We received a call to attend and make keys for this as the builders had lost both keys…

The Milners safe originates from the 1830s, a British family run company, known for their beautiful, fire-proof designs…

Withers Brothers safes date back from the late 1800’s, extremely popular safe then and currently, renowned for their build quality…

Phoenix safe picked open so that no damage was done to the safe…

Chubb grade one safe picked open and restored. Embankment.

Chubb Lemington Safe opened and given new combination, West London.

Recovering a lost combination on a substantial book room/ vault door. The door hadn’t been in use for many years…

This lovely old circa 1880-1890’s key safe was built into a wall in a lovely old house in Oxford…

This SMP Salopian combination was located in the KT postcode area, Surrey. The customer had recently moved into a new house and found this safe on arrival…

🧰 John Tann Safe Opening by SafeBusters

• Scenario: A vintage John Tann safe at a builders’ merchant wouldn’t open despite having the keys.

• Method Used:

  • Drilled a small 6 mm probe hole.

  • Inserted an endoscope to inspect boltwork.

  • Boltwork appeared to retract correctly, but the door still wouldn’t budge.

  • Eventually used a forklift to gently tug the door open.

• Cause of Issue: The door had sagged by ~2 mm, and a tiny scrap of paper jammed the bottom boltwork.

• Outcome: Safe opened successfully with no damage and restored to working order.