Had a safe like this in a customers basement except it was about 3 foot tall. He just bought the 100 year old house and it came with it. He was gonna get a lock smith to open. We were taking down some material on the ceiling and a paper fell down. Combination to the safe in case they forgot. We all got excited as he opened it. EMPTY 😞
My late husband worked as a locksmith. I helped him use various systems to open various safes. Some old , some new but all interesting . Thanks for sharing. I enjoy engaging in conversations and the like that bring the memory of my late husband to life. It will make a great conversation of peace in your home.
The small Inner safe with a lock is not so much for reality, but for customer perspective. "Not only our your most valuable items in a safe, but they are in a safe within the safe! That will be an extra 10% deposit, please."
Cool old safe! I have to take the panels off my safes and see if I can change the combination on one to match the other. On a side not, many years ago I had a little job driving a truck from the Mare Island Naval Shipyard to a locksmith in Napa with three safes from the Provost Marshall's Office that were bought at auction. The locksmith was so impressed with getting to work on these high security locks that he had only read about, he didn't even charge us for the combination change. Safe cracking and lock picking are fun hobbies.
Yesterday I was at a flee market and I bought an antique Cary Safe ($75.00), Patented September 16, 1890. It was in rough shape, rusty, and the door was open because someone had engaged the lock mechanism - the pistons were extended - therefore, the door would not close. The seller said that no one knows the combination and the door has been open for about 50-70 years. The safe weighs about 400 pounds. I brought it home - got on RU-vid and found your video - and using your technique, I had the lock working in about 2 hours. The combination is RT x 4 turns 87, LT X 2.5 turns 26, RT x 1.5 turns 19, LT 58. Thank you so much for posting this video!!!!!! By the way, Before today, I knew absolutely Zero about old safe locks - now I think I could open any antique combination safe lock. Thanks again.
That safe is awesome!! It's really very cool that you saved this. :) The little bit of rust can be removed with a little hydrochloric acid. I know that's might sound heavy-handed, but the acid eats away just the rust and leaves the metal intact. A little bit of pint where the rust was, and then finish with polish. It'll look awesome! :)
