Lock Safaris
Since I've been in Africa, I've noticed some interesting physical security components and setups. This page will likely consist of just a stream of pictures. There will be almost no context/surrouding-area shown to ensure that criminals do not use these pictures maliciously. Also, all of these photos were taken out in town and not on US government property. It seems that physical security is very important around here and creative solutions are being used in spite of low resources. Hopefully, I'll also come across some strange locks. Enjoy!
Anti-climbing
Rough iron triangles on top of a fence
Metal triangles on top of a wall
Spikes welded on a fence
Piled-up thorny branches protect against hyenas
Razor-wire guards the top of this wall
Broken-off glass bottles embedded in the tops of walls is pretty common
Door Locks
Very old and degraded oval cylinder
Random pin-tumbler gate lock
Mortise door lock: likely warded but could have levers too
Victory-branded euro with a funky keyway
Random warded lock
Milano dimple euro found with one side in the picked position..wtf
Fealty brand rim lock with an odd triangular body
Cool Geyi-branded Bell/SEA-style 2-track gate lock
Padlocks
A popular and odd-looking Vachette padlock
Stanofdro padlock
French Tri-Circle padlock?
"GoldDoor" padlock
Tri-Circle padlock: these things are everywhere.
Chinese cruciform padlock "in the wild"
Think this is a Tri-Circle? Flip it over and check the back
Smallest disc padlock I've seen
Shelf of random typical padlocks
Diamond-brand padlock with two keyways
