Handcuff Key?

[OutBack Duo]

Is this a handcuff key? Is it worth anything?

 

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[Batch]

Good morning Dathvick...I hate to be the bearer of no-so-good news, but I have seen (and have found) a number of those keys.? One was used on a inexpensive gun rack and another on a similar cabinet.? The ones I found were very cheap metal - very zincky - and had corroded badly.? If yours is brass or something similar, that might indicate it is from "the good old days" when quality came before cost.? Someone else may have more info for you.? This is the link to a photo with the most recent on I found...almost the same key.? Good luck and HH to you!? Batch

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,16644.msg108108.html#msg108108

 

[OutBack Duo]

This appears to be brass and does have a hole at the end of it, down through the center.

 

[Pangus]

What you have there is a genuine, multiple use barrel, or pipe, key. It is just a key of its time frame. It went with any simple "warded" lock. It was designed to add a little security to a simple designed lock. It was common around 1910-1940, in homes, but the smaller keys are used more recently in cabinets and drawers that needed a little added security. They were used from doors on windup clocks to cabinets and jewelry boxes. They're neat, though.

 

[Pangus]

Also, the key in the above link, is a handcuff key from the 70's or 80's. My father had a set of handcuffs that had a key identical to that one. The difference between the two is small, but if you notice the keybit, the end, the blade on the end of the key is not lengthways but rather turned side ways. Handcuff keys have the keybit running parallel to the barrel of the key.