Fort Knox Safe

[M's_Fan]

I have a Ft. Knox safe as do many people that I know. They are the best. My advice is go with the Guardian level as it has most of the great features you will need. Get the biggest safe you can reasonably fit in your space, as you will fill it up quick with many odds and ends (guns, computers and hard drives, jewelry, photo albums, documents, and of course baseball cards, trust me they fill up quick).

After you get your Ft. Knox safe, you will scratch your head when several times a year people post about their cards getting stolen by their plumber or the neighborhood hoodlum. No reason for this if you just lock em up!

[yanksfan09]

Fort Knox is great, i think Browning and maybe Liberty are as well. Get the biggest you can fit, and dont skimp on price. Get the one with the thickest gauge steel (which is a lower number) and the heaviest (harder to move) and get movers to set it up. Get the one with the thickest and most locking bolts and best fire potection. A dehumidifer rod is nice, and if they have the option, lights are nice too.

If you put one in a basebment, you have to think of the posibility of flooding. probably good to put in on blocks or something so it's off the ground a bit. You can also put a small fire/waterproof safe like the small sentry safe (only about 40 bucks) inside and put your best stuff in there (extra fire and water protection) Silica gel packets are good inside small safes and boxes for extra humidity protection.

[HexsHeroes]

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She would have been challenged to clean that Babe Ruth signed ball had it resided inside a Ft. Knox safe, no matter how dedicated a cleaning professional she was.

[e107collector]

After doing some research, and the comments listed above, I'm sold. I'll probably order one this month.

Thanks again,
Tony

[brianp-beme]

Good grief after reading all this I guess I should take the rubber bands off those stacks of T206's and stop storing them under the kitchen sink...come to think of it I might be missing some after the plumber came out to fix the leak.

Brian

[M's_Fan]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Good grief after reading all this I guess I should take the rubber bands off those stacks of T206's and stop storing them under the kitchen sink...come to think of it I might be missing some after the plumber came out to fix the leak.

Brian

It is comical but several times a year someone posts about their cards being stolen by the most random types of people....

FYI, Costco sells a $3k Cannon that is comparable quality to the Ft. Knox.

I also run a cat5 cable into my safe and keep a hard drive in there that backs up the family photos. Fire-proof data backup, one more great use for a safe.

My final advice is to never move one of these beasts yourself or with friends. Save your back and the medical bills and pay a professional to risk theirs.

[Leon]

As I have said several times before, I bought a used Jewelers safe from a lock/security retail store. I negotiated the price to around $1000. It weighs 1200 lbs and has really thick steel. It is rated TL15. It was brought in with a tow truck and we also have a monitored alarm system. That all being said I still keep my most valuable cards in a bank safe deposit box....just in case some internet predator gets any ideas. I strongly recommend saving 50% or more and at least looking at used safes. They are the same thing, just a lot cheaper. regards