US Brass Locks With Unknown Acronym

[otter42]

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 

 

[dmar836]

Just mfg. company names, no?

[otter42]

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.  

[RWW]

That is one of a SET of locks that are keyed alike.

[otter42]

Hadn't thought of that, thanks. They both have different keys, so they weren't part of the same set. 

[General Apathy]

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 

 

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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..

 

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regards lewis

 

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[Johan Willaert]

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...

[otter42]

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.