Hackers' Pub

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🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄) @alice@lgbtqia.space

2/18/2026, 10:18:22 PM

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Here are the four locks I took home with me:

#AlicePics #Locksport #Antiques

An ancient disc-detainer padlock with a removable shackle.

A small coin-shaped Sargent & Greenleaf Inc. padlock with a key that has a completely flat blade.

An old brass Russwin mortise cylinder with a matching key, both stamped 188. They key has a metal tag that reads "Finishing Rm. D-02-102-1".

🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄) @alice@lgbtqia.space

2/19/2026, 4:49:31 AM

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I found a patent for improvements on the "Scandinavian Jail Lock" I bought. Mine seems to have the shackle lip, meaning it's likely from some time after 1871.

A patent from James H. McWilliams, "Improvement in Padlocks", number 116977, patented on July 11th, 1871. It shows a drawing of a cross-section of an old disc-detainer lock and key.

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