by Solomon » 7 Sep 2010 12:14
This has been covered at length before, but whatever. From left to right...
1 - Long hook. I find these are far too big to use in anything so you're better off filing it down to a more reasonable size. I personally find that if you file it down to about half that length it provides great feedback and allows you to get around more awkward bittings a lot easier than with a short hook.
2 - Short hook, for SPP. You're gonna use this and the previous modified one a lot, so go easy on them.
3 & 4 - Half diamonds, for SPP/raking combo. These are good for what I call half-assed SPP, which is what I did for a long time before learning it properly. It looks like you got 2 identical, I think you're supposed to get 2 different sizes but it's not like it really matters.
5 - Broken key extractor, not the best in the world but they're ok. You'll probably never need it anyway.
6 - 'S' rake, for raking.
7 - Ball pick, for raking open double sided wafer locks... apparently. You won't run into many of those and when you do, you'll wish you had something better.
8 - City or 'L' rake, again for raking.
9 - Not sure of the proper name for this one but it's just another rake.
