Author Topic: British? Or American? lock maker ID  (Read 2950 times)

Offline DaveM

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British? Or American? lock maker ID
« on: April 26, 2016, 02:59:46 PM »
Can anyone identify this lock maker and relative timeframe?  Is this an American lock maker or a british trade lock?  I have never heard of this lock maker before.  Appears to be "KENYON WARRANTED".  This is on what appears to be a Berks County rifle.  It was converted from flint and was the gun's original lock.  Thanks!

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Re: British? Or American? lock maker ID
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2016, 04:33:47 PM »
Edward Kenyon of London became a gunmaker starting around 1700 per Gunmakers of London, but the lock looks much later than that. Perhaps it was manufactured by one of his grandsons?

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Re: British? Or American? lock maker ID
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2016, 05:35:07 PM »
Let's see the other side of the plate.That's where the lock resides.

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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: British? Or American? lock maker ID
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2016, 07:23:48 PM »
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Say, any of you boys smithies? Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'?

Offline DaveM

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Re: British? Or American? lock maker ID
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Offline JV Puleo

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Re: British? Or American? lock maker ID
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2016, 08:04:28 PM »
A very typical Birmingham export trade gun lock.
Even if it had an identifiable "American" name on it, it would be meaningless. They were ordered in bulk, with the names already stamped on them. In fact, the lock plates were case hardened and the name had to be stamped before this was done.
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