Fort Knox (Russell Hare Ltd) Safe No Keys

The owners of this Fort Knox under floor safe had been aware of it since they moved into the property many years ago but had only just decided to get it opened. We attended the job in Rochdale, Greater Manchester and picked the lock open for them revealing that it contained a small sum of money. We have opened many of these Fort Knox safes but this is the first one we have seen with “Russell Hare Ltd 159 Islington Liverpool” on the escutcheon. The best we can tell is that this company sold typewriters and must have had a sideline selling safes which they had their name added to.

Milners Holdfast Safe Stolen Keys

We were called to rekey this Milners Holdfast safe at a church in Shrewsbury, Shropshire after a set of keys were stolen. The job was a bit further afield than we regularly travel but the customer had been unable to find anybody closer who was willing or able to do the job so we were happy to help them out. We changed the lock to prevent the previous keys from working and cut a large number of extra keys to be redistributed to the autorised keyholders.

Chubb Lichfield Failed Combination Change

The staff at a Liverpool city centre store had attempted to change the combination on this Chubb Lichfield safe and could no longer open the door. The safe was fitted with a La Gard digital lock which would not open with the new or old code and having tried various permutations we had to drill into the lock to get it open. With the small hole repaired the lock was replaced and the safe put back in to service.

Eagle Home Safes Lost Combination

The owner had the key but didn’t know the combination to this Eagle safe. We attended the self storage facility in Warrington where the safe was stored and determined the combination to open it up for him.

Chubb Vanguard Safe Opening Manchester

The detachable key bit for this Chubb Vanguard Safe at a bar in Manchester had fallen out in the keyway and they were unable to open the safe. When we arrived to the job and looked down the keyway the key bit was nowhere to be seen until we looked harder and could see that it had somehow managed to fall down in to the bottom of the door. With it being the only key on site we had to pick the lock open to retrieve it.

Electronic Digital Hotel Safe Key Stuck In Lock

We were called to open this room safe by a Lancashire hotel whose guest had locked their valuables inside and couldn’t retrieve them. The electronic code would not open the door and when the staff tried to open it the master key became stuck and wouldn’t open the safe or come out. We attended the hotel and had the safe open within an hour of the call which isn’t bad for a Saturday afternoon.

Churchill Treasurechest Safety Deposit Box Lost Keys

We were called by a Solicitors firm in Manchester who required this Churchill Treasurechest safety deposit box opening as part of a deceased estate. The family were unable to find the key so the bank had released the box to be opened at their leisure. Other companies had advised that the box would need to be destroyed in order to get the contents out, we were a bit more subtle and picked the lock open causing no damage whatsoever.

Epic Safe Opening

No rest for the confectionery egg filled engineers on Easter Monday with a 7am cocoa induced coma wake up call to open this Epic safe at a Gym in Manchester. Safe opened and put back into service within a couple of hours of receiving the call.

Milners Safe Missing Keys

When a restaurant in Warrington needed keys for their safe they called us to sort it out. We gave the lock a good service and cut new keys by hand so they could continue using this old Milners safe.

Rosengren RS3 Safe opening

The combination lock on this Rosengrens RS3 safe could not be dialled open by the owner. We had worked on this safe in the past so knew that the four wheel Sargent and Greenleaf lock had seen better days and it was previously advised to get this replaced. Fortunately with a bit of luck and a lot of experience we diagnosed the problem and were able to correct it to get the door open one final time without having to drill it. The owner agreed to a replacement lock which we fitted and put the safe back into service.