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Long-Term Debt - Notes Payable to TIMET - Additional Information (Detail) (Timet Finance Management Company, CompX, Promissory Note, USD $)
1 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2007
Jul. 18, 2013
Dec. 31, 2013
Timet Finance Management Company | CompX | Promissory Note
     
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Quarterly principal repayments     $ 250,000
Debt instrument, Variable rate spread 1.00%    
Basis of variable interest rate LIBOR   LIBOR
Promissory note maturity date     Sep. 30, 2014
Percentage of average interest rate during period   1.30%