"Video and production quality is about as good as you could want outside
of Hollywood; it's honest DV quality, even if not filmed in crystal clarity,
and you can see everything just fine. Storm is a steady and gifted
narrator as well; he should do voice acting. "
Thanks, it was either that or watch my profits go to someone
with a silky voice. lol
"One thing that does get on my nerves is a very salesmanship attitude
toward SouthOrd products; no chance is missed to pimp their quality and
value, and they're used almost exclusively throughout the demonstrations
(no objection there, but seriously, shut up about it). I gather that Storm is
affiliated in some way with SO. Eh."
Ok, this made me laugh... It was a running joke with all my friends that
I made watch this thing a hundred times in various stages that if they
paid me as much as SouthOrd would I give them felatio as good as well...
You see SouthOrd was going to be my main target to sell to as they are
now they all mighty God of lockpick sales in the world right now. So
naturally I puckered up and "Smooooch"
Sorry if it was rather thick at
times. My Friend Erick especially liked the Tubular pick plug. But it really
is the best available right now for the price, although a close second is
from HPC but they're expensive and a little harder to get.
"Just because he covered such a broad base of material, it might have
been nice if he'd really rounded it out with a few of the obvious gaps,
such as at least a mention of high-security locks (sidebars of various
sorts, drill-resistant cylinders, etc.), door shimming and bypasses,
bumping, even minutiae like lubrication."
I just ran out of time on the DVD. At the quality I was running at there
litteraly no more room on the DVD. I too wanted to add it but there
is just so much to locksmithing it's hard to know where to start and
what to add... But the next one is coming and I promise I won't plug
SouthOrd so much
"I also might've been a little more impressed if nearly all of his demo
locks hadn't been Kwiksets, though the points came across, so I suppose
it doesn't matter. (Kudos for taking a dent puller to a Kwikset KIK,
though. Score!)"
Just for fun in the next video I will add a two minute piece where every
other second or so I will show every conceivable lock opening after being
picked. And yes drilling and yanking a kwikset is as much fun as watching
it being done.
"security pins (he does a good job on spool pins, but seems to forget
about the other types that he's mentioned), and wafer locks (no direct
mention at all).
I actually did this on purpose, as to the security pins I wanted to show the
basic, garden variety spool or mushroom pins and save the others for a
high security video to keep from confusing the beginners too badly. This
was really meant to prime people to picking and add some tricks to
the veterans belts. As to the wafer disc locks considering that they are
essentially picked in the exact same manner as pin tumbler locks I
didn't see the need in taking up the time to show it. Perhaps a bad
judgement on my part I don't know.
"He also mentions drilling tubular locks but doesn't demonstrate it, which
was unfortunate. "
Yes, well that was a foobar on my par, I filmed it and somehow lost it and
it was too late to reshoot it by the time the video was under way. Sorry
guys but you'll just have to vissualize a hole saw the diameter of a tubular
key inserted in the slot where the key would go spinning at high velocity
chewing the pins to bits until the shearline meets the absence of pins and
the locks opens. If I can I will drill one for you all and post it here as a
thank you gift for your support.
"Anyway, in short it was certainly one of the better locky video pieces
I've seen. I'd recommend it to anyone who can spare the bucks and
would like a look at some stuff that hasn't been on the forums, as well as
a visual guide to some that has."
Thanks you very much, I really am glad to hear that people are getting
something from the video. I have about every book and video ever put
out on lockpicking and locks stuff. I'm serious I have a huge library. I
always felt that if I learned one thing from a book or video it was worth
my time and money. So for my video I wanted to have even the most
seasoned veteran be able to say "Wow, well that's one I didn't know."
Apparently I've come close so again thank you all,
David Storm
