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<p>[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 34645, member: 23"]My husband buys these at yard sales and flea markets. Many people in our area have antique homes and like to keep the antique hardware. He "impressions" them by wiggling them in the lock to see where small marks show the wards are so he can file the keys to fit. He'd find a key that would go into the lock and then impression it and file until it worked the lock. He gets about $10 each for finished keys. Hope that helps. For a bunch like this - keeping in mind a few of them have the bits broken off and aren't really useful - he'd offer $25-$30.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 34645, member: 23"]My husband buys these at yard sales and flea markets. Many people in our area have antique homes and like to keep the antique hardware. He "impressions" them by wiggling them in the lock to see where small marks show the wards are so he can file the keys to fit. He'd find a key that would go into the lock and then impression it and file until it worked the lock. He gets about $10 each for finished keys. Hope that helps. For a bunch like this - keeping in mind a few of them have the bits broken off and aren't really useful - he'd offer $25-$30.[/QUOTE]
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