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 by Peter Martin » 27 Dec 2020 11:46
A few older TNL books by McOmie, Carl Cloud's Guide to Drilling safes, the HPC manual, and a book on manipulation. Pete Sioux Falls SD 
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by Kenneth_V » 27 Dec 2020 21:45
definitely good reference materials!!
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by GWiens2001 » 27 Dec 2020 22:16
Those books (except for the drilling book) are on my bookshelf as well. Keep it up!
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by jeffmoss26 » 29 Dec 2020 19:28
I have a ton of locksmithing books but safes are not really my thing.  "I tried smoking a blank once. I was never able to keep the tip lit long enough to inhale." - ltdbjd
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by Peter Martin » 29 Dec 2020 21:19
Jeff,
That's a great collection. As a kid, I found Robinson's Complete Course in Professional Locksmithing at the local public library. I thought it was the world's best kept secret, and I read and reread the paragraphs on picking.
I also remember reading Eugene Sloane's book, which was also on the public library shelf.
I ordered some of the older locksmith books that were available in 1980, but they were ancient and didn't give me very much information at all about the trade, cutting keys, opening locks, or even repinning.
I remember being really disappointed after buying Phillip's book and not finding any real information about picking locks. Lots of pictures of Medeco and poor illustrations, a badfling masterkeying chapter, and little that made me ever want to read those new editions.
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by Peter Martin » 29 Dec 2020 21:22
My whole world changed when I found a copy of Marc Tobias' book in 1986. I suddenly knew that the information I wanted was somewhere in written form.
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by Kenneth_V » 30 Dec 2020 1:30
What would you consider the top 5 books to have on your bookshelf?
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by pickmonger » 30 Dec 2020 6:47
My top book for lockpicking is the Visual guide to lockpicking 3rd edition with all diagrams in 3D. Its also a video
Deviant Olem has Keys to the kingdom and Practical lockpicking
I joined Amazon Kindle Unlimited and found a lot of books that I keep on my laptop
Many good books are available in electronic format and I have many on my laptop
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by Peter Martin » 30 Dec 2020 18:44
Today... in the mail from eBay!  
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by L4R3L2 » 30 Dec 2020 23:13
Just a heads up for future reference, your photos format fine in size on Android phone, but are murder on the laptop- huge size, difficult to view, and have to scroll across to read posts.
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by stratmando » 31 Dec 2020 21:21
L4R3L2 wrote:Just a heads up for future reference, your photos format fine in size on Android phone, but are murder on the laptop- huge size, difficult to view, and have to scroll across to read posts.
Quoted wrong Picker, Last edited by stratmando on 31 Dec 2020 21:31, edited 2 times in total.
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by stratmando » 31 Dec 2020 21:27
Peter Martin wrote:Today... in the mail from eBay!
Do you go through a book like ABC's, and say, Yep know that, that and that and maybe find something you didn't know, and only take a short time to get the info you didn't have, After more and more books, it can be tough to find something new. Love my Books
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by jeffmoss26 » 1 Jan 2021 16:15
in my bookshelf, the William Lynk, AJ Hoffman/Billy B Edwards, and Jerome Andrews books are tops.
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by sign216 » 2 Jan 2021 11:44
Keep this thread going, I'm getting ideas for my own bookshelf.
And I agree w others, that some locksmithing/picking books are worthless. Not much more than reprints of datasheets or catalogue pages.
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