key

[Don B]

Can anyone tell me what this key is used for? I found it laying in the
street.

http://tinyurl.com/yjvkc5k

[Edward A. Falk]

In article <vPENm.29717$ky1....@newsfe14.iad>,

Some kind of core-puller?

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-Ed Falk, fa...@despams.r.us.com
http://thespamdiaries.blogspot.com/

[Paul]

It is used by the Post Office, they insert it into the rear keyway of boxes
(a key cannot be inserted from the front) that they do not want used.

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[Anthony Valastrano]

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"Don B" <bur...@charter.net> wrote in message
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http://tinyurl.com/yjvkc5k

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Probably a "drawer pull" key. The catch on the bottom hooks
onto a lip on the bottom of the keyhole, and helps allow you
to pull open a drawer or cabinet.

[peterwn]

On Nov 23, 1:59 am, "Anthony Valastrano" <AValastr...@bellnorth.net>
wrote:
> ."Don B" <buro...@charter.net> wrote in message

The picture is of an uncut key. It looks like a 'full size' cylinder
key, not the smaller size used for drawers etc. It looks like the
standard Yale paracentric profile, USPS PO Box locks made by Yale uses
a restricted mirror image profile, so the key in question would enter
the rear of the plug. I understand that Yale used the mirror image
profile for special purposes years ago and USPS 'appropriated' it for
postal locks. I think someone on this ng indicated that anyone who had
one of the legacy locks had to get postmaster approval to get extra
keys made for their own lock.

This would support Paul's theory. It seems strange one would be
found in a public place.

If the lower hook is cut away, they would make an interesting gimmick
key for an ordinary Yale cylinder.

[Anthony Valastrano]

"peterwn" <pet...@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
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Isn't that a bit crude, to modify antique blank like that?