Non-motoring > Lost Samsonite Key	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Ambo	Replies: 21

New Mon 28 Feb 22 09:55   Lost Samsonite Key - Ambo

My Samsonite Classic Attache Case (brown, strong magnesium frame; model produced from 1972 to about 1978) has come to light after years of storage. It is locked but the key has been lost. The key has an unusual near-rectangular top. There is one on Bay for £7.02 but its shaft looks very short from the one I recall. It is very heavy and I can't remember what it contains. A locksmith asked £80 to pick the locks! Can any poster suggest how to get access? I have tried levering open but failed. I don't mind wrecking the two locks in the process. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 28 Feb 22 10:17   Lost Samsonite Key - Zero

If you don't care about destroying the locks, I would have them open in a heartbeat. I would jam a screwdriver in the key slot, clamp some mullgrips round the handle and twist, Drill out the lock Use my dremel to grind through the hasp Buy a wave rake if I wanted to save the locks. covertinstruments.com/products/genesis-lock-pick Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 28 Feb 22 10:45   Lost Samsonite Key - martin aston

They were good cases but I can’t imagine the locks would be that complex or varied. I have no experience of them but there is a specialist key supplier, Aldridge’s. I have no connection but they look worth a shout. They are in Berkshire but do mail order on keys. There doesn’t seem to be a vast range. If they haven’t got a key then you might need to force it. After all even if you can pick it open you are still stuck with a case you can’t use for fear of snapping it shut. Unless there is a key code inside the case? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 28 Feb 22 10:49   Lost Samsonite Key - henry k

Call Samsonite Ask Google ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 28 Feb 22 11:32   Lost Samsonite Key - Crankcase

The man with most boring voice in the world seems to make it look pretty easy to get into a simple suitcase type lock here. I've started it after most of the droning. youtu.be/g_Pkr8QeQ9I?t=160 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 28 Feb 22 12:14   Lost Samsonite Key - Ambo

Thanks Crankcase but I can't get into You Tube unless I open a Gmail account, which I don't want. I approached Samsonite, saying I didn't know the lock number. They helpfully suggested I check the number on the lock barrel. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 28 Feb 22 12:53   Lost Samsonite Key - Zero

Pretty sure you dont need a gmail account to get into youtube Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 28 Feb 22 13:09   Lost Samsonite Key - James Loveless

"Pretty sure you dont need a gmail account to get into youtube" You don't, not to play videos. But you do if you want to comment and do some of the other stuff which I don't usually bother with. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 28 Feb 22 13:00   Lost Samsonite Key - Zero

>> The man with most boring voice in the world seems to make it look pretty >> easy to get into a simple suitcase type lock here. I've started it after most >> of the droning. >> >> youtu.be/g_Pkr8QeQ9I?t=160 This is the man with the most boring voice in the world www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhESSMvf_to&ab_channel=LockPickingLawyer Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 28 Feb 22 13:13   Lost Samsonite Key - VxFan

Take it to any airport and ask one of the baggage handlers to open it for you for a couple of quid. Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Mon 28 Feb 22 14:45   Lost Samsonite Key - BiggerBadderDave

Or a scouser. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 28 Feb 22 14:57   Lost Samsonite Key - tyrednemotional

..in these strange times, leaving it outside the nearest military establishment would probably get it rapidly opened via means of a "controlled explosion"... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 1 Mar 22 08:03   Lost Samsonite Key - sherlock47

Do you have a Timpsons nearby? The staff are always helpful and in the past his recruitment process ensured that many staff had significant relevant experience :) Much better bet than many independent rip off locksmiths. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Mar 22 10:29   Lost Samsonite Key - Ambo

Thank you, martin aston. Aldridge's identified the key number but I couldn't make its order system work. Eventually Bagcraft supplied the keys today. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Mar 22 10:41   Lost Samsonite Key - Zero

We's gots to know WHats inside? Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Mar 22 10:50   Lost Samsonite Key - henry k

>> We's gots to know >> >> WHats inside? >> Maybe a note indicating the key number ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Mar 22 11:00   Lost Samsonite Key - Ambo

Disappointing. Just documents, most out of date, the rest of marginal interest. No indication of key no. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Mar 22 21:48   Lost Samsonite Key - legacylad

What a shame Not even a dog eared copy of Parade or Carnival from that era Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Mar 22 22:38   Lost Samsonite Key - bathtub tom

>> Not even a dog eared copy of Parade or Carnival from that era Clearing the loft, found some old copies of Mayfair, '70s I reckon. Gives me something to look at while I'm isolating - It's an ill wind............................... Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Mar 22 23:10   Lost Samsonite Key - Ted

I have a few mid 70s Mayfairs in the workshop. Only for the ' road tests ' of the Chrysler Airflow and a couple of vintage aircraft, you understand. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Mar 22 08:03   Lost Samsonite Key - Kevin

Like James Hunt landing at Jan Smuts for the '76 Kyalami GP with a copy of Playboy. 'There's a feature about me in there that I want to read.' So the customs guy tore out the relevant pages and confiscated the rest. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Mar 22 09:11   Lost Samsonite Key - bathtub tom

>>'There's a feature about me in there that I want to read.' I wonder if he got, erm, intimate with the interviewer, again! Reply to this message | Report message