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<p>[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 11756314, member: 4654"]I have found around 70 keys for antique boxes in my time but never have I been lucky with a Bramah lock, without removing it from the box (this is normally very difficult without causing damage) I don't know of a way a key can be made. I would love to know how it's done as I have a very special box with a Bramah lock that doesn't have the right key, I have Bramah keys but how to measure the slides inside without taking the lock apart is beyond me. The problem is a Bramah locks back then (and now) were very expensive, it was a very high security lock, box makers would build the box around the lock leaving no screws exposed this is why a working Bramah lock with key puts at least £100 on the value of a box, you never find a Bramah lock on a run of the mill box, it's always on a very top end box.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 11756314, member: 4654"]I have found around 70 keys for antique boxes in my time but never have I been lucky with a Bramah lock, without removing it from the box (this is normally very difficult without causing damage) I don't know of a way a key can be made. I would love to know how it's done as I have a very special box with a Bramah lock that doesn't have the right key, I have Bramah keys but how to measure the slides inside without taking the lock apart is beyond me. The problem is a Bramah locks back then (and now) were very expensive, it was a very high security lock, box makers would build the box around the lock leaving no screws exposed this is why a working Bramah lock with key puts at least £100 on the value of a box, you never find a Bramah lock on a run of the mill box, it's always on a very top end box.[/QUOTE]
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