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Custom Logo House Keys
are custom key blanks for promotional use with your logo and/or
contact info printed directly onto the key head. What better way to
advertise than to make sure customers keep your information "close at
hand!" Custom Logo Klinky Keys are an extremely effective advertising &
promotional tool
and with a low min. order of only 100pcs. And with a starting price of
under $2.50ea, we suggest you start advertising with some today.
Custom
logo house keys are available to retailers and promotional products
distributors worldwide. Klinky custom logo house keys have sold in the
millions since our inception almost a decade ago. Klinky Inc. has
manufactured these promotional house keys for clients all over the
world, including top realtors and real estate company house keys, home
builder promotional house keys, keys for mortgage brokers, title
companies and banks, as well as thousands of other business. Our custom
key blanks are made from the highest of quality nickel plated brass.
Custom Keys are sold primarily by ASI distributors, PPAI distributors,
SAGE distributors and other final promotional product companies. If you
would like to order custom logo keys for your business, please contact
us and we will put you in touch with your nearest Klinky Keys
distributor. CustomKeys are available in the Kwikset house key and the
Schlage house key. We also have the capability of manufacturing custom
promotional keys in other keyways. Our custom keys will be enjoyed by
all!
A Brief History
of Keys & Key Blanks
Keeping property safe and secure has been a preoccupation of mankind
since the dawn of civilization. The ancient Egyptians, over 3500 years
ago, used bolts with wooden pegs and bars in a system not at all unlike
our modern pin and tumbler locks, so there is an argument for saying
that not a lot separates their achievements from those of Linus Yale in
the mid - 19th century.
However, though many of the basic designs of lock may be recognizable
throughout history, a great deal of change took place in the craft and
workmanship of those designs that reflects our own industrial history.
The Romans were as accomplished as locksmiths as they were in many other
spheres. Working in iron and bronze, with some amazing decorative
padlocks depicting birds and beasts, they tended to concentrate on
'warded' locks, where so-called wards or obstructions prevent any but
the right key from being inserted. These differed from the Egyptian
pin-tumbler style, which remained undeveloped for many centuries to
come.
The Middle Ages really do little more than chart the developing
complexity of warded locks, which became so intricate and extravagant in
their workmanship that each craftsman would vie with the next to produce
more decoration and figurative design. So, while these years saw the
development of locksmithing as creative art form, very little was done
to improve the products mechanically.
It was not until 1778 that Robert Barron, returning to the Egyptian
tumbler principle, produced his double acting lever lock, which gave
rise to the later improvements of Joseph Bramah and Jeremiah Chubb. In
the following century the English market, celebrating the 1851 Great
Exhibition, was alarmed by an American lockmaker, Hobbs, who claimed to
be able to pick any lock in Britain - a boast that he went on the
fulfill. This was a severe blow to the pride of the security-conscious
Victorians, who set about lock-making with a new vigour. However, it is
to two Americans, Linus Yale Snr. And Jnr., that the credit must go for
developing the ultimate answer the cylinder lock. Not only was this
lock, based on Egyptian pin-tumbler principles, much more secure than
any predecessor, but it was also cheap to manufacture in quantity. Yale
Snr. Produced a round-pin lock, but his son perfected the device further
in 1861-5 with a flat-pin design that was ideal for mass-production.
Since that time, not much has been done to the traditional lock and key.
During the turn of the century, suppliers within the lock smith industry
including ourselves introduced decorative novelty keys with a twist
unseen in the marketplace. Giving keys a personality became the thing to
do. Manufacturers rushed to produce keys with painted images on them, or
with decorative designs, lights to clear a path in the dark, bottle
openers that come in handy, a built in lighter on a house key, magnets
to stick a key somewhere convenient, keys with sports team logos and
cartoon character designs on them including NBA keys, NFL keys, NHL
keys, MLB keys, Nascar keys for the driving enthusiast, and a host of
other licensed key designs such as Disney keys, Looney Tunes, Warner
Bros., Garfield, Sesame Street keys, and many many other innovations in
the key blank category. The future will bring about many more new
designs painted and imprinted and molded onto keys, along with
technological advancements in the form of added security and convenience
in opening a lock, while still making it fashionable to carry your key.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Links
Pricing
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Klinky Inc. manufactures many different key related products, including
custom promotional logo house keys and many other custom made keys
and key chains.
Artwork
- Have questions about what type of artwork we can
print on your keys? Visit our artwork requirements page for more
information on how to customize your Klinky keys.
FAQs
- Our Frequently Asked Questions page
includes information on order turnaround time, shipping methods, and
lots of other useful information for your custom key order.
Our Story
- Learn about how we started this little company
years ago and how it grew into the leader in custom keys and key
accessories. We are proud of our beginnings and invite you to learn
more.
Order Now -
Call, fax or email us your order today. You'll be happy you did.
Contact Us -
We'd love to hear from you. Please contact us with any questions.
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