"What's the need for the wood being inletted into the pierced bridle anyway?"
"The answer is that a properly inletted pierced bridle serves as an "anchor" to stabilize the lock and prevent movement of the lock within the inlet."
Well, I thought of that, but I own/have owned a number of much less expensive sidelocks; Elsies, Spanish, Italian and Belgian and observed no such movement. The only thing I see that could cause movement is loose pins/screws or poor inletting around the lock plate.
As far as offensive and statements made about one's person not intended to offend, go back and read.
Last edited by 2holer; 07/22/13 12:19 PM.