Talk:Skeleton key

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[edit] Definition

Erm, how about some idea to what an actual skeleton key is? 86.10.86.139 10:02, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. I'd like to know how a barely notable rock band has the main entry... — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 16:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

The third paragraph appears to misuse the term "skeleton key" in exactly the way noted by the first paragraph. A skeleton key is a device for opening warded locks for which one does not have the key; it is not the term for keys to warded locks in general.Lexande 05:29, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conradiction

The second and third paragraphs contradict the first, and I have removed a sentence stating such. thegreen J Are you green? 19:59, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bump keys

I have removed the following sentence: "Today, this is also known as a bump key." A skeleton key is not a bump key. A skeleton key opens warded locks by avoiding the ward, a bump key opens levered locks by "bumping" the levers. They are superficially similar because they are both produced by grinding the key down to its minimal form; but they are different tools which achieve their goals in different ways. Rhebus 20:28, 27 October 2007 (UTC)