Fichet-Bauche: History of Fichet and Bauche Safes and Vaults
If your safe has Fichet or Bauche on the plate, it belongs to the story of France’s best-known safe maker. Until 1967, though, that…
Safe Makers
Histories of the companies that built the world’s safes and vaults: who founded them, how they evolved, and how to recognise their work today.
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John Tann Safes: History, Reliance and Defiance, and How to Date a Tann Safe
If the plate on your safe says Tann, you’re looking at the oldest name in the British safe trade, a Hackney family making iron…
Chubb Safes: History, Models and How to Date Yours
Chubb started with a lock, not a safe: the detector lock of 1818. From there it became Britain’s best-known name in safes, strongrooms and…