any idea who made this lock? marked with H H

[deerstalkert]

wondering if anyone can recognize this lock and tell me who may have made it. thanks in advance

 

[jdw276]

Herschal house??????

 

[FlinterNick]

wondering if anyone can recognize this lock and tell me who may have made it. thanks in advance View attachment 276123View attachment 276124

Hershel brothers.

House and house.

 

[wiscoaster]

Humbucker humbucker? Sorry ... my other hobby intrudes ....

 

[deerstalkert]

I was wondering if it was House & House. nice lock. now i need to figure out what to build around it!

 

[Mgbruch]

Not an expert at all; but wondering what parts of the lock the House brothers made? The plate and cock look like they are cast, as well as the mainspring. And the bolster looks machined. ???

 

[Rob M.]

wondering if anyone can recognize this lock and tell me who may have made it. thanks in advance View attachment 276123View attachment 276124

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[TDM]

That is one strange looking mainspring.

 

[BEP]

Is it just me or does that mainspring look like it's set to fail at the main V-bend? I know it's a casting but still.....

 

[wiscoaster]

Is it just me or does that mainspring look like it's set to fail at the main V-bend? I know it's a casting but still.....

Looks like a crack, doesn't it? Not to worry.

 

[wiscoaster]

That is one strange looking mainspring.

Lack of detailing inside and out and on all parts. Wouldn't it be fun to take that thing apart and make it all nice and bright and shiny and silky smooth functioning?

 

[sportster73hp]

I can live with the outside finish but the inside could use some work. The plate isnt flat and the “as cast “ spring shows where it could break.

 

[deerstalkert]

and this has something to do with who made the lock how?

 

[2 shots]

looks a little rough for someone like House, no?

 

[deerstalkert]

looks a little rough for someone like House, no?

yes.
just one in the drawer. i like to know the pedigree of the locks i use. this one is a question. nice geometry and sparks well. will start cleaning it up when i have nothing else going on.

 

[deerstalkert]

I can live with the outside finish but the inside could use some work. The plate isnt flat and the “as cast “ spring shows where it could break.

i must need your eye doctor. that plate couldn't be any flatter. unless 3 different straight edges are all warped.
i guess i need to take today off from here. Wife talked me into shaving off my beard and that always turns me into a curmudgeon. see ya.

 

[sportster73hp]

i must need your eye doctor. that plate couldn't be any flatter. unless 3 different straight edges are all warped.
i guess i need to take today off from here. Wife talked me into shaving off my beard and that always turns me into a curmudgeon. see ya.

Sorry. From the light reflection and porosity marks the plate looks unfinished.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

wondering if anyone can recognize this lock and tell me who may have made it. thanks in advance View attachment 276123View attachment 276124

Looks like lost Wax castings, L&R ????beware I derusted two L&R flintlocks in deruster fluid and the main springs just broke , fell apart in the fluid, ????in two bits !!!!! , fortunately I had a pair of old shotgun locks and the maine springs were a perfect fit Magic

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

Have you had it a while? It may be LC Rice's new lock. HH is the lock assembler, not the House Bros.

 

[sdilts]

It's not a Rice lock. Liston stamps his with an "R" inside of a triangle. LC's lock has not made it to market yet.