Brandy's Safe and Lock

05/05/2025

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The best decisions are based on the contents and how frequently you want access to them, the type of safe, and how heavy the safe is.

04/10/2023

Once again, Brandy's Safe & Lock Company was chosen by the folks at Fort Knox to host Fort Knox Safes in the booth at this year's 152 NRA Convention in Indianapolis. I am honored to have earned the faith and trust of the James family for this prestigious event! It will commence on 04-14-2023 at 9am and through 04-16-2023 at 5pm If you go, stop in at booth 4105 and say "Hi" You never know just who else might be there!

01/25/2023

Fire! I believe one of the worst experiences you hope never to experience is fire. When folks come into the showroom looking at safes, I always tell them that a thief will pick and choose where to spend their available time. Fire has one job and one job only. To CONSUME everything.
Unfortunately, in this business, we see it. We have to help and have compassion for them after this horrible experience. Today was one of those days.
This couple contacted me and asked for help. I wanted to get my team out to the house and do what we could. After assessing the job through available photos, I informed them that I was very optimistic about the contents of the safe, having survived! 20 some years ago, these folks made the critical decision to spend the money and buy quality. Not only that, but they also placed the safe strategically within the lower level of their home. This investment, along with critical thinking back then, paid off for them in a big way today!
When I could finally open the safe for them, the husband and wife hugged each other, crying with joy. Then I got some hugs too!!!
I was so happy for them. They lost EVERYTHING except what they locked up in this safe. Photos going back generations. Memories of the life that they have lived and witnessed were perfectly preserved for their future. The contents of this safe are what they will move forward with, forever!
Fire jobs don’t always end this way. Always remember, you get what you pay for! It is part of one of my absolute favorite laws of business balance. It goes like this:

“There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price alone are that person’s lawful prey. It’s unwise to pay too much, but it’s worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money — that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot — it can’t be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.” ~ John Ruskin.
These folks lost everything, almost. I was glad to be able to put a smile on both of their faces!! I was glad to be able to assist them with our services! I’m especially happy for them that they made the decision to buy quality years ago. The investment that they made then, was priceless today!

You two know who you are. Yes, yes, you are very welcome. Raymond Brandy & my team!

01/10/2023

Only, and just because. You've absolutely got to love it. You guess what "it" is!!!

12/24/2022

It has been just a little while since I posted anything. I could not let this one pass me by.
On Thursday, 12-22-2022, we had the opportunity to reenact an installation that we originally performed on 12-22-2018. Exactly 4 years later to the day!
It seems that this young man's collection had outgrown the original, and a secondary safe was ordered to secure the wares!
Naturally, it was a Fort Knox, ordered to mirror the 1st one. I did my best to take the photos as close to the original ones from 4 years ago as possible!
Again, my thanks and appreciation go out to my team for once again performing flawlessly, protecting all the tile and wood with this delicate and HEAVY installation.
Congratulations to this owner. What a difference 4 years makes.
Thank you to all of you for a fantastic year.
Merry Christmas to all of you!!! ~ Raymond

10/25/2022

Well, yesterday, we had the opportunity to once again go to the "Bluegrass" state to provide full installation of a very beautiful and classy Traum Safe for a client. Thank you to everyone involved in choosing us for the task. You know who you are, and I appreciate you!
Also, to my installation crew, Bryan & Gilbert. Again you guys performed flawlessly. Thank you!!! ~ Raymond

08/19/2022

It's Friday!!!!! It's about time!!!
Here is a quick glimpse at one of the more crazy installations we performed this week. I could only get the delivery shots as the installation required my attention as an installer more than a photographer.

One of the things NOT pictured is that we had this Fort Knox Vault Door anchored to a very sizable tractor to control the descent down the stairway. It was perfectly executed as planned!

At no point during the delivery of this beast was any of the stairs, walls or employees injured or hurt during this installation!

My gratitude to the owner of this door having faith in our ability. MY unconditional praise and thanks to my crew, as always, for performing at peak level when necessary. I never doubt your dedication to success!!!

And then to Gilbert, the most recent inductee into our crew. You are doing an amazing job. On behalf of all of us on the team... Thank You!!!

07/07/2022

We did it again. Together as a team, we wrestled a 2500-pound beast down the side of a hill and into the home with perfection. Easy? Nope! A lot of planning and some old fashion labor went into this one. Thank you to my client for your trust and belief. Thank you to my team for being slightly crazy! You guys earned your Dairy Queen treats today!!! ~ Raymond

07/01/2022

Well, this week, our most challenging challenge was to take an 1800-pound vault door up three steps into a new home under construction. Then pivot it and make it line up as best as we could due to the design of the hallway and then simply send it into the basement for installation. There was nothing simple about this installation at all. Different things popped up to complicate the process from every angle. BUT... again, my crew ROCKS! Together we figured, measured, and anticipated. We then refigured, remeasured, and recontemplated our decisions. We then executed a well-thought-out plan. And in the end, we had another perfect installation. Again, you'll see that I am not in any of the pictures. Someone has to do the photography!😎

05/06/2022

To make a delivery interesting, they don't always have to be the biggest, badest heaviest safes to get our attention. There are always other dynamics that can throw a reasonably straightforward job a curveball or two. Such was the case today.

This is an average size safe. 60" high, 30" wide, and 27" deep. It weighs precisely 745 Lbs. I know the weight because of the help that I got from my friend Tara at Turn 10 Wholesale. Thank you Tara!!!

What made this extraction a challenge was that the stairway was pretty small, narrow, and steep. Then for just a little added excitement was that at the top of the stairway, the landing was only an inch or so larger than the safe. We had to land the safe, the equipment, and two pretty decent-sized guys all on the landing together.

My team came up with a plan and executed it flawlessly. Once again, I have to say... "My team is the BEST!!!" Thanks guys, you proved yourselves still yet again!!! ~ Raymond

04/15/2022

SUPPLY CHAIN: AMERICAN MADE VS IMPORT — WHY AMERICAN MADE MATTERS

The many supply chain concerns that have been discussed in the last year are not something Fort Knox customers need to worry about.

Fort Knox takes pride in the fact that its safes are made in the United States of America. Purchasing American-made safes and vaults rather than depending on imports has a lot of different advantages.

ADVANTAGES OF AMERICAN-MADE PRODUCTS
Manufacturing within the U.S. brings greater quality control over materials. Fort Knox uses premium materials to create the highest-quality products for each and every customer.

American-made vaults and safes also bring a higher level of trust to customers. Fort Knox monitors and tightly controls the craftsmanship and quality of every product; therefore, giving you peace of mind that your safe or vault is unequaled in quality. This is why Fort Knox can confidently offer a true, comprehensive lifetime warranty including the lock, interior, handle/bolt work, mechanism, clutch, and body of the vault.

Another advantage is that by purchasing a safe made in America, you are putting money back into American families. Your support of an American business making American-made safes helps us continue to produce products for customers to come.

THE RISK OF ORDERING IMPORTED PRODUCTS
The risk of ordering imported products is important to address. Many American companies focus manufacturing operations in other nations. This choice brings supply chain concerns that are prevalent today.

Longer fulfillment times are given to customers for products with imported pieces that need to accommodate longer shipment times because the product or parts have to travel overseas. The traceability of a product and its parts becomes harder the more countries are involved. These situations may indicate package labels such as “Made in the USA from imported parts,” “Assembled in the United States” and more.

These labels resulting from production bring a company’s efficacy into question. Not only is it unknown where the product or its part came from but also the unknown factor of how it was made. With some imported products, toxic chemicals are used in paint, fire protection materials, and wood that can cause discomfort or health problems to customers without knowing it. Understanding the primary source of product parts is important to Fort Knox.

CHOOSE FORT KNOX
By choosing Fort Knox, customers confidently know each product is made in the United States using premium materials producing high-quality work unmatched by others. All done to help you store and protect your fi****ms, coin collections, photos, and other valuables in life.

Individuals will find exactly what they desire at Fort Knox and your support of an American business helps us continue fueling the American Dream.

Thanks for reading. Please contact me directly with any questions.
Raymond Brandy

04/06/2022

Just today, I placed two Fort Knox Titan 6637s in the showroom for inventory. It has been a long time since we have had any Fort Knox Inventory. It is an unfortunate situation that these two safes were ordered for a client whose life was drastically changed in this economic environment we all find ourselves in.

If you are reading this, and you know who you are, I PROMISE... I absolutely promise that I will be here and will help you when the time is right! Brighter days are ahead, and I will work just as hard for you as I did when you ordered these!!!

If you are in the market for an extraordinary safe, These two Titans will not last long. I have these priced on the website as of just today https://www.brandysafe.com/fort-knox-safe-showroom
Here are a few preview pictures. Thank you for looking!!!
Raymond Brandy