Antique Skeleton Key Door Locks

Antique locks and keys when ordering locks be sure to check the backset distance from lock edge to center of the pin in the keyhole of your old lock to help insure the keyhole in the new lock lines up with the keyhole in your piece of furniture.

Antique skeleton key door locks.

Free shipping on many items. Antique furniture especially desks bureaus and chests often come equipped with original locks. The diameter of the barrel and the cut and size of the bit are the most important items when matching a lock. Antique styled skeleton key workarounds and replacements the antique styled ones require a bit of patience and effort but between safety pins paperclips or heaven forbid an actual lock pick set it will eventually pop loose which is a good temporary solution to the immediate problem.

The bow the barrel and the bit. Ultra security 44609 old time mortise lock with skeleton key brass plated finish replaces most mortise interior locks from the early 1900 s 4 0 out of 5 stars 126 17 99 17. The first step is to remove one of the locks and take it in to an antiques store or a locksmith that has a collection of old bit keys often called skeleton keys. According to the old house guru i spoke to there are 3 skeleton keys that account for about 90 of interior door locks no such luck with exterior locks btw.

Skeleton keys are bit and barrel keys used to open locks on fine furniture. And most likely one key is all you ll need because interior doors on old houses typically share identical locks. 12 brass vintage skeleton keys antique steampunk lock clock phonograph key lot. Antique mortise door lock brass chrome plated faceplate with skeleton key.

Antique vintage mortise door lock skeleton key set old metal hardware parts. There are three parts of a skeleton key. Normally you can easily unlock these older pieces with a skeleton key but sometimes those keys have been misplaced and are inaccessible to you. Ultra security 44609 old time mortise lock with skeleton key brass plated finish replaces most mortise interior locks from the early 1900 s 3 8 out of 5 stars 77 15 67 15.

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