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a little advice please

Having read the FAQ's you are still unfulfilled and seek more enlightenment, so post your general lock picking questions here.
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Do not post safe related questions in this sub forum! Post them in This Old Safe

The sub forum you are currently in is for asking Beginner Hobby Lock Picking questions only.

a little advice please

Postby mucky » 11 Feb 2007 20:21

ok this lock was found in a car we were scraping at work so i brought it home with the intention of opening it, it seems to be a wafer lock ( which i have very little experience but am always trying new things.

can anyone identify it and / or provide advice as to how to go about picking it?

it has no type markings but very faintly bears the name "rolson"

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Postby Shrub » 11 Feb 2007 20:27

Ive sorted your picture links out for you but they are a bit big so they may get made to links by another mod,

Its an Abus Granite or a direct copy of one,

The picking of those locks are deemed advanced and are only discussed in the advanced forums but basically they work on a series of discs that all need to be aligned to allow the plug to turn,

If you search the toool website you will find an article on there by Han Fey which will tell you a lot more about the mechs in these sort of locks,
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Postby mucky » 11 Feb 2007 20:31

many thanks for your quick reply my friend, ill follow your advice.

the camera work is just from my phone but ill try playing with it for any other posts i do,

by the way shrub really enjoyed reading your curtain lever picking thread very well presented, ever thought of writing your own book?
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Postby Shrub » 11 Feb 2007 20:33

Thanks,

Thought about it but im by no means an expert on anything and the amount of work envolved simply is not somthing i wish to take on,

I would rather produce a few little gems like that and post them up for free anyway :wink:
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Postby mucky » 11 Feb 2007 20:46

well thats to the benefit of us all, thankyou.
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Postby JackNco » 12 Feb 2007 13:52

Also if you can track down the Hope2k2 or h2k2 video with barry wells he does a demo if the tool. the lock was claimed to be unpickable until some of Toool got hold of it and devised a special tool for it.

All the best
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Postby mucky » 13 Feb 2007 19:45

unpickable just sounds like a challenge really does it not?

thanks will see about that vid

ta muchly
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wow

Postby raimundo » 14 Feb 2007 11:11

Wow, what kind of phone has a camera that does closeups that well?
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Postby JackNco » 14 Feb 2007 13:11

Thats nothing you should see the Sony Ericson's Panoramic pictures! ! !
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Postby mucky » 16 Feb 2007 20:42

sony erricson k800i, quite good most ways round really
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