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Escutcheon insert? Supplier

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I think the picture shows an escutcheon insert but I'm not sure if that's the correct term. Does anyone have a recommended supplier in the UK for such a thing? This is from a dressing table but I would like one suitably larger sized for a door key. The other side will have a surface rim lock. I know there's many a person here that could make something like this but unfortunately I can't count myself amongst them.

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I've got a couple of old ones you'd be welcome to but they are only small - 20 or 21mm externally. Door locks generally have the style with a flat plate with a hole in, to protect the door from fumbling scatches, in my experience. Sometimes with a swinging cover against draughts and snoopers!
 
Squib said:
They are called thread escutcheons and are readily available from Ironmongery direct etc..👍
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Thanks for the company name

AndyT said:
I've got a couple of old ones you'd be welcome to but they are only small - 20 or 21mm externally. Door locks generally have the style with a flat plate with a hole in, to protect the door from fumbling scatches, in my experience. Sometimes with a swinging cover against draughts and snoopers!
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Cheers for the offer Andy, maybe I'll look at the covered options first.
 
Although the ones I have rescued from old drawer fronts look as if they were made from tiny castings, I reckon it would be pretty easy to make your own.

You'd need a strip of thin, narrow brass. Heat it up to red hot with a plumber's torch. Cool in water. (Unlike steel, brass will stay soft if you cool it quickly.)

Bend it around a suitable sized nail or the key itself, using a hammer, clamping in the vice, etc.
Neaten up by filing.

It wouldn't take long to try.
 
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