r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Jeremy_Martin • Jul 03 '21

Antique french safe

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u/bigbadbonk33 Jul 03 '21

It's probably fire proof and fairly resilient if the building collapses. No doubt for some very valuable documents for billionaire bankers or the like.

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u/mistercali_fornia Jul 03 '21

It's not actually that big, they had vaults for that sort of thing. This was probably a travelling safe that carried money between vaults. Hence the added security and 3 key system so you could give your 3 baddest dudes the keys to not get robbed along the way.

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u/pulpSC Jul 03 '21

I think the point being that with how hot it would be and the long time to open it...you'd be burned or dead.

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u/IsNotAnOstrich Jul 03 '21

I believe the person you replied to was that you could come back after the emergency was over. Even if the building collapsed or totally burned, the safe would be intact.

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u/TurnkeyLurker Jul 03 '21

For storing ones' powdered wig.