Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 23 | Also, combination locks are not unknown, but they are infrequently found. |
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Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 20 | Another form of lock, providing perhaps even less security, is the notched beam lock which may be opened by a heavy sickle-like key which is inserted through a hole in the door, fitted into the notch, and then rotated to the left or right, depending on whether the door is being locked or opened. |
| 5 | 21 | These keys are quite heavy and are carried over the shoulder, and can, if necessary, even function as weapons. |
| 5 | 22 | Padlocks, it might be mentioned, are common on Gor. |
| 5 | 23 | Also, combination locks are not unknown, but they are infrequently found. |
| 5 | 24 | The most common combination lock consists of a set of lettered rings which conceal a bolt. |
| 5 | 25 | When the letters are properly aligned the bolt may be withdrawn. |
| 5 | 26 | Some locks, on the compartments of rich persons, or on the storehouses of merchants, the treasuries of cities, and so on, are knife locks or poison locks; the knife lock, when tampered with, releases a blade, or several of them, with great force, sometimes from behind the individual at the lock. |
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Another form of lock, providing perhaps even less security, is the notched beam lock which may be opened by a heavy sickle-like key which is inserted through a hole in the door, fitted into the notch, and then rotated to the left or right, depending on whether the door is being locked or opened.
These keys are quite heavy and are carried over the shoulder, and can, if necessary, even function as weapons.
Padlocks, it might be mentioned, are common on Gor.
Also, combination locks are not unknown, but they are infrequently found.
The most common combination lock consists of a set of lettered rings which conceal a bolt.
When the letters are properly aligned the bolt may be withdrawn.
Some locks, on the compartments of rich persons, or on the storehouses of merchants, the treasuries of cities, and so on, are knife locks or poison locks; the knife lock, when tampered with, releases a blade, or several of them, with great force, sometimes from behind the individual at the lock.
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter 5)