Kwikset KWI-81063-009 K Bow 5 Pin Key Blank

The Kwikset 81063-009 is a 5 pin K bow blank, and SmartKey re-key technology works with the Kwikset KW1 keyway or the SC1 keyway. If your SmartKey cylinder is set up on the Kwikset keyway, this is the blank side of that equation. If you converted the cylinder to SC1, you need an SC1 blank instead, not this one.

Not for SmartKey cylinders. SmartKey re-keys with the tool and an existing key, no pin work, which is why blanks are the only consumable. Conventional pin tumbler cylinders are the opposite case: there you need pins and a kit, such as the Schlage Commercial 40-132 Retail Keying Kit or the 40-133 Home Secure Keying Kit, plus a decoder like the Schlage 40-104 Pin Tumbler Key Gauge to read the existing bitting.

No. The K bow 5 pin blank is a Kwikset keyway profile and will not enter a Schlage cylinder. Schlage cylinders take SC1 profile blanks. The only overlap is that a Kwikset SmartKey cylinder can be set up to accept the SC1 keyway, in which case the SC1 key goes into the Kwikset lock, not the other way around.

No, those two do different jobs. The Kwikset 81063-009 is a K bow 5 pin key blank, an uncut key that a locksmith or hardware counter cuts to an existing bitting so a door has another working key. The Schlage 40-132 Retail Keying Kit is a pinning kit, meaning it supplies the pins and components used to change what a cylinder is keyed to. If the need is a duplicate key for a door that already works, the key blank is the item; the pinning kit does not produce a key.

If the goal is to change what the cylinder accepts, a keying kit is the right family, not a blank. The Schlage 40-133 Home Secure Keying Kit and the Schlage 40-132 Retail Keying Kit are the keying items in that range, the 40-132 being a pinning kit. The Kwikset 81063-009 K bow 5 pin blank is for producing additional keys to a bitting that already exists, for example handing a second key to a new tenant on a lock that is staying as it is.

It ships as a blank. A 5 pin K bow blank has no bitting on it, so it has to be cut on a duplicator from an existing key or cut to code before it will turn anything. Buy these by the handful if you are keeping a re-key kit stocked for a building.

Kwikset lists the 81063-009 blank as commercial. It is a 5 pin K bow, which is the standard Kwikset pin count, so it suits apartment, office and light commercial openings running Kwikset cylinders. For a high security or restricted keyway program in an institutional facility, a patented keyway is the different product you want, not an open blank.

If every cylinder is a 5 pin Kwikset keyway, yes, the same 81063-009 blank cuts for all of them and you can key the whole run alike. Where it breaks down is any door converted to the SC1 keyway on a SmartKey cylinder, or any non Kwikset lock in the fleet. Walk the doors and sort them by keyway before you buy blanks in bulk.

The Kwikset 81063-009 is a K bow 5 pin key blank, stock keyed material that gets cut to a bitting. The Schlage 40-104 is a key decoder, a bench tool used to read the depths already cut into a key. A locksmith duplicating an unknown key often uses both in sequence, decoding the original with the gauge and then cutting the blank, but the gauge is a reusable tool and the blank is consumable stock. Ordering the decoder will not give you anything to cut.

No. The Schlage 40-074 is an Everest vice jaw upgrade kit, a pinning kit accessory that adapts shop equipment for Everest cylinder work. It is a one time bench upgrade for a locksmith setup. The Kwikset 81063-009 is a K bow 5 pin key blank, ordered in quantity as key stock. A shop doing Kwikset SmartKey work needs the blanks regardless of whether it owns the Schlage vice jaw upgrade.

The Kwikset 81063-009 K bow 5 pin key blank is Signature Series stock built around SmartKey Security, which is rekeyed by the homeowner or maintenance tech in seconds using the SmartKey tool and works with the Kwikset KW1 or SC1 keyway. The Schlage 40-132 Retail Keying Kit and 40-133 Home Secure Keying Kit are Schlage keying items and belong to Schlage cylinder work. A SmartKey cylinder is rekeyed by its own procedure, and the blank is what you cut to make the new key.

One blank equals one key. The point of SmartKey is that you re-key the cylinder to a key you already have rather than repinning it, so on a multi-unit turnover the blank count you need is the number of keys you are handing out, not the number of doors. Order a stack accordingly.