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Stuart wrote:I can’t work out from that picture how they work. Is it a way of securing the handle to prevent access to the goodies?
AndyT wrote:I'm afraid my box of salvaged locks doesn't run to this sort of exotica!
Harv-53 wrote:Hello Rob
Check out this link it may be of help,
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325085513626 ... SwLcZeySbI
AJB Temple wrote:If Harvey's excellent find does not work out, then I think you can do it with a briefcase lock. Here is a link for 29 Euros. Solid brass.
https://mmcolombo.it/products/238-briti ... -briefcase
Mike G wrote:Hasp and staple with padlock not the look you're after, Rob?
AndyT wrote:And if you don't like that answer I'll just add to the options by pointing out that if you look through all the antique tantaluses on eBay, you'll see that some lock at the bottom, in the wooden tray around the decanters. Shifting the lock down there opens up the options for locking. You could for example use a conventional chest or piano lock fitted vertically in the front flap, with the hook part on the edge of a divider.
AJB Temple wrote:I can see the sense of locking it if the decanters contained petrol.
Whisky, nah.
Andyp wrote:The padlock would add family history and a real talking point.
Hard for me to inagine the scale. If it would clean up and f it does not look too big I would go for it.
AndyT wrote:That's the stuff Rob, lots of possibilities.
Looking at one supplier of such items I found this one from Niche Locks. Sold as a back shoot sliding door lock it looks like one that could work. Half price too!
https://www.nichelocks.com/Traditional- ... -Left-Hand
Andyp wrote:yes Rob, my bad explanation . I cant image how big it would look on the tantilus.
AndyT wrote:If you don't mind doing some metalwork on a few bits of brass, you could do something like this:
Make two brackets under the upper wooden crosspiece, to hang down inside or outside the two vertical wooden ends. These could be in wood or brass. Cut holes through the brackets and ends.
Thread a flat brass bar through the holes in the brackets and ends, just above the decanter tops. One end of the bar has a bend or stop of some sort. The other end of the bar has a hole in. The padlock goes through this hole. It hangs neatly, flat against one of the vertical wooden ends. Only when the padlock has been removed can you withdraw the bar and lift the top off.
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