![]() As a side note, please forgive the background sound and jittery camera, but I wanted it to be crystal clear that this was not edited in any shape or form. Only reason it took so damn long to pop open was the fact that I was doing it through the viewfinder of a camera and I purposefully avoided individually picking any of the pins. No subtlety to the point that I didn’t even bother with a tension bar. ![]() I literally just mashed my rake around and sporadically attempted to force the cylinder to turn. I reckon a small child with no training could defeat this lock, but the interesting aspect of it is the utter lack of skill I displayed. ![]() I have also noticed that the pin layout on 99% of them makes them trivial to force open using more or less any pick. This is me earlier today popping the pins using a snake rake: The core issue is that the visual aspects (being able to see the pins) allows you to “cheat,” and in my opinion, numb you to all feedback. They reinforce bad habits and lull you into a false sense of confidence. Now that the preamble is out of the way, I am going to suggest against something that the “industry” promotes heavily – those purpose built transparent padlocks.įolks, they are just pure crap. SouthOrd PXS-14 Lockpick Set – eBay / .uk Clear Practice Padlocks: To Use or Not To Use Buy a dependable lock pick set like the SouthOrd lock pick set that I reviewed and then buy a bunch of locks and spend time feeling the mechanism to the point where you can identify what the pins are and what they do based on feedback alone. My advice to learn how to lock pick like a pro (or in my case, a decently successful amateur) is to simply practise with non-terrible locks. A proper lock will require you to set the pins precisely when picking, and consequently, raking around like a madman may work on the cheap stuff, but is sub-optimal with any lock that’s half-decent. The issue I have with the super cheap locks is that the tolerances are so piss poor that frankly it will make life harder for you or segue you into practising bad habits like forcing pins. Once you understand the mechanism at play, life becomes infinitely easier. In my opinion, lock picking is more a science than an art. I wrote about this on our survival forum here, but just to recap – the padlock she had was a China special $2 padlock that was rusted through and through.Īs I was picking the blasted thing, I begun musing about what makes a good lock and how people would get started in this hobby. Recently, my grandmother, with whom I am very close, locked her keys in her shed. Sure, knowing how to sharpen knives to a mirror edge or start a fire using raw materials is (in my opinion) important, but in my day to day 21st century life, knowing how to bypass locks has come in handy more often. Lock picking is one of the few hobbies I have that is truly useful in my everyday life. ![]()
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