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Does Anyone Collect Security Stuff?
I've managed to accumulate quite a pile of security related items over the past 30 years.
I have old padlocks, safe locks, keys and some old alarm boxes.
I have about 125 security badges, bought from gun shows, flea markets, and eBay. I have a bunch of patches but I only have room to display about a hundred or so.
I have 5 Detex clocks, a Latham clock, a Amano clock and various key stations for them all.
I own quite an assortment of weapons, some are illegal or prohibited by companies now. I have night sticks, billies, sap gloves, saps, blackjacks, police model "nunchucks" (I still can't believe they let us carry those!), come-alongs, etc.
One of my favorite items is a wooden billy club with a small bottle inside. It will hold 2 oz of booze. It was called a "liquor stick." It was left to me by a man who worked as a night watchman at a defense plant back in the 40's.
My collection of flashlights goes back to the 1920's. I also have my first Kel-Lite, a 3 C cell with a "slim line" head. The Kel-Lite was the first aircraft aluminum police flashlight. I think Streamlight bought them out.
I have about 20 security signs collected from properties I obtained from other outifts we took accounts from. If they didn't pull their signs down by our first night of service, they were mine!
So, does anyone else share my passion for hoarding old security stuff?
P.S. If anyone has a set of the old brass ADT keys, stations, or a transmitter box, let me know. I will pay $$$ for them!!!! The last working ADT setup I saw was in 1988 at the Honeymead elevator in North Minneapolis.
I have old padlocks, safe locks, keys and some old alarm boxes.
I have about 125 security badges, bought from gun shows, flea markets, and eBay. I have a bunch of patches but I only have room to display about a hundred or so.
I have 5 Detex clocks, a Latham clock, a Amano clock and various key stations for them all.
I own quite an assortment of weapons, some are illegal or prohibited by companies now. I have night sticks, billies, sap gloves, saps, blackjacks, police model "nunchucks" (I still can't believe they let us carry those!), come-alongs, etc.
One of my favorite items is a wooden billy club with a small bottle inside. It will hold 2 oz of booze. It was called a "liquor stick." It was left to me by a man who worked as a night watchman at a defense plant back in the 40's.
My collection of flashlights goes back to the 1920's. I also have my first Kel-Lite, a 3 C cell with a "slim line" head. The Kel-Lite was the first aircraft aluminum police flashlight. I think Streamlight bought them out.
I have about 20 security signs collected from properties I obtained from other outifts we took accounts from. If they didn't pull their signs down by our first night of service, they were mine!
So, does anyone else share my passion for hoarding old security stuff?
P.S. If anyone has a set of the old brass ADT keys, stations, or a transmitter box, let me know. I will pay $$$ for them!!!! The last working ADT setup I saw was in 1988 at the Honeymead elevator in North Minneapolis.
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