Key securing ideas
Here's a list of security tags available and methods of securing keys using either those tags or a padlock (depending on your requirements), invented by Mortice and KitSub.
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Securing Methods
Shot glasses
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<a href="http://gallery.mortice.org/cgi-bin/img.cgi?id=MortKeySecure1" class="external text" title="http://gallery.mortice.org/cgi-bin/img.cgi?id=MortKeySecure1" rel="nofollow"><img src="" alt="MortKeySecure1_small.jpg" /></a>
Two plastic shot glasses drilled through, security tag through them, key in the bottom between glasses
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Tubing
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Piece of tubing holding key bent over and cut with slits so security tag can prevent removal of the key
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Disks
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If this tag were tightened, the key between the disks would be unuseable
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Ring
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Securing a key half way through a ring means it's unusable
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Bolt 1
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A key secured part way through the end of a door bolt makes it unusable (this tag is a cable tie but needs to be a security tag)
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Bolt 2
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This was originally part of a bolt, but the security tag keeping the key through the hole means the key isn't useable
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Box
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Two holes drilled in the lid and two in the base of this box, so a security tag can be used to hold it closed (bit too loose in this pic)
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Coke Bottle
<a href="http://gallery.mortice.org/cgi-bin/img.cgi?id=MortKeySecure10" class="external text" title="http://gallery.mortice.org/cgi-bin/img.cgi?id=MortKeySecure10" rel="nofollow"><img src="
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A coke bottle drilled through head and secured with security tag
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Ketchup Bottle
<a href="http://gallery.mortice.org/cgi-bin/img.cgi?id=MortKeySecure12" class="external text" title="http://gallery.mortice.org/cgi-bin/img.cgi?id=MortKeySecure12" rel="nofollow"><img src="
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A ketchup bottle drilled through top and secured with security tag
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Security Tags
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Ring Seal Tag
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Ring Seal from <a href="http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.aspx?intGroupID=925" class="external text" title="http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.aspx?intGroupID=925" rel="nofollow">Component Direct</a>
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Pull Secure Tag
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Pull Secure from <a href="http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.aspx?intGroupID=925" class="external text" title="http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.aspx?intGroupID=925" rel="nofollow">Component Direct</a>
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Perma Lock Tag
<a href="http://gallery.mortice.org/cgi-bin/img.cgi?id=MortKeySecure6" class="external text" title="http://gallery.mortice.org/cgi-bin/img.cgi?id=MortKeySecure6" rel="nofollow"><img src="
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Perma Lock from <a href="http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.aspx?intGroupID=925" class="external text" title="http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.aspx?intGroupID=925" rel="nofollow">Component Direct</a>
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HealthMark Tag
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Security Tag from *<a href="http://www.hmark.com/locks.aspx" class="external text" title="http://www.hmark.com/locks.aspx" rel="nofollow">Healthmark</a>
