Necessary Skill Set

A lock repair expert and locksmith is a real renaissance woman (or man!) who has a skill set which encompasses a number of other professions. Locksmiths must do the duty of a security expert, mechanic, carpenter, and of an engineer to bring you the highest quality products and work.

Ancient Profession

In the world, locksmithing is one of the oldest professions, as locksmiths and their skill set were necessary as early as 4,000 years ago inside Babylon and Egypt. From those Middle East civilizations, key and lock technology spread northward to Rome and Greece then east to China.

Oldest Locks

The oldest locks to have been found, thought to be around 4,000 years old, were dug up inside the ruins of the Khorsabad Palace within Nineveh. On the other hand, the oldest lock that used key dates to about 704 BC and was discovered in Khorsabad, inside the Palace of Sargon ruins.

Modernizing profession

Keys and locks remained pretty much the same for thousands of years before the original major innovation arrived. It was just about 900 AD that the original locks comprised of metals like brass and iron started appearing. Locksmithing took an additional jump forward in the Fourteenth century, as ornate and intricate locks became more popular.

Harry Houdini had a job as a locksmith before becoming a magician

Most folks are familiar with Harry Houdini because of his magic tricks; however, did you know he began as a locksmith? Maybe Houdini’s expertise with locks, as well as knowledge of how locks worked assisted with a few of his illusions.

Locksmith betrayed King Louis XVI

At a young age, Louis XVI had an interest in locks. This intrigue led him to create a friendship with the royal locksmith, Francois Gamain. Gamain taught him about locks, as well as how to build locks from scratch. They stayed friends, even after Louis XVI became France’s king. As the French revolution started, King Louis XVI asked Francois Gamain, who’d been his pal for two decades years by that time, to construct an iron chest that had a specialized lock that would secure his important documents. However, Gamain, who’d secretly joined the revolutionary cause, betrayed King Louis XVI and exposed his chest that had the documents inside. The documents assisted the effort to overthrow King Louis XVI.

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