It was £7.99.
The main reason I chose this one though out of all of them was the key bitting. It was the one with the most high/low extremes I could find. This, I thought, was a mistake when I got it home and tried to pick it for half an hour.
It turned out I needed a beer and a smaller half diamond, also to chill out a bit as I'd been running around like a mad thing doing Christmas things.
I'd made a small thin diamond a while a go so I thought I'd give it a try, here it is pictured with a slimline SO. I use diamonds for SPP only, I recently learnt to jiggle around with a bogota but that's about it.
And a few minutes later... woo
One of the main problems I had was the small keyway, also that the keyway can move forwards and backwards. It doesn't affect the setting of the pins but it is quite an odd feeling.
I tried top tension and using a hook but I just couldn't get past the warding and push the pins high enough, I need some serious practice at that. Being left handed and putting the top tension facing left so I can see what I'm doing means I have to tension upwards and twist my arms around and turning the lock upside down to maintain downward pressure and comfort is strange for me.
The pins being bevelled helped me use the diamond resting on the first ward a bit because travelling along the edge of the pins meant it didn't lift the low ones too high.
Also when I stopped treating it as something new and exciting and just another lock, that helped a lot too.
Now if only I could open my Chubb lock I bought a few months ago. I still haven't managed it and it's the only lock so far that has beaten me!
Just thought I'd share, hope that's OK!
All the best.
OB
the shame....