| Locks and keys have been around for a long time. | | | | be accepted as a master locksmith by the guild you |
| Early locks and keys from long ago were very large | | | | had to provide a working lock and key. There was |
| and designed differently than the locks you see now | | | | much corruption when the guild gained control over |
| days. They were made of wood and some had | | | | locksmith with setting the techniques and cost. This |
| movable pins that locked doors. Now days we would | | | | made it where the locks were to be displayed and not |
| know these locks as the modern pin tumbler that we | | | | for installation. There were some locks and keys that |
| use today. Some locks long ago that were used by | | | | were considered to be very attractive that were |
| the Greek fastened a wood bolt and staple to the | | | | made with no advances in security. |
| inside of the door. A key of wood or iron shaped like a | | | | In the nineteen forties locksmiths were considered to |
| sickle lifted the bolt. It was not known as being a very | | | | be very important with the onset of the Second World |
| secure form of lock like the locks we have today. | | | | War. During this time the locksmiths that were in |
| The Romans were the first to produce the first metal | | | | business focused mostly on the war. There were a |
| lock. They made pins of different shapes with keys | | | | great deal of locksmiths that were placed into war |
| and keyholes. Some of the keys that they designed | | | | because of being drafted. The locksmiths that were |
| had interesting designs such as birds or other designs | | | | not drafted into war continued along with their work |
| on them. The Romans invented ward locks. These | | | | during this time. The locksmiths of today do things such |
| locks had projections around the keyhole so the lock | | | | as repairing, maintaining, installing and selling locks and |
| could not be turned without using the right key. | | | | other devices that deal with security. They also copy, |
| However, this type of lock was found to be easy to | | | | replace keys and are very handy at opening locks. |
| pick. There were many thieves and burglars a long | | | | Locksmiths have skills that are needed each and |
| time ago because of the lack of good security. Long | | | | every day all over the world. |
| ago, back in the fourteenth century if you wanted to | | | | |