Thanks 😊
I've not had the chance to muck about with a warded lock like that, but they always strike me as something you could probably open with a bit of coat hanger wire and a bit of fiddling.
There is just something cool about a set of naughty keys...I am collecting common master keys myself, because it amuses me how much faith people put into certain locks without realising just how available master keys are.
It is fun collecting these things!!
I have an old door on my house which uses a key of this type. However the lock has a pin sticking up in the keyhole. Is the a place where I may buy a blank and make a key for it?
Nice collection of keys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very cool set of keys. Who sells these?
Wendt
Is there anywhere in USA one can get this?
Most locksmiths would have made their own set for the locks they see most often.
For sure!
Liked and subscribed, would love to make these myself 😮
Very Nice! Thanks for sharing the rare. (sounds like a bee bop song, doesn't it?)
Lol
I've seen in videos that somewhere in Europe there are bridges where people lock locks all over the railings. Have you ever thought of trying to pick a lot of the locks there? Might be a fun get together.
Weirdly, picking such locks would be considered illegal in most parts of Europe, in the same way picking someone’s bike D lock would be even if you didn’t intend to take the bike
@@LockNoob Perhaps. I've now seen a video where people are picking them. Also in some places the government is removing all of them because they are collapsing the railing. Plus how are you going to find the owner to press charges... I admit I don't know the laws and procedures in Europe. Not to mention there is no way to know who's lock it is unless you pick the ones with names on it. But I get your point. You could ask the local law enforcement if it would be ok to unlock them for fun as a group event.
@@nonya2445 the U.K. has some very old and very wired laws about these things sadly. I imagine it’s different depending on where you are. You are correct though, it would be the local council who might be able to grant permission if you sought it
You should have saved that for Halloween... 🎃
Lol
We're did u buy them from please send me info thanks paul
Info in vid description
hi ya mate, you’d love the job I’ve got to do, 2 Church keys with complex bitings, never attempted large antique keys before, gonna be a heck of a lot of filing and milling, as well as making an 8” key from scratch. Will try to get some picks and post on UKLS. Cheers, Yalesleviathan.
Very cool 👍
So cool video ❤
I think you only need 1 kind right
Tbh, €100 isn't that much if the other option is making it yourself. If you haven't got all the equipment for it, it's pretty affordable.
Now multiply the 100 x 20 and i would think it is pretty steep. Then another 500 for shipping and i'm peeing bricks.😂
@@drevil2783 no it's €100 for the 15 piece set without tax. €116 including tax.
@@RenneVangr ...you misunderstood me. I was referring to the exchange rate of 20 to 1. This set will cost me, inluding shipping, at least ZAR2500. That's painful.VERY F-ing painful😂
@@drevil2783 oh, from South Africa, ouch the postage must be incredibly high. I can understand that now yeah
@@Zieh-Fix as long as i can play. I'll check out your site and most probably buy. Thanks a mill
Never seen the down here, probably cause we got different locks here. Very interesting though. :)
Yeah!
Hi, I just subbed to your channel.
I've never seen a set that big.
That's what mo st women say when they meet me😆
@@drevil2783 You have a whole set? Each one must be very small. 🤣
@@jmr 1 and a half set. I was born in a town surrounded by nuclear reactors😆
@@drevil2783 Springfield probably!
Lol
Couldn’t you open these with a screwdriver?
Not old at all. But there nice 👌
Well, all those deadbolts may be open with a bent nail. Of course, it's a bit easier with a skeleton key and requires no skill, but on the other hand it's a skill easily achieved by a 10yo.
nice toys
Indeed!
My house is like 50 years old and i have skeleton key doors
First
Lol