(102) Schlage Everest 1st Gen SFIC
Channel: Nite 0wl
Date: 2018-04-14

This is the first version of Schlage's Everest design. The first versions were only available in SFIC format using the B family of keyways and had the check pin at the front of the lock. Like other SFICs these cores were only designed to use SFIC type A2, A3, and A4 pins and are loaded in the smae manner as other Best-style SFICs. Around 1999/2000 Schlage introduced the C and D families of Everest keyways and additional cylinder formats including mortice, rim, and key in knob/lever formats which also moved the check pin towards the rear of the cylinder. No 'open' version of the B keyway family was ever available but the patents are expiring so we may begin to see them become available from after market blank manufacturers.