identification of key

[Tekaham]

I have a box of unidentified locks and keys

Is it possible to tell the number of levers in a mortise lock by the shape of the key?

If do is this key for a 5 lever lock?

 

[crank39]

Why don't you post a picture

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Why don't you post a picture

What, a picture like the one linked to above?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

We shouldn't need to be downloading stuff in this day and age, they should be uploading pics.

 

[opps]

I think it is a 5 lever key.

 

[opps]

We shouldn't need to be downloading stuff in this day and age, they should be uploading pics.

Agreed but the OP using a PDF rather than a JPEG may have been in error.

Here is the PDF as a JPEG

 

[JohnD]

Three

I would have preferred a picture of the key, rather than a picture of a large rectangle with a small key at the bottom.

These are five.

 

[crank39]

What, a picture like the one linked to above?

New member posts a request to open an unknown link..........., might be totally innocent, then again could easily be a virus, gotta be careful

 

[Tekaham]

Thanks for msgs

I don't know much about attaching files - anyway here is a jpeg of the keys

There appears to be some doubt about 3 or 5 levers, I hope this picture will clarify

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Thanks for msgs

I don't know much about attaching files - anyway here is a jpeg of the keys

There appears to be some doubt about 3 or 5 levers, I hope this picture will clarify

They often stamp the number of levers, on the lock itself.

 

[JohnD]

Remember that when you put a key in a lever lock, some of the "bits" (teeth and notches) lift a lever, and some of them act to move the bolt backwards and forward. So the number of levers is always less than the number of bits. Typically by two.

Additionally, the key must be symmetrical, to operate from both sides of the door.

 

[JohnD]

They often stamp the number of levers, on the lock itself.

Yes, if you show a pic of the fore-end plate, I can what other identification it has.

 

[mattylad]

That's a cheap 2 lever lock key.
Very simple to pick.

 

[opps]

New member posts a request to open an unknown link..........., might be totally innocent, then again could easily be a virus, gotta be careful

Admittedly, I did scan it before opening and converting it.

 

[Tekaham]

The lock case has no markings

There is a "plate" which says "Wickes 5 lever"

The keys say "Wickes"

but as the parts are all muddled up in a box I can't be sure that the "plate" goes with the lock - hence my inquiry