I ordered a copy of this book and it arrived today, one day ahead of schedule. It's a beautifully printed and bound book. Leafing through it, I was impressed by the quality of the illustrations. Now to sit down and read it!
Keys on crests often symbolize freedom. Like the "key to the city" concept. When old european cities were walled in or surrounded by guarded, locked gates, having a key to the city meant that a person was trusted and free to enter and exit a city at will.
FYI, in UK schoolboy slang, any really good thing, like a Swiss Army knife or a brass compass or a super-bright flash light (torch) could be called a Bramah, like " Wow! That's a Bramah!!!" And this is because of Joseph Bramah's excellence in everything he turned his hand to, not just locks either.
Pretty sure this was the book in my secondary school library that set off a short-lived run of lads getting their padlocks swapped on their lockers. Culminating in some caning and a dawning realization that a life of crime was beyond my organizational capabilities. Late 1970s. I still wonder if it was a setup 😁
Nice book, I had seen this on another video already. One thing I find interesting was manufacturers using lock pickers to test the locks before production. I think Master needs a copy of this book.
Really Enjoyed this video. When to do a google search so I could read the entire book with no luck. Fascinating review of an excellent book! Thank You!
Being from Wolverhampton it’s great to see the Chubb building in a video and have the town mentioned in this book! Wolverhampton, willenhall and the surrounding areas have an iconic history as locksmithing towns. Squire, Chubb, and Yale are still based here to name just a few, as well as a large Assa Abloy factory!
Thank you Bill for talking about this book. It is good to learn about lock history. Also it reminded me to go through my books because I knew that I have seen the book before. Sure enough I found it. My book was published in GB by Bailey Brothers in 1974. My book only has 176 pages. Wonder what I am missing.
I live in the Netherlands, where Lips is coming from. Old lips safes are sold regularly on second hand sites. I bought a 620 kilo safe for 100€ about 6 years ago.
I discovered this book was first published in 1941 in Dutch ("Sloten en sleutels door de eeuwen heen"). The English edition may have been updated, I don't know.
Funny, how those locks around 2:00 are *almost identical* to our current locks! have pins of different length and a key that pushes them in to the right depth, just the same.
You have brought back a very pleasant memory of my visit to the museum in the Lips factory in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Very nice people. Bill, as long as you are doing book reviews, how about Deviant Ollam's books; Practical Lock Picking and Keys to the Kingdom.
As a locksmith I actually specialize in antique locks... I made a good percentage of my tools by that means, finding pictures of old lockpicks and copying the designs. A few of my smaller lever lock picks are ones I made using illustrations from several books on and by Harry Houdini.
Strictly speaking keys in heraldry represent service to the church, not necessarily St Peter, crossed keys represent St Peter, and a single key traditionally means someone who is in the service of the church
@@MrMannakin Ha! I was brought up in Burntisland and went to Kirkcaldy High School. I'll leave it to you to teach Bill how to pronounce 'loch' properly! :-)
And these days....just like every other proper brand, they are assa abloy. Yes, but at least the name still lives on. To the point where it's ridiculous. Lips locks are competing with Nemef locks here (the Netherlands....where both are from). This doesn't make sense, as they are the same. I recently ordered a new cylinder for my garage door and showed them the Nemef key....to which I simply got "yep, I'll order a Lips.....do you want the key to say lips, nemef or our shop name?"
Reading the history of LIPS (on dutch wikipedia) it turns out, Vincent Eras was actually the managing director of LIPS at some point. And in the 70's Chubb actuall bought LIPS...maybe they liked the description of their locks in the book? ;)
A friend in Nijmegen sent me a fascinating old LIPS (cabinet?) lock theat needs the key to turn 360 degrees to open and close it. It has 5p ins, but I cannot, for the life of me, pick it...
Had a look now that I'm not on a tablet and unfortunately there is no digital copy of above mentioned book. ...But there are a lot of other books and images about locks and keys. archive.org/details/dissertationonlo00unse
You must have missed the announcements. Here is what I posted on social media: The "Challenge Lock" series has come to an end. Not only am I out of the "Whipped" PacLocks, but there were many other things that I took into consideration. 1. Cost. Every day I was receiving between 5-10 locks from around the world. I had to return most of them to the owner, which was a SIGNIFICANT expense - always more than $500/month but sometimes approaching $1000. What little I receive in viewer support was quickly consumed in return postage. I was spending several hundred dollars of my own money every month just to return locks. 2. Quality. Some locks were well designed and contained some unique innovations, but they were few and far between. Most "challenge locks" were threaded chambers with serrated pins built on old,beaten up Kwikset cores. The number of trap pins and super springs has continued to increase as copycats realized this might be a way to get a "Whipped" PacLock - meaning I was breaking and bending more expensive picks. I found this very discouraging. 3. Time. Unpacking, picking, disassembling, repacking, answering emails, etc. Each challenge lock took a lot of time to figure out and then return - even if I did not make a video of it. I was spending most of my time setting up and videoing locks that turned out to be copycats of other people's ideas - meaning I could not post the video for fear of viewers saying "WHAT? Another Kwikset with threaded chambers?" 4. Viewer Interest. My goal with LockLab was to remain "New Picker Friendly" and attract new members to LockSport, but LockLab was quickly becoming the "Challenge Lock Channel", interesting to only a limited number of people with advanced skills. Every time I posted a challenge lock video people complained and unsubscribed to the channel. New pickers were overwhelmed by the complexity of challenge locks and became discouraged. My analytics were very clear on this: If I want to lose subscribers all I needed to do was post a challenge lock video. 5. Channel growth. The LockLab's growth was stagnating and I needed to change something before it was too late. Since I stopped doing challenge locks the number of subscribers has increased, the number of comments increased, "likes" went up, and the channel has grown. So, yes. I stopped making challenge lock videos. It was not an easy decision but I could not afford to continue doing it for all of these reasons. The money saved from NOT returning challenge locks I am now spending on locks - and have been doing so for the past month or two. I cannot tell you how refreshing it is to return to picking real-world locks in a wide variety. It is good for me (mentally), as well as good for LockLab. bill
@@bosnianbill Even as a novice, i enjoyed the challenge locks. Until the copycat and trap trend started, and the quality went hurtling downward. I can totally understand why this, and the mounting cost, would make you quit doing them.
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"He threw the key into the loch"
Lol that guy had a sense of humour
A tip : you can watch series at InstaFlixxer. Me and my gf have been using them for watching lots of of movies recently.
@Kyrie Castiel Yup, been watching on instaflixxer for months myself :D
"Find the weaknesses before shipping the product." Maybe Master should try that!
Yeah what a radical idea. Not just masterlock needs to look into this theory
That bypass on the brinks is a good example
I ordered a copy of this book and it arrived today, one day ahead of schedule. It's a beautifully printed and bound book. Leafing through it, I was impressed by the quality of the illustrations. Now to sit down and read it!
This book looks very interesting, love all kinds of history and would make a great addition to my collection.
Keys on crests often symbolize freedom. Like the "key to the city" concept. When old european cities were walled in or surrounded by guarded, locked gates, having a key to the city meant that a person was trusted and free to enter and exit a city at will.
FYI, in UK schoolboy slang, any really good thing, like a Swiss Army knife or a brass compass or a super-bright flash light (torch) could be called a Bramah, like " Wow! That's a Bramah!!!" And this is because of Joseph Bramah's excellence in everything he turned his hand to, not just locks either.
What I see priceless on this, is the compilation of key concepts that applied to other fields could perhaps be a great deal.
One of these days your gonna be in that book Bill.!! thanks for sharing with us
Pretty sure this was the book in my secondary school library that set off a short-lived run of lads getting their padlocks swapped on their lockers. Culminating in some caning and a dawning realization that a life of crime was beyond my organizational capabilities.
Late 1970s. I still wonder if it was a setup 😁
you british mate?
Interesting book, thanks for the book report~A+
Nice book, I had seen this on another video already. One thing I find interesting was manufacturers using lock pickers to test the locks before production. I think Master needs a copy of this book.
Absolutely fascinating. Thank you, Bill!
Thanks for the review! Just picked up the new edition and looking forward to it 🔓
Really nice video Bill, great review of the book and it's amazing the things they accomplished way back in the day. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Fascinating stuff, thanks. Especially interesting to hear about loch Leven, which is just down the road from me. thanks again!
I am looking forward to receiving the book. Thank you for the discount code.
Really Enjoyed this video. When to do a google search so I could read the entire book with no luck. Fascinating review of an excellent book! Thank You!
Being from Wolverhampton it’s great to see the Chubb building in a video and have the town mentioned in this book! Wolverhampton, willenhall and the surrounding areas have an iconic history as locksmithing towns. Squire, Chubb, and Yale are still based here to name just a few, as well as a large Assa Abloy factory!
Fascinating! Thanks for the review, Bill.
this book is the perfect present for anyone that likes lockpicking
Great book report!!! This is one I don't have so I'm glad it's been re-released.
Fascinating! Thank you for this video.
Thank you Bill for talking about this book. It is good to learn about lock history. Also it reminded me to go through my books because I knew that I have seen the book before. Sure enough I found it. My book was published in GB by Bailey Brothers in 1974. My book only has 176 pages. Wonder what I am missing.
That's a great book for all of the info. Someone just recently showed this but of course without the coupon. Thanks Bill.
Beautiful, BB. Thank you!
Schluesselburg btw loosely translates to Key Castle - Schluessel = Key and Burg is Castle ;) Great video as always!
Very interesting book, going to pick me up a copy. Thank you for sharing Mr.Bill
I live in the Netherlands, where Lips is coming from.
Old lips safes are sold regularly on second hand sites.
I bought a 620 kilo safe for 100€ about 6 years ago.
Appreciate the heads up on the limited run & the five dollar discount doesn't hurt either.
Great stuff - looks like an awesome book -doing some sketches of some keys for a story - beautiful photos in there!! :) thank you for this
Great review . Rich history in this book. 🔓
Schlüsselburg would translate to Keyville. Lockville would be Schlossburg. (could be mistaking, I'm Dutch, not German.)
This seems like the perfect addition to my porcelain library!
Master have just released their new 'crocodile pit' lock, it looks great but the crocs don't have any teeth :-)
Thanks Bill! That publisher has a ton of interesting books for sale.
Thank you
Can you believe that the Egyptians invented the first pin tumbler locks (almost)
bought this - thanks for the $5 Bill - I will pay it forward!!
I discovered this book was first published in 1941 in Dutch ("Sloten en sleutels door de eeuwen heen"). The English edition may have been updated, I don't know.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing. I just purchased one using your code.
Funny, how those locks around 2:00 are *almost identical* to our current locks! have pins of different length and a key that pushes them in to the right depth, just the same.
Thanks for the review. I will buy it.
I just recently subscribed and this is by far one of my favorite videos i do enjoy your content as well thanks
You have brought back a very pleasant memory of my visit to the museum in the Lips factory in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Very nice people.
Bill, as long as you are doing book reviews, how about Deviant Ollam's books; Practical Lock Picking and Keys to the Kingdom.
It would be cool to reproduce the tools in that picture at 10:05 and see what is still relevant today, you may evan come up with new ideas for tools.
As a locksmith I actually specialize in antique locks... I made a good percentage of my tools by that means, finding pictures of old lockpicks and copying the designs. A few of my smaller lever lock picks are ones I made using illustrations from several books on and by Harry Houdini.
Schlüssel is actually a key, not a lock. Usually keys in coats of arms represent Saint Peter and the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven.
Strictly speaking keys in heraldry represent service to the church, not necessarily St Peter, crossed keys represent St Peter, and a single key traditionally means someone who is in the service of the church
Looks like a great book, lots of info and history. 🍺😎
Very good video and awesome book !
Can imagine pickers dropping hints to their partners to this book for an xmas present :D
Great video Bill
Having grown up not far from there in Fife, Scotland, it's pronounced Loch Leeven.
My home town is Leven :)
@@MrMannakin Ha! I was brought up in Burntisland and went to Kirkcaldy High School. I'll leave it to you to teach Bill how to pronounce 'loch' properly! :-)
@@zeno2712 I'm from Lochmaben, where Mary Queen of Scots spent her last night on Scottish soil, in Bruce's castle...
@@thofMay Looks like us Scots have hijacked Bill's video a bit but I was born a few miles away in Dumfries!
Bought it!
Wahoo! Looks awesome. $5 off too!
Definitely, a must have. I have done some reproductions of celt, and viking keys
the bramah lock was a copy of an older french competition lock that wasnt picked in 65 years
You really deserved a like with this video.
wow What great looking book thanks for the report A+
Good stuff Bill. Was beginning to wonder where in the heck you were. Guess you were reading the book :-)
This book looks great and would definitely get a lot of love from me
Super interesting stuff.
Those early locks were more reliable than modern Mastercrocks
It's nice that the editor made a reprint but it's unfortunate that they haven't updated the book.
In the UK we have an expression : if something is good it is a Bramah (pronounced Bra - ma, not bray mer)
So...something the UK and Texas have in common then?...😀
I’m now imagining the real warding (bushing) is actually the intricate handle that opened a different set of locks...
And these days....just like every other proper brand, they are assa abloy. Yes, but at least the name still lives on. To the point where it's ridiculous. Lips locks are competing with Nemef locks here (the Netherlands....where both are from). This doesn't make sense, as they are the same. I recently ordered a new cylinder for my garage door and showed them the Nemef key....to which I simply got "yep, I'll order a Lips.....do you want the key to say lips, nemef or our shop name?"
Reading the history of LIPS (on dutch wikipedia) it turns out, Vincent Eras was actually the managing director of LIPS at some point. And in the 70's Chubb actuall bought LIPS...maybe they liked the description of their locks in the book? ;)
Just got mine!
Funny that the bitting/warding for Geneva changed. I guess someone made a copy of the key by looking at the seal. :p
Very interesting book.
The name Schlüsselburg is german and translates to key castle:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schl%C3%BCssel
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg
Awesome book!
First time I stayed awake for the whole class.
If any of you Guys come to germany there is a great Museum about locks in the City of Velbert in Northerein Westphalia
What do you call the ones with a side ways key hole ==O like this.
I have an old storage cupboard, I can't figure out how to open it?
What is the original main reason of locks and keys, to keep things out or to keep things in?
You got that book open way too easy. They need to work on that.
Please, nobody register to win this book because I want it, thanking you all in advance! 😬
Thats pretty damn cool
Is the Viro lock that locks 12mm chains a difficult lock for intelligent attack?
Does it say anything about the early disc detainer lock called the Polhem lock?
No, no mention of it.
6:44 he picks up the page with the picture of the safe to see how much it weighed bahaha
Morning have a fantastic night day
Of course the dutch guy mentions spain. I don't know why they have a hard on for spain. These days europe has spanish everywhere.
Interesting book
I will going to pronounce him Brahmah... either way Joseph Breymah :D
I also heard that. Made me chuckle.
does anybody know what the slab of metal that swivels over the keyhole to cover it on padlocks is called?
I hope none of those crests had the actual key bitting, lol!
A friend in Nijmegen sent me a fascinating old LIPS (cabinet?) lock theat needs the key to turn 360 degrees to open and close it. It has 5p ins, but I cannot, for the life of me, pick it...
Finally got it, some 6 months ago...
Thanks! BEAUTIFUL BOOK! I've been to Sites of Old Locks & Keys ~ CROCODILES Always a Favorite! : }
1958? I wonder if there is a copy of it in the internet archives.
Had a look now that I'm not on a tablet and unfortunately there is no digital copy of above mentioned book.
...But there are a lot of other books and images about locks and keys.
archive.org/details/dissertationonlo00unse
1941 is the date in the book I have... :)
Can you suggest a lock or lockbox to hold this book securely?
Just thinking. If they could be worth some money ...
That Vincent Eras book - Bill, do you have a clue where I can find that? Not (obvs) on Amazon right now!
Que bueno goooood saludos desde España otro other
Why do you not picking challenge locks anymore?
You must have missed the announcements. Here is what I posted on social media:
The "Challenge Lock" series has come to an end. Not only am I out of the "Whipped" PacLocks, but there were many other things that I took into consideration.
1. Cost. Every day I was receiving between 5-10 locks from around the world. I had to return most of them to the owner, which was a SIGNIFICANT expense - always more than $500/month but sometimes approaching $1000. What little I receive in viewer support was quickly consumed in return postage. I was spending several hundred dollars of my own money every month just to return locks.
2. Quality. Some locks were well designed and contained some unique innovations, but they were few and far between. Most "challenge locks" were threaded chambers with serrated pins built on old,beaten up Kwikset cores. The number of trap pins and super springs has continued to increase as copycats realized this might be a way to get a "Whipped" PacLock - meaning I was breaking and bending more expensive picks. I found this very discouraging.
3. Time. Unpacking, picking, disassembling, repacking, answering emails, etc. Each challenge lock took a lot of time to figure out and then return - even if I did not make a video of it. I was spending most of my time setting up and videoing locks that turned out to be copycats of other people's ideas - meaning I could not post the video for fear of viewers saying "WHAT? Another Kwikset with threaded chambers?"
4. Viewer Interest. My goal with LockLab was to remain "New Picker Friendly" and attract new members to LockSport, but LockLab was quickly becoming the "Challenge Lock Channel", interesting to only a limited number of people with advanced skills. Every time I posted a challenge lock video people complained and unsubscribed to the channel. New pickers were overwhelmed by the complexity of challenge locks and became discouraged. My analytics were very clear on this: If I want to lose subscribers all I needed to do was post a challenge lock video.
5. Channel growth. The LockLab's growth was stagnating and I needed to change something before it was too late. Since I stopped doing challenge locks the number of subscribers has increased, the number of comments increased, "likes" went up, and the channel has grown.
So, yes. I stopped making challenge lock videos. It was not an easy decision but I could not afford to continue doing it for all of these reasons. The money saved from NOT returning challenge locks I am now spending on locks - and have been doing so for the past month or two. I cannot tell you how refreshing it is to return to picking real-world locks in a wide variety. It is good for me (mentally), as well as good for LockLab.
bill
@@bosnianbill Even as a novice, i enjoyed the challenge locks. Until the copycat and trap trend started, and the quality went hurtling downward. I can totally understand why this, and the mounting cost, would make you quit doing them.
I went to my local Barnes and Noble today to try to find this book and they couldn't find it in their system.
"Lips Lock Museum" I get it
What is the ISBN for this book?
978-0-9979798-6-2
I have federal key cut up
How to purchase book like you have sir?
Very cool o7