Custom made locks – Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Dutch  rimlock

This is a mortice lock fitted to a stinkwood casing and a brass coverplate to act as a rimlock on a front door of a Cape Dutch farmstead. The escutcheon plate and handle is fitted on the outside. The keys for this lock needs to be lengthened seening that the keys were made for a mortice lock.

Victorian lock

This lock was entirely manufactured by hand for a client who wanted a specific design with Victorian looks.

Francois van Zyl