Russ Rackliffe - Owner
As a 5th generation locksmith with 35 years of experience, I am dedicated to providing you with the best and most complete locksmith services to meet all of your security needs. No answering services, no sub-contractors, no employees, you'll be dealing with me directly.
Company Profile
In 1974, I moved the lock equipment from my family's locksmith business B. D. Rackliffe, Inc., which had recently closed due to my grandfather's death, from Springfield Massachusetts to Westbrook Connecticut. With that equipment and help from my great uncle Robert Rackliffe, also a locksmith in Springfield, I started anew here on the shoreline. I had a locksmith shop in Westbrook for 8 years, then going mobile only for 7 years, then back to a shop in Old Saybrook for 5 years. Now mobile only for the last 8 years with no shop in the future.
Family History
Here's a listing from the 1867 Middletown Directory showing William Rackliffe as a gun and lock smith and tobacconist. He was my great, great grandfather, my family's first locksmith!
NEW! Connecticut Registration Information
Connecticut now requires all locksmiths operating in the State to be registered with the Department of Consumer Protection.
My locksmith registration number is LCK-0000015. To verify that any locksmith in Connecticut is registered as required, go to State of Connecticut Locksmith Registration & type in their last name.
Contact Information
- Phone
- Old Saybrook (860) 388-1810 Helpful Links
- Madison (203) 245-7611 Associated Locksmiths of America
- Branford (203) 483-1812 Clearstar Security Network
- Waterford (860) 440-0613 Gardall Safe Corporation
- General Information: mail@rackliffelock.com
Mailing address for payments only (no shop or walk-in location)
Rackliffe Lock & Safe
12 Oxbow Lane
Essex, CT 06426