Key Help.

[Garabaldi]

Any info on the type and age of this key?

 

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[Old_Okie]

Clock winding key

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I dont think its a clock....clocks are mainly as pictured below....I have an extensive collection and its called a barrel key...probally for some type of cabinet....

 

[Garabaldi]

I googled clock winding keys and none of them looked like mine. So maybe it is a cabinet key.

 

[mojjax]

I googled clock winding keys and none of them looked like mine. So maybe it is a cabinet key.

or maybe a trunk key .

 

[jimbob450]

It pays to listen to Gypsy Heart, She is very seldom wrong. Jimbob

 

[GL]

Furniture key. Dresser, cabinet, wardrobe etc.

 

[Bramblefind]

I have seen a barrel key that was used to open a tap lock on a barrel (rum, cider etc). It looked like this:

sort of like your's. But a cabinet key might be more likely.

 

[Garabaldi]

At least we seem to have narrowed it down. Although I would love to know exactly what this key went to, its by far my best looking key.

 

[sniffer]

they started using that style of key on early handcuffs, the end is hollow to allow a peg that was in the cuff to slide in.
it prevented someone from opening them with a pick

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I was going to say handcuffs as well because of the hollow end but the style looks like some old padlock keys in my book but it could also be chest or cupboard lock.

 

[Shadowmanflash]

I'm with sniffer I think it looks like a key from an old age handcuffs or leg irons, but you never know? Ken

 

[sniffer]

it could be a padlock key too, is there any kind of manufacturer or markings on it?

 

[Garabaldi]

it could be a padlock key too, is there any kind of manufacturer or markings on it?

No marking on the key. Looks a lot like the Padlock keys in the image. Does it seem to big to be a handcuff key?
Not sure what the leg iron key looks like. I have found artifacts from early 1600's and many artifacts that came over the pond from England.

 

[sniffer]

theses cuffs are from 1862, if you look at the right side you can see the keyhole

http://www.handcuffs.org/gallery/adams.jpg

 

[dick99344]

I dont think its a clock....clocks are mainly as pictured below....I have an extensive collection and its called a barrel key...probally for some type of cabinet....

This is a barrel key used in a small lock that uses lever tumblers, two in this case by looking at how the bit is cut or rather how the bit is punched in production. Many small furniture, Cabinet and some inexpensive mail box locks were made to take a key like this. These are still being made.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

This is a barrel key used in a small lock that uses lever tumblers, two in this case by looking at how the bit is cut or rather how the bit is punched in production. Many small furniture, Cabinet and some inexpensive mail box locks were made to take a key like this. These are still being made.

Could it be for a padlock?

 

[Garabaldi]

I dont think its a clock....clocks are mainly as pictured below....I have an extensive collection and its called a barrel key...probally for some type of cabinet....

This is a barrel key used in a small lock that uses lever tumblers, two in this case by looking at how the bit is cut or rather how the bit is punched in production. Many small furniture, Cabinet and some inexpensive mail box locks were made to take a key like this. These are still being made.

This key has a nice patina on it, so do you have a guess on the age range of this one?

 

[dick99344]

This is a barrel key used in a small lock that uses lever tumblers, two in this case by looking at how the bit is cut or rather how the bit is punched in production. Many small furniture, Cabinet and some inexpensive mail box locks were made to take a key like this. These are still being made.

Could it be for a padlock?

Yes, it could be for an older lever tumbler padlock. not many of them being found anymore. A lever tumbler padlock usually had more than two levers though, as it would be easy to make a pass key for a lock using only two lever tumblers. Most lever tumbler locks today use a flat key such as those for Safe Deposit Boxes. A warded padlock would be easier to make than a lever tumbler padlock.

 

[OldCrazyLarry]

As an old retired cop, it reminds of me an old callbox key. Before the time of portable radios, the cop on a walking beat had to call in his location at designated times from a designated callbox. The key is lprobably brass under what look like a coat of paint. I saved several of these keys before I retired.