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Perhaps a stupid question but...

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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Perhaps a stupid question but...

Postby Trilby » 7 Apr 2010 23:58

Can you tell how many levers there are in a mortice lock by looking at the key?
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Re: Perhaps a stupid question but...

Postby Josh K » 8 Apr 2010 8:06

Trilby wrote:Can you tell how many levers there are in a mortice lock by looking at the key?


If you look at the cuts I guess you could figure out how many levers there were...
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Re: Perhaps a stupid question but...

Postby Solomon » 9 Apr 2010 3:52

The short answer is yes... and the long answer is yes, look at some keys and you'll figure it out. :P
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