From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
I've found that it's ridiculously cheap over
here to get a flat key made
if you just take the lock in to the right people; no need to have the
original key or even any kind of lock number.
I've yet to find anyone who can make (or even duplicate from original) a
tubular key though. (Which is annoying as it'd be nice to have a backup
for the steering wheel lock on my car! :)
I must have lucked out. I had no trouble getting my DEC tubular keys
duplicated at the local place (which is pretty big, as it happens).
I thought everyone used BIC pens as the backup for those steering wheel
locks :-).
Vince