Can anybody tell me about this padlock?

[SCDigginWithAK]

How old is this? What did it go on? I know it's a slaymaker lock. I found it while metal detecting. Thanks in advance.

 

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[Breezie]

This is one of the best websites on antique padlocks:
Antique Padlocks By David Heuermann

Neat lock Breezie

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

How do I figure out what type it is though?

 

[Breezie]

How do I figure out what type it is though?

I think yours would be considered as a 'lever' padlock, but you might want to go through each category to look for your particular model.

Breezie

 

[AU Seeker]

I think yours would be considered as a 'lever' padlock, but you might want to go through each category to look for your particular model.

Breezie

Green808,

Unless we get lucky and know exactly what something is and can provide a positive ID, what Breezie suggested is what all of us here on the What's It section have to go through to provide a possible ID on the items posted, it's how you go about research, sometime you get lucky and find the item quickly but most of the time it takes a lot of time to find an exact match.

 

[creskol]

Found one listed here, but other than its dimensions, and some good photographs, not much other information is provided: Antique Slaymaker Lock by TinButtons on Etsy


*There seems to be some controversy as to whether the "S" even stands for Slaymaker or not.

 

[Bryanhashemi]

its def a slaymaker lock. You can just about see the "arrow" going through the S

 

[DCMatt]

I found one very similar at a place we call the 1911 house (1911 Sears-Roebuck kit house). I'm thinking it is around 1930 give or take a decade.

DCMatt

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

Green808,

Unless we get lucky and know exactly what something is and can provide a positive ID, what Breezie suggested is what all of us here on the What's It section have to go through to provide a possible ID on the items posted, it's how you go about research, sometime you get lucky and find the item quickly but most of the time it takes a lot of time to find an exact match.

I went through every one but didn't find one. I wanted to know what type it was so I could further research it. Somebody believes it was a 1940s railroad lock. That makes sense because I found another railroad related item at the same spot. Also there was a railroad stop really close by.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Is it brass? Can I see a side view? Can you clean it a little?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

If its like the one pictured by Creskol, it is not considered a railroad lock. The seller says he is able to open the lock with a toothpick. I dont have my padlock books or catalogs here but I think its a common purpose or all purpose lock sold from mail order catalogs..

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

It's brass I'll get a side view later.

 

[creskol]

its def a slaymaker lock. You can just about see the "arrow" going through the S

What I find amusing is, that on pg 102 of the Padlock Collector by Arnall, there is a lock very similar to Greenn808's, with the exact same logo, yet is identified only as an "S" lock, with no mention of Slaymaker.

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

I am positive it's a slaymaker. Many have told me it is and I found that it is slaymaker by researching. I posted this on a antique lock forum and only one person has replied and that reply was it is definitely a Slaymaker lock.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I dont know if its Slaymaker or not without my books. But keep in mind that mistaken identities get repeated over and over on the internet. Its interesting that Arnall does not list it as a Slaymaker. Usually the buck stops here at TN ...sort of a Snopes.com of artifacts. We will see how it turns out.

Does anyone have any turn of the century mail order catalogs? I have a feeling we will find it there.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

This S with arrow is similar.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

At first look I thought it resembles a Fraim but its marked Slaymaker. After some searching I see that at one time Fraim Slaymaker were together and maybe that will help date it. I dunno but it resembles Fraims and Fraim Slaymakers..

The company originally known as Slaymaker, Barry Lock Company was merged with the Fraim Lock Company around 1925. Many of their locks are engraved with the letters F-S, denoting a Far Superior Padlox. The company ceased operations in 1929.

http://www.lancasterhistory.org/ind...mpany&catid=130:makers-and-artists&Itemid=226


The shackle has a Fraim look to it IMO. So Im going to take a wild deduction/guess that this Slaymaker padlock was made after the Fraim merger. 1925--early 30s.....or.... is there a method to my madness?


I see that Matt also guessed 30s.

 

[ivan salis]

remember anywhere there was a pad lock there was something "worth" locking up * so look carefully in the area.

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

The slaymaker logo is a capital S with an arrow going through it. My lock has the same logo. Also when you search slaymaker locks the same one comes up

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

remember anywhere there was a pad lock there was something "worth" locking up * so look carefully in the area.

I thought the same. I keep getting excited every time I find a mason jar lid (with the milk glass in tact) and glass in the hole that there might be a jar of coins waiting for me. Here's an interesting story about the dig of my padlock. I dug down and found a seed dipper (that's what I call them not sure of the actual name), then I found the padlock in the same hole next to it with lots of square nails in the hole. This makes me wonder if it went on some box that had stuff in it. Here's another interesting story, after going back today to see if I could uncover more about the pad lock, I dug down 2 inches exactly next to where I found the padlock and found the back of a Tootsietoy truck from the 1930s or 1940s.