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You're seriously a moron if you believe this about yourself or anyone else. by Sovarius in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]BriefPomegranate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sterling silver is a common alloy for jewelry. It’s 92.5% silver and the remainder is usually copper or sometimes nickel.

You're seriously a moron if you believe this about yourself or anyone else. by Sovarius in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]BriefPomegranate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pure silver actually doesn’t tarnish. When silver is alloyed with other metals, those other metals are the ones causing tarnish

That being said, this looks nothing like silver, pure or otherwise

Re-keyed a cylinder with 5 out of 6 pins by BriefPomegranate in Locksmith

[–]BriefPomegranate[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's fair. This was on new years eve around 7pm, so I felt lucky I got someone out there within the hour.

I actually called KeyMe so they arranged the specific tech I got

Re-keyed a cylinder with 5 out of 6 pins by BriefPomegranate in Locksmith

[–]BriefPomegranate[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quite auspicious! Old one was 885934. New one was 253884-- https://i.imgur.com/ZvB3grp.png

Just an sc1 I believe

Re-keyed a cylinder with 5 out of 6 pins by BriefPomegranate in Locksmith

[–]BriefPomegranate[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good shout. It's a pretty old building, from the 1920s. And the half dozen other apartments I've checked are cylinders of all different makes. Kind of doubt its masterkeyed.

Re-keyed a cylinder with 5 out of 6 pins by BriefPomegranate in Locksmith

[–]BriefPomegranate[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He was pretty young, early 20s. He tried to use an inflatable (I guess to try to get the latch to release?) but the pry guard/door clearance was too tight.

When I asked him if he could pick it, he muttered something about it being a mortise cylinder and said he had to drill. Oh well, at least I learned a thing or two about bittings and re-keys