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Requires SafeConsole or IronKey EMS software management system 1. This allows central management of drive access and usage across thousands of drives. The first step in identifying a key you might find is to look at the shape of the key and take note of any marks that might indicate the brand or manufacturer. A lot of times you can identify what a key is used for based on its shape and style. 1. Antique Barrel Keys & Round Keys for Old Doors Bows with a pair of internal projections are confined to the post-medieval period. Later post-medieval keys often had the bow shaped internally to a slight figure-of-eight form, as if they were intended for use with two fingers. IronKey Workspace MWES USB Flash Drive with Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard (MWES) edition software. We have a few copper-alloy examples recorded on the PAS database, which are probably of similar date; and, exceptionally, one 95% silver example ( HAMP-66BB77). Some are decorated, and where the decoration is diagnostic, it usually suggests a Roman date. Note the Roman-style handles on HAMP-66BB77 and BH-0852F6.

These barrel keys are relatively easy to identify because they have an opening at the end shaft of the key, much like a “barrel”. These keys are typically small and similar to a suitcase style of key, but can sometimes be found in the rounded barrel shape associated with antique door keys and skeleton keys. 7. Vintage Car Keys The bow is normally simple and circular, but can occasionally be more elaborate; lozengiform bows are sometimes found. The stem is normally hollow at the end, but occasionally can be solid, tapering to project beyond the bit. Other examples of keys with solid handles have a simpler bit which projects at right angles to the handle. These may have been rotary keys. Three small copper-alloy Roman keys with solid handles. Left to right: BH-E374F2, LVPL-556548, SUR-19B512.For example, if you have a master key for a building in New York, it is highly improbable that same master key would open all the doors in a building in Philadelphia or Boston. Casket keys do not fall into either Winchester or London types. For these, it is useful to use ‘casket’ in the Description field. The PAS database also includes examples of other copper-alloy handles in the form of animals, usually identified as being a bear, dog or wolf. These are sometimes recorded as key handles (e.g. SOM-B0C429 and BUC-BDD866) and sometimes as knife handles (e.g. NCL-864495, SF3834 and LVPL-1DB33C). Two complete examples of knives with animal-head handles are in the BM collection ( 1856,0701.1132 and 1851,0813.45). Other functions are no doubt also possible. Ring-keys

The characteristics of early-medieval keys are: a drop-shaped bow, tapering into the stem; an L-section bit; and a suspension loop at the far end of the bow. Any one of these is diagnostic of an early-medieval date. Some also have decoration in the Winchester style (e.g. WILT-C520E4 and DOR-6E063A), which helps to assign a precise date in the 10th century for these particular examples. Three early-medieval copper-alloy keys ( KENT-998C0D, WILT-C520E4 and DOR-6E063A). It is not particularly easy to see the L-section bits from these photographs, but the suspension loops are clear on KENT-998C0D (left, with ring) and WILT-C520E4 (centre). The ornament on WILT-C520E4 (centre) and DOR-6E063A (right) has been identified as Winchester style, with a date-range centring on the 10th century. Winchester types 1 and 2 Nina Crummy quotes a date of after 150 AD for these ( Crummy 1983, 126, citing Der Obergermanisch-Raetische Limesdes Römerreiches 8, Taf 12,51). Solid rectangular handles Estimated delivery times are provided to us by the respective delivery companies. We pass this information onto you, the customer.The good news is the charm and demand is higher than ever for old vintage keys (or even keys that look vintage). People love to use them for crafts and decorate with them! Both Winchester type 3 and type 4 keys have hollow ends to the stem, but are defined by the way in which they are forged. Winchester type 3 keys (London type II) are rolled out of a single piece of metal; in Winchester type 4 keys (London type III), the bit is made separately and welded on. Winchester type 5 keys – with deeply split stem If the bit is missing, in theory it is impossible to tell which of the sub-types of ring-key you are dealing with, but in fact almost all type 5a keys have the stem projecting from one end of the bezel, and almost all type 5b keys have the stem projecting from the centre of the bezel.

Ward Perkins believed that type VI dated to the 14th and 15th centuries ( 1940, 140), but reliable dating evidence is scarce. A fragment from London, missing its bow, was found in a context of c. 1270-1350 (Egan 1998, no. 313). Mearian, Lucas (2016-02-08). "Kingston buys encrypted flash drive maker IronKey". Computerworld . Retrieved 2020-02-27. A selection of keys with solid handles and copper-alloy stems and bits. Left to right: DEV-514F0E, LEIC-1C4B92, NMS-B016F2, NLM-3F8683 (above, a notably small example), SUSS-218BC2 (below, with unusually shaped bow). Two of Goodall’s Winchester types are early-medieval in date, types 1 and 2, defined as having L-section bits. Type 1 has a projecting stem-tip, and is by far the commoner type among the iron keys at Winchester. Type 2 has a hollow tip to the stem, and is much commoner among the copper-alloy keys in the PAS assemblage. There is an explanation of how type 1 and 2 keys work in Biddle 1990, 1016-19. Crummy (1983, 84) suggests that type 5b (with ‘flat wards’) may be early Roman, whereas type 5a may be 3rd or 4th century in date.For this reason, if you have old car keys you don’t want, while they may not exactly be a high value item, there are certainly a lot of people who might want them! 8. Tubular Keys / Vending Keys These handles can also be found on smaller keys, and in a variety of patterns, not all of which have the three lobes (see below for examples). There are also some quatrefoil or quadrilobate key fragments recorded on the PAS database as Roman, but as all complete examples are medieval, a Roman date is less likely to be correct. If you are unsure whether to go for a Roman or medieval date, look closely at the collar (if it survives) as Roman collars tend to have multiple transverse grooves and narrow ridges, and medieval collars tend to have a larger central rounded component. Roman keys which retain at least part of a copper-alloy openwork handle and an iron stem. Left above, WMID-4CCDD1 (with double bit). Left below, HAMP-B535F4. Right, HAMP-78F8D1. Note the distinctive collars. On February 8, 2016, Kingston Technology Company, Inc., announced it had acquired the USB technology and assets of IronKey from Imation. [11] Now that we understand a good bit about the different kinds of keys, it’s also helpful to have a little bit of familiarity with the different brands and manufacturers throughout history.

A key which has a small simple L-shaped bit (instead of the substantial toothed bit) is more likely to be early-medieval, such as IOW-A346E4 (illustrated below). Early-medieval keys Early and middle early-medieval keys They can be cut off if absolutely necessary, but that typically requires tools or brute force entry that would draw attention or leave evidence that could lead to catching the thief. The exception is for London type VI keys ( Ward Perkins 1940), which do not have an equivalent in the Winchester typology. Be careful to use Roman numerals for the London typology. Add London types in the following format: London type VI.For example, Ford and GMC have their logos engraved on a lot of the older model car keys. Samsonite, a company well known for suitcases and luggage also often had their brand stamped on the key.