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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9576960, member: 5833"]It's sort of a transitional form of safety clasp. Early in the 20th there were those little fiddly ones with a lever that often didn't hold very well. What distinguishes this one from ones in use today is that the pin inserts into the mechanism from the front rather than from the bottom. This actually seems more secure; wonder why it didn't become the standard?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9576960, member: 5833"]It's sort of a transitional form of safety clasp. Early in the 20th there were those little fiddly ones with a lever that often didn't hold very well. What distinguishes this one from ones in use today is that the pin inserts into the mechanism from the front rather than from the bottom. This actually seems more secure; wonder why it didn't become the standard?[/QUOTE]
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