Cavity Sliders

Here is another product designed and manufactured by a brilliant New Zealand company called Cavity Sliders.

This lock has pure form and function. It uses a 3 pin tumbler cylinder, effectively allowing pocket doors or cavity sliding doors to be key lockable as well as having the hardware slide effectively into the cavity.

(source...)  Thanks to Cliff Forrester, general manager of J. Larsen & Co in Queensland Australia established 1917. Cliff Forrester is a veteran career locksmith who is considered an industry stalwart. His knowledge and expertise spans multiple generations and product lines. 

Pocket Door Locks With A Key - UPDATE

Many inquiries I receive are from people requesting hardware to effectively secure their sliding pocket doors. There are very few products in the USA that achieve this without considerable expense.

Luckily for us, a forward thinking company from Australia have already produced a competitively priced key locked pocket door lock that is simple to install and looks good too.

The Cowdroy P697 Cavity/Pocket Door Lock, is secured using a 5 wafer (disc) tumbler mechanism, providing a 100% bump proof lock.

Securing your pocket doors has never been so easy.

(source...) Thanks to Garry Aumann of Keyman Services, Gold Coast, Australia.

$105.00

Keyring Scale

Finally! Someone has done it. They created the perfect office accessory.

How often is it, that you are required to weigh a parcel or letter to determine the cost for postage/cartage (delivery)?

As a supplier of product across the country, I find it a constant challenge to accurately determine shipping costs.

Now with the Keyring Scale, the task of correctly determining weight just got so much easier and convenient.

Easy-to-use clip makes it simple to weigh small objects like letters, jewelry and coins. Backlit LCD displays weight in grams (g), ounces (oz) penny weights (dwt), or grains (gn). Capacity: 8oz x 0.005oz; 225 x 0.1g.

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2009 St Louis Award Winner

I am humbled again by my customers who nominated me to receive the 2009 St Louis Award.

"For the second consecutive year, I am pleased to announce that Master Key Systems America, LLC has been selected for the 2009 St. Louis Award in the Locksmiths & Keys category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).

Nationwide, only 1 in 70 (1.4%) 2008 Award recipients qualified as 2009 Award Winners. I'm sure that your selection as a 2009 Award Winner is a reflection of the hard work of not only yourself, but of many people that have supported your business and contributed to the subsequent success of your organization. Congratulations on your selection to such an elite group of small businesses."

"The USLBA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community. 

Also, a copy of the press release publicizing the two-time selection of Master Key Systems America, LLC is posted on the USLBA website. USLBA hereby grants Master Key Systems America, LLC a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, distribute, and display this press release in any media formats and through any media channels."

Yelpie - Portable Safe

A novel new approach to securing your valuables remotely. You may be at the beach or on a picnic or simply out for a walk and require to store your keys or wallet or sunglasses or mp3 player from prying hands.

Enter the Yelpie - Portable Safe.

Manufacturers Description

Yelpie's advanced motion sensor alarm works to keep your valuables exactly where you left them, while being smart enough to know what's an accidental bump and what's an attempt to steal your belongings. 

If a thief attempts to move your Yelpie, a loud 90dB alarm goes off! 

The Yelpie is large enough to comfortably fit car and house keys, wallets, MP3 players, mobile phones, sunglasses or other small valuables - but even items too large to be placed inside the Yelpie can be left in public more securely by tying them to the Yelpie: if somebody tries to walk off with your surfboard, the Yelpie alarm will activate! 

Perfect for use at the beach, picnics, sporting events, training grounds, swimming pools, gym, school or work lockers, golf course, camping, motor homes, caravans, or when taking the kids for a play in the local park.

How It Works
 

1.	Put your belongings into Yelpie.
2.	Close and set the alarm.
3.	Alarm activates if disturbed for more than 2 seconds. Alarm will automatically cease if Yelpie is put down and left alone again.
4.	To deactivate the alarm and open the Yelpie portable safe, enter your personal code using the Yelpie's strong and weatherproof keypad. No keys to be lost!. (source...)

What Locks Cannot Be Bumped

Many searches lately seems to be from people who are concerned about Lock Bumping.

In the USA, there are many advertisers who try to portray their products as bump proof or bump resistant.

The truth be told, there are only two (2) 100% guaranteed bump proof locks available today in the USA. Bilock and Abloy.

The new Kwikset Smart Key system is considered almost completely bump proof too, however there are many published bypasses for these locks so be aware before relying on them to secure your homes.

Other locks that cannot be bumped include, all wafer/disc tumbler locks including automobile locks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, boat ignitions etc.

The bumping principle works on all pin tumbler locks that use pin stacks. A pin stack is found in standard pin tumbler mechanisms, like Yale, Schlage, Kwikset, Corbin Russwin, Titan, Defiant, Baldwin, Lockwood, Byrd, Medeco, Mul-T-Lock etc.

Fraudulent Companies Aided by AT&T Yellow Pages

Recently, we reported here about the Missouri Attorney General suing Dependable Locks Inc, their listed principal David Peer and their host of fictitious business names and addresses.

We have sourced copies of letters written by the Missouri Attorney General's department that were hand delivered to AT&T.

We now include a copy of the original letter that was hand delivered to AT&T in St Louis.

If you click on the picture you will be able to read the exact document that was presented.

Suffice to say, this is indeed a great day for the locksmith industry in Missouri. The Missouri government has acted to protect it's residents and legitimate locksmith service providers.

Whereas this is just the beginning of one front in the war against unscrupulous companies preying on consumers, perhaps it should be seen as notice to all other similar mediums to tighten their business practises and verify the listings in their publications, both printed and electronic, prior to publication.

This effort by the Missouri government shows that some governments of the people, by the people and for the people, can achieve noteworthy and respectable results without the need to practise licensing of trades or other implicit revenue generating programs that can and are, not being enforced by other states in feeble attempt to rid themselves of these fraudulent companies.

The great states of Illinois, California and Texas actively pursued licensing of locksmiths as their attempt to purge their states of unscrupulous marauders, only to find that the lack of enforcement and the subsequent applications for licenses by representatives from the aforementioned companies, substantially reduced any perception of protection for their residents and legitimite locksmith service providers. These states, effectively have made the conditions for existing legitimite locksmith companies, more mired in red tape and bureaucratic bungling and caused the public to be subjected to higher service prices and charges as a result.

The clear and present action, as shown by the forward thinking Missouri government, is to combat the mediums who allow these companies to procreate and indirectly take advantage of the residents and citizens of Missouri.

Congratulations Chris Koster - Attorney General and Jay Nixon - Governor!

Neighborhood Crime Summary - St Louis MO January - March 2009

We are attempting a new post to include the latest crime statistics report broken down by neighborhood from data compiled and published by The St Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

The intention here is to inform residents of the different neighborhoods as to the types and quantities of the various crimes being committed, to help their decision making processes for better securing their families, residences and properties.

All information is sourced from publicly available records.

We will list the total quantities of crimes by suburb. The crimes included are: Burglary, Arson, Larceny and Theft, commonly known as Property Crimes.

For more accurate and detailed statistics we suggest visiting http://www.slmpd.org and clicking on the Crime Stats tab.

Locality - Total

Academy - 76

Baden      - 149

Benton Park - 70

Benton Park West - 78

Bevo Mill - 157

Botanical Heights - 15

Boulevard Heights - 61

Cal-Bell Cem - 3

Carondelet - 138

Carondelet Park - 3

Carr Square - 50

Central West End - 295

Cheltenham - 18

Clayton-Tamm - 41

Clifton Heights - 42

College Hill - 55

Columbus Square - 39

Compton Heights - 28

Coveant-Blu-Grand Ctr - 80

DeBaliviere Place - 43

Downtown - 303

Downtown West - 221

Dutchtown - 219

Ellendale - 30

Fairground - 48

Fairground Park - 1

Forest Park - 30

Forest Park SE - 78

Fountain Park - 28

Fox Park - 54

Franz Park - 40

Gravois Park - 103

Hamilton Heights - 58

Hi-Point - 21

Holly Hills - 27

Hyde Park - 41

Jeff Vanderlou - 132

Kings Oak - 13

Kingsway East - 75

Kingsway West - 86

Kosciusko - 34

Lafayette Square - 36

Lasalle Park - 40

Lewis Place - 39

Lindenwood Park - 103

Marine Villa - 56

Mark Twain - 86

Mark Twain I-70 Ind - 26

Mckinley Heights - 40

Midtown - 152

Mount Pleasant - 69

Near N Riverfront - 55

North Hampton - 85

North Riverfront - 29

North Point - 75

O'Fallon - 102

O'Fallon Park - 1

Old North St Louis - 44

Patch - 48

Peabody-Darst-Webb - 31

Penrose - 145

Penrose Park - 1

Princeton Heights- 62

Riverview - 22

Shaw - 84

Skinker-Debaliviere - 48

Soulard - 98

South Hampton - 61

Southwest Garden - 69

St Louis Hills - 50

St Louis Place - 39

The Botanical Garden - 0

The Gate District - 44

The Greater Ville - 140

The Hill - 52

The Ville - 43

Tiffany - 42

Tower Grove East - 132

Tower Grove South - 4

Tower Grove Park - 252

Vandeventer - 44

Visitation Park - 32

Walnut Park East - 102

Walnut Park West - 68

Wells-Goodfellow - 134

West End - 118

Willsmore Park - 1

Wydown-Skinker - 8

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