Square tipped feeler pick

[devildog]

It's designed to be used to feel inside a lock that you've already set some pins on but not all--the reason it's perfectly flat is so you can feel the pins to see which ones are set, binding, etc. while moving them as little as possible so as to not accidentally unset any pin stacks that are set.

I think.

What they're ACTUALLY good for (and that I use my Falle-Safe #1 for that gordon mentioned) is setting the check pin on a Schlage Everest after the other pins have been set--it's actually quite good at this, better than a hook or anything else I've found (and I'll give credit where it's due--it was zeke that put me onto this). And it's good to have just for this because that check pin in the Everest can require quite a bit of force to set, especially if it's the last pin to bind in the picking order as I suspect it tends to be (it is on mine), because you could definitely end up gouging any hook you try to stick in there because of the force required and the sharp warding. Most hooks probably wouldn't fit anyway since the angle would be too steep.

[Kaotik]

I think that squared tip might make it a little harder instead of the conventional design.

It is harder than the conventional sesamee decoder, but I have had just a little luck with it. I have yet to cut a notch in it on one end.

[jiggler]

I've not seen that everest lock in pieces before. Looks like a good lock. Odd keyway.

http://www.crypto.com/photos/misc/everest/

Does the check pin have a driver pin and spring or do you just need to lift it out of the way? I can see why that square tip would be good in that situation.

[raimundo]

the thicker straight shafts may be meant to do the pin count, you lift all pins to top of keyway, then as you pull it out, listen for them to fall and count whether you have 7,6,5 or four pins. might also be used to reach through some keyways and try to drag back the locking dogs without picking the lock. this works on some filing cabinet locks.