Brass Thingey?

[akl439]

Lovely small solid brass (heavy) padlock? It has six barrels which revolve, each has seven letters of the alphabet on, all quite random. It measures 3.5cm x 3.5cm. If it is a brass padlock, what would it have been used on and why letters not numbers? I'm intrigued and would value any information someone could give. There must be so many possible combinations to opening this it would take years!

 

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[yellow1053]

Like AU24K, I too am a locksmith. I have one of those which is a four letter version, and it uses the name "baby" to open it. It most likely is a word, but doesn't have to be. for a locksmith, they are pretty simple to open. You may want to take it to a local one to open for you, it shouldn't cost too much. it is pretty old, I'm trying to look it up in my reference books, and will post a followup if I can find it. Good Luck!
Jim.
P.S. I'd also be interested in purchasing it, if you decide to try to sell it.

 

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[BuckleBoy]

Interesting puzzle I have been racking my brain on...


One question--there are six wheels (places) in the word. Are there seven letters or six letters on each dial?



Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[Montana Jim]

Interesting puzzle I have been racking my brain on...


One question--there are six wheels (places) in the word. Are there seven letters or six letters on each dial?



Regards,


Buckleboy

post 15 dude...

 

[BuckleBoy]

Interesting puzzle I have been racking my brain on...


One question--there are six wheels (places) in the word. Are there seven letters or six letters on each dial?



Regards,


Buckleboy

post 15 dude...

I saw that, but it appears that only 3 letters are visible on each dial, even if the top or bottom one is turned almost out of view, so I wondered if there was six letters on each dial rather than seven.

I've been staring at this thing for a while now, and all I've got is "HE LOSE" and "GET ALE" :P

 

[intimer]

What if it wasn't even in English ? LOL

PLL

french

lefoxy lefuse letusk

french/spanish combo

lejose

 

[nova treasure]

I would like to buy a vowel,lol.

Cool Lock,
Nova Treasure

 

[intimer]

how about earliest letter of alphabet each letter

FCFAFE

or the last letter each

ZVZUZY

 

[intimer]

it's just got to be

GETBYE

getuse getaxe xchose

G U LOSE

 

[Gunny71]

Any luck getting the lock open? Would love to see pictures if you get it open.

 

[72cheyenne]

I think we can say this one is solved. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,259097.0.html

Would still like to know if you ever get it open though.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Here is one similar on eBay and they cant open it either. http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/1-Antique-Co...ss-Wheels_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ260312511866

 

[intimer]

this post is reminding me of this post

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,258222.msg1845775.html#msg1845775

needs closure!

 

[DavidBeard]

Great find - love it

 

[AU24K]

I'd still be interested in buying it.
Scott

 

[whynot]

I noticed two index marks on this one versus the others, so I was thinking it might be a two-line solution. The best I could come up with was:

T H Y
C U P

Three word couplets are:

HE HA HE
HO HI
GO
TO

Let us know when the solution is found...

 

[traderoftreasures]

try HUTCHY

 

[Marc(NB)]

very nice,follow the link to see more
http://www.1st-net-lock-museum.com/cl1.htm

 

[Montana Jim]

...........and why letters not numbers? !

Think about it.. If the place is a letter, it has 26 different variations, (a-z) whereas a number place has only ten. Makes it harder to "crack"

Would this not be irrelevant of the lock drums all have only seven fixed alpha/numeric choices anyways? Mathematically - the chances of figuring it out would be the same.

 

[yellow1053]

...........and why letters not numbers? !

Think about it.. If the place is a letter, it has 26 different variations, (a-z) whereas a number place has only ten. Makes it harder to "crack"

Would this not be irrelevant of the lock drums all have only seven fixed alpha/numeric choices anyways? Mathematically - the chances of figuring it out would be the same.

you do got a point there!

 

[La Beep]

...........and why letters not numbers? !

Think about it.. If the place is a letter, it has 26 different variations, (a-z) whereas a number place has only ten. Makes it harder to "crack"

Would this not be irrelevant of the lock drums all have only seven fixed alpha/numeric choices anyways? Mathematically - the chances of figuring it out would be the same.

you do got a point there!

Yep --- 7^6 = 117649 so there's 117649 possible combinations.