[JohnWill]

Well, the house came with them, and there's too many doors to replace all the locks. I count on the fancy alarm to provide most of the security.

[thewonder]

Hey Joe,
Try taking the cylinder into a locksmith who has a large key board. If you have to push to get a Kwikset key to go all the way in then it's not the correct keyway, however there are a great many keyway's that will almost fit a Kwikset IE Weiser, a few old Eagle ....
By taking the cylinder in to the locksmith you will enable him or her to try slipping a few blanks into the keyway to find the correct key. This usually takes 1 to 10 minutes at the most.
I should tell you that if a key is that hard to get in your area or is that old and unsupported you would be better off replacing the lock or at the very least replacing the cylinder. If the cylinder resides above a handle on your front door then just back off the set screw on the thin part of the door , you may have to remove the face plate to get access to the set screws, and unscrew the cylinder! If it is a mortise lock any mortise cylinder from any company will work unless it is an odd size like a jumbo cylinder.

For a padlock there is no reason to waste your time unless you are a collector and just want to have the original blanks. Don't laugh I have all kinds of padlocks from the 1800's on up! I am also very lonely but that is a matter for another post!