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What’s the Difference – Panic Bar vs. Exit Bar

There are many different types of locks and locking hardware available, and it’s not always easy to determine the difference between product types.  On the surface, they may seem (and even look) similar, but as you learned when we discussed the difference between mortise and cylindrical locks, there’s often a huge difference.  Today we dive […]

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Happy Father’s Day to the First Lock Inventor!

With Father’s Day rapidly approaching, we wanted to wish a happy Father’s Day to the father of the oldest known lock.  The inventor’s name is not known, but the oldest one found by archeologists dates back 4,000 years to the Khorsabad Palace ruins near Nineveh.  It used a large wooden bolt to secure the door and had […]

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