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<p>[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 9804870, member: 4654"]A friend held the body and lid of the box as open as he could and I used a cut off wheel on a dremel to cut the 2 tabs that comes from the lock keep, this did badly scratch both the lock top and the keep plate but I didn't really have any other option. When I got in clearly the seller had already tried to open the box as the first 3 internal compartments were loose or broken and the back of the lock wasn't attached, the only thing holding it in was the keep and the protruding keyhole. Once the lock was out I could unlock it from the back to take the cut off tabs out. While I was there I dismantled the lock and removed the sliders so the key I have will open the lock, of course without the keeps tabs it can't lock. I know now I'll never get a replacement, the lock was hand engraved for "Halstaff and Hannaford, Manufacturers 228 Regent St." fortunately mine still has the paper label inside. I was as careful as I could be to minimize the damage but maybe if I'd known I might have tried a different method, the problem was this type of lock needs a lot of pressure to overcome the spring, had I tried to pick it the front of the box was too weak in that place and I would have snapped the tortoise shell as there isn't any wood there (a bad lock for the box) I wish I'd taken photos now lol it would have been easier to explain. Anyway I reinstalled the lock and reconstructed all the internal compartments so it now looks like it did before the seller had a go at it. The velvet has seen better days but at least it's original, the leather on the top of the compartments is a little worn but again it's all there. Would I have bought this box knowing it had had all this damage for what I paid? NO!!!! but seeing as I got it for free I can't complain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 9804870, member: 4654"]A friend held the body and lid of the box as open as he could and I used a cut off wheel on a dremel to cut the 2 tabs that comes from the lock keep, this did badly scratch both the lock top and the keep plate but I didn't really have any other option. When I got in clearly the seller had already tried to open the box as the first 3 internal compartments were loose or broken and the back of the lock wasn't attached, the only thing holding it in was the keep and the protruding keyhole. Once the lock was out I could unlock it from the back to take the cut off tabs out. While I was there I dismantled the lock and removed the sliders so the key I have will open the lock, of course without the keeps tabs it can't lock. I know now I'll never get a replacement, the lock was hand engraved for "Halstaff and Hannaford, Manufacturers 228 Regent St." fortunately mine still has the paper label inside. I was as careful as I could be to minimize the damage but maybe if I'd known I might have tried a different method, the problem was this type of lock needs a lot of pressure to overcome the spring, had I tried to pick it the front of the box was too weak in that place and I would have snapped the tortoise shell as there isn't any wood there (a bad lock for the box) I wish I'd taken photos now lol it would have been easier to explain. Anyway I reinstalled the lock and reconstructed all the internal compartments so it now looks like it did before the seller had a go at it. The velvet has seen better days but at least it's original, the leather on the top of the compartments is a little worn but again it's all there. Would I have bought this box knowing it had had all this damage for what I paid? NO!!!! but seeing as I got it for free I can't complain.[/QUOTE]
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