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Expert: - 4/12/2009


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THE PAPER LABEL ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR ON MY SAMUEL WITHERS SAFE IS TATTY,AND VERY WORN AS THE INSIDE HAS BEEN HAND PAINTED SEVERAL TIMES,I'VE SANDBLASTED AND POWDERCOATED THE SAFE,POLISHED THE BRASS HANDLES .THE LAST TOUCH WOULD BE TO GET A NEW PAPER LABEL.
I REALIZE THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE BUT CAN A GOOD PICTURE OR PDF TEMPLATE BE FOUND SO I COULD MAKE MY OWN AND STICK ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR.

MANY THANKS AGAIN
BARRY

Answer
Barry,

Well you live in the right area to look for these labels.  The Withers Safes were made in West Bromwich, England up until at least the mid 1970's, so you may be able to find someone with a similar safe thatyou can get a photo of to create a jpg or pdf file of, to recreate.

You might also check out the following web page, which has examples of some of the advertisments for Withers safes.  Jim Evans died a couple of years ago, but Frank Sharman is still looking after the gazetteer, and may have what you are looking for, or where to find it.  frank.sharman@blueyonder.co.uk

http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/locks/gazetteer/withers/withers.ht...

Good luck,

Andy

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Safe and Vault related Questions; Antique Safe Repair and Restoration; With over 40 years in the Safe & Vault industry, if I can't answer your question I know where to get the answer. Current Project: Restoration of two Tilton & McFarland Safes from the 1860's. Will answer Safe & Vault related questions concerning age, value, restoration, moving, opening & repairing, parts, operation and history. Note: It is not my intention to teach you to open safes or to provide information which may aid in the unlawful opening of a safe. I will not give out drill points or information which I deem inappropriate.

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40 years in the Safe & Vault Industry. Service Manager for one of the largest Safe & Vault companies on the West Coast. Graduate of Lockmasters Safe Lock Servicing, Safe lock Manipulation and Safe Deposit Lock Courses. Graduate of Locksmith Institute. Certified Instructor for the California Locksmith Association teaching Basic and Advanced Lock Servicing, Basic Safe opening and Repairing. Factory Trained by AMSEC, LORD Safes, LeFebure, Mosler, KabaMas, LaGard and Sargent & Greenleaf

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Graduate of Locksmith Institute 1972 Graduate Lockmasters Safe Lock Servicing 1974 Graduate Lockmasters Safe Lock Manipulation 1975 Graduate Lockmasters Safe Deposit Lock Servicing 1985 Instructor Certified - California Locksmith Association - 1985 Factory trained by AMSEC, MAJOR, STAR, Johnson-Pacific, Kaba-MAS, Allied-Gary, ISM, Lord, Brown Safe, EXL, Mosler, Diebold.

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2009, 2010 & 2011 Listed in AllExperts top 50 Experts. All Experts Categories - Safes & Security Containers, Locksmithing, Antique Safes. Retired US Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer (CW3), with 32 years of total service. With numerous awards from Vietnam, Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. US Navy - 1971-1981 US Army Reserve 1984-2006 US Army Retired Reserve 2006-present

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