Mearian, Lucas (2016-02-08). "Kingston buys encrypted flash drive maker IronKey". Computerworld . Retrieved 2020-02-27. Material: Another thing to consider is what the key is made of. Precious metals such as gold and silver are going to fetch far more than a key made of ferrous iron. Brass keys are common, but are also worth slightly more than the ones made out of iron as they will not rust and are more valuable metal at the scrap yard. One thing that makes car keys collectible is there are many people who collect different types of car memorabilia. People tend to be very loyal to their favorite kinds of cars, whether they are a “Ford Person” or a “Chevy Person”. Goodall defines this type as having ‘bit and stem in line’ (in Biddle 1990, nos 3725-30). The Winchester type C keys are all of iron, and have openwork rectangular or circular bits; they belong to the late 11th to possibly the early 13th century at Winchester, and are also found in mainly 12th-century contexts in London ( Egan 1998, 100-102, nos. 267-8). There are not many known of copper alloy. In November 2018, Kingston announced that the IronKey had new features and was now FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified. [13]

Both Winchester type 3 and type 4 keys have hollow ends to the stem, but are defined by the way in which they are forged. Winchester type 3 keys (London type II) are rolled out of a single piece of metal; in Winchester type 4 keys (London type III), the bit is made separately and welded on. Winchester type 5 keys – with deeply split stem Requires SafeConsole or IronKey EMS software management system 1. This allows central management of drive access and usage across thousands of drives. The best-photographed example on the PAS database is shown below, but this does not have an end-on view showing details of the bit. It is always useful to take as many angles as you can, as these keys can be difficult to reconstruct from limited views. Winchester type B I hope this guide to the different types of vintage and antique keys is useful for you in identifying old keys and their value. If you’ve been wondering if old keys are worth anything or whether they are something to collect, the answer is yes!Some of the listed capacity on a Flash storage device is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. As such, the actual available capacity for data storage is less than what is listed on the products. For more information, go to Kingston's Flash Memory Guide. Exactly how deeply the stem needs to be split to qualify it as a type 5, rather than just a key with a solid stem (as below), is not yet defined. As there are so few of this type, it’s best to add ‘Winchester type 5’ to the classification field even if the identification is a bit uncertain. It is still true that “the close dating of medieval keys is a matter of great difficulty” ( Ward Perkins 1940, 133) and this is made harder by the fact that most excavated keys with secure dates are made from iron, and are rather different from the copper-alloy examples that make up 90% of the medieval keys on the PAS database. Now that we understand a good bit about the different kinds of keys, it’s also helpful to have a little bit of familiarity with the different brands and manufacturers throughout history.

IronKey Workspace MWES USB Flash Drive with Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard (MWES) edition software. Antique car shows are a favorite summer past time for many people, and even car dealers, mechanics and car stores like to decorate with various old car themed memorabilia. The keys that go along with master keys are sometimes called valet keys {useful for cars parked in a garage where you do not want to give the attendant access to the glove box} and are also sometimes called (controversially) as slave keys. This essay by Peggy Shinner on LitHub is an insightful read on that topic. 3. Phonograph Cabinet Keys Victrola Phonograph Cabinet Key found by Shawn White while metal detecting at an old homestead. GAT-954187 is like a type VI, but has a projecting stem. Not deeply split, so probably not really a type 5. Winchester type 3 and type 4 keys (London type II and III) There is no generally accepted typology for Roman copper-alloy keys or fragments, but we can flag up the major divisions. For an openwork handle (normally with three lobes) please add ‘openwork handle’ to the classification field. For a solid rectangular handle with loop, please add ‘solid rectangular handle’ to the classification field. For a handle in the shape of an animal, please add ‘zoomorphic handle’ to the classification field. For ring-keys, please add ‘ring key’ to the classification field. For anything else, or uncertain fragments, leave the classification field blank.Phonograph cabinet keys are very similar in style to antique barrel keys, but one main difference is they usually have some type of specialty design on the head/bow of the key or in some cases even a logo/maker’s mark on them.

The remaining types are those with the solid stems, either in line with the end of the bit or projecting beyond. If larger than a casket key, these theoretically fall into Winchester types 6, 7, and 8, and London types IV, V, VII and VIII. But examples in copper alloy are rare, and it is not worth trying to allocate them to a typology which was essentially developed for iron keys. Some of the very few large copper-alloy keys that are not London type VI, nor really Winchester type 5 because the split part of their stems are not particularly long. Left: SWYOR-704617. Right: GAT-954187. Casket keys do not fall into either Winchester or London types. For these, it is useful to use ‘casket’ in the Description field. A selection of keys with solid handles and copper-alloy stems and bits. Left to right: DEV-514F0E, LEIC-1C4B92, NMS-B016F2, NLM-3F8683 (above, a notably small example), SUSS-218BC2 (below, with unusually shaped bow). Estimated delivery times are provided to us by the respective delivery companies. We pass this information onto you, the customer.The characteristics of early-medieval keys are: a drop-shaped bow, tapering into the stem; an L-section bit; and a suspension loop at the far end of the bow. Any one of these is diagnostic of an early-medieval date. Some also have decoration in the Winchester style (e.g. WILT-C520E4 and DOR-6E063A), which helps to assign a precise date in the 10th century for these particular examples. Three early-medieval copper-alloy keys ( KENT-998C0D, WILT-C520E4 and DOR-6E063A). It is not particularly easy to see the L-section bits from these photographs, but the suspension loops are clear on KENT-998C0D (left, with ring) and WILT-C520E4 (centre). The ornament on WILT-C520E4 (centre) and DOR-6E063A (right) has been identified as Winchester style, with a date-range centring on the 10th century. Winchester types 1 and 2

Crummy (1983, 84) suggests that type 5b (with ‘flat wards’) may be early Roman, whereas type 5a may be 3rd or 4th century in date.Bows with a pair of internal projections are confined to the post-medieval period. Later post-medieval keys often had the bow shaped internally to a slight figure-of-eight form, as if they were intended for use with two fingers.