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Bogota rakes are useful?

When it comes down to it there is nothing better than manual tools for your Lock pick Set, whether they be retail, homebrew, macgyver style. DIY'ers look here.

Bogota rakes are useful?

Postby Mc_Fly » 23 Nov 2019 13:20

Hello sorry for my english.
I am more interested in SPP but... Do you think bogota rakes are useful/effective? Well worth to include a couple in the every day kit?
I am thinking to buy two of them, maybe the ones with 3 and 4 "mountains/waves"
What do you think? Thanks!
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Re: Bogota rakes are useful?

Postby Wizer » 23 Nov 2019 15:38

Bogota used to refer to a special pick made by a member here, "Raimundo".
Alltho just a rake, it was perfected to be an all around solution for your low-tech pintumblers.
Search for it!
Apart from that, learning to single pin pick is the key to open more locks..
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Re: Bogota rakes are useful?

Postby Rytanfan93 » 23 Nov 2019 17:51

They are fantastic. IMO They can take your picking to a new level. SPP is the best but if you are wanting to bridge that gap especially with security pins these will rapidly demonstrate the virtues of false set and also assist for exploring proper tension. The original ones hand made by Rai are hands down the best but since they are no longer available I would grab these and then put some South Ord handles on http://www.hardcasesurvival.com/titaniu ... a-7-piece/. You won’t get the quad profile in this set specifically but these are nice examples. I have all examples available from the commercially made companies and find these best and closest to the original. I keep my original 2 sets and have compared to all in my collection. I will also admit that there are times when the originals will work better and and definitely have an edge over all others but you can also further finish these and polish them up for an even closer approximation to the hand made originals. Finally you can even bend the popsicle handles to proper angles to approach the original design characteristics when utilizing these. I would definitely grab a set of these if you’re wanting to continue with the sport.
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Re: Bogota rakes are useful?

Postby Rytanfan93 » 23 Nov 2019 18:02

I made a video years ago using a triple peak to false set a Schlage with security pins then finished it off with a .015 gem. It was easiest to pick in opposite direction then use an HPC flip it. I used a flat 5 TOK as well. I SPP pretty much exclusively now but if I’m having trouble I will still revert to raking a false https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QHIUn6UggXI&t=7s.
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Re: Bogota rakes are useful?

Postby Mc_Fly » 24 Nov 2019 11:27

Ok thanks for the comments! I have to buy other things in Multipick, and i think i will buy this kit of bogotas:
https://shop.multipick.com/es/herramien ... a-7-piezas
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Re: Bogota rakes are useful?

Postby Darkhigh412 » 15 Aug 2020 17:01

I use them a ton.
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