Handcrafted Cryptex Security Box

Juniper Foo | Jun 02, 2006

We'll pass on the Mona Lisa mug, but those fascinated by the Holy Grail of the film, the Cryptex, can check out modern-day Renaissance Man Justin Nevins' masterpieces. Inspired after reading Dan Brown’s bestselling The Da Vinci Code, Nevins has become the world's only known maker of the complex cylindrical portable vaults. These open to reveal a secret chamber within when the rings align, some even customized with a booby-trapped vial of vinegar. Pity those who forget their secret numbers as there are apparently 8 million possible codes and 280,000 false ones to foil those attempting to pick the lock.

See handcrafted Cryptex | the components

Price: US$340 to US$1,200
Availability: Check out the Web site
Device: Security box
Basic specs: Materials (Wide variety of high-quality wood, stone and metal) , code rings, spacer rings , end caps, security tube

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