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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 3945493, member: 360"]Antique jewelry & writing-box, sewing-box etc...keys...and locks, for that matter...are usually very simple. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a whole pile of antique keys at home. I just dig one out that fits the lock, shove it in, see which way it turns, and start filing. Most of the time, it works. Of course, as the others have said, if you can pull the lock apart, it does make it easier. If not, you'll have to do it by feel, which is harder, but not impossible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 3945493, member: 360"]Antique jewelry & writing-box, sewing-box etc...keys...and locks, for that matter...are usually very simple. I have a whole pile of antique keys at home. I just dig one out that fits the lock, shove it in, see which way it turns, and start filing. Most of the time, it works. Of course, as the others have said, if you can pull the lock apart, it does make it easier. If not, you'll have to do it by feel, which is harder, but not impossible.[/QUOTE]
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