otter42 Posted November 14, 2021 Share #1  Posted November 14, 2021 Bought three US stamped locks at a garage sale yesterday. The man had been in the Marine Corp, but I can't figure out what SET means. Any ideas 💡? Thought maybe he worked for a government agency like BLM or Forest Service. Are these Government issue locks? Thanks for any thoughts. Ken  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmar836 Posted November 14, 2021 Share #2 Â Posted November 14, 2021 Just mfg. company names, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter42 Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share #3  Posted November 14, 2021 I think Reese in the Mfg, but SET would mean something else. I worked at the power company, and our locks had the manufacturer, and then PPL for Pacific Power & Light. So I think this was used for some Govt agency with SET as their acronym.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWW Posted November 15, 2021 Share #4 Â Posted November 15, 2021 That is one of a SET of locks that are keyed alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter42 Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share #5  Posted November 15, 2021 Hadn't thought of that, thanks. They both have different keys, so they weren't part of the same set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted November 15, 2021 Share #6  Posted November 15, 2021 17 hours ago, otter42 said: Bought three US stamped locks at a garage sale yesterday. The man had been in the Marine Corp, but I can't figure out what SET means. Any ideas 💡? Thought maybe he worked for a government agency like BLM or Forest Service. Are these Government issue locks? Thanks for any thoughts. Ken  . Hi Ken,  thanks for posting this hadn't thought about it before,  you had me looking at the few locks I have, and one of them also has ' SET ' same as yours but a different manufacturer.  I have other locks one with ' OGJ or QGJ ' hard to tell so small, another has ' AVS ' on the bottom and the key number stamped, this one has crossed Cannons on the side surrounded by Ordnance. Department. U.S.A..  .  .   regards lewis  .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted November 15, 2021 Share #7 Â Posted November 15, 2021 I believe the SET may indicate the lock came in a 'set' of different locks that all opened with the same key... Just a hunch Edit: just now read the above... seems my hunch was right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter42 Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share #8  Posted November 15, 2021 At the power company we had 2 different keyed locks. They looked identical. One was for general use and one for substations. They were stamped A1 or A2, so I never thought of the set idea. Thanks for all your help and comments, Ken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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