Southern Specialties is awesome.

[dskippy]

Southern Specialties: http://www.lockpicktools.com

So I just had an amazing experience with Southern Specialties. I bought the KGB-7 concealable lock pick set a while ago. I was really happy with it. It's tiny, very portable, holds 5 picks and 2 wrenches together easily. The one issue was that it was a little bit small for actual use. I could pick with it no problem to be honest, but it would have been nicer if it were a little bigger.

Check out this awesome, elegant design:


So I emailed a suggestion to the company to make the same exact design but twice as big. I got an email back from the president that same day and he said he make me a custom set for a great deal. I told him he should offer the alternate size on the site. I hope they do. The new version is absolutely amazing. It folds up, has a rubber slip on case, holds a tension wrench to it, and it has plenty of handle room.

The nicest thing about this pick set above all other pocket pick sets is that the design does not remove any feeling in the pick. I've used jack knife pick sets before and their big, bulky handles make it really tough to feel the pins. With this set, you've got your hand right on the pick, not on some jack-knife handle.

I just wanted to share with everyone that Southern Specialties is a great company. I chatted with the president over a few emails and he says they're interested in making up some programs for LP-101 users, maybe prefered customer memberships with deals or free stuff. He was unsure which directions he was going to go at this moment.

So in short, I was psyched with my experience at Southern Specialties and this new pick set I got is really awesome.

-mike

[bpc293]

yea i think they should have a beginner LP101 set with 3 picks and a wrench for 5 bucks.

[unbreakable]

they seem to have some good stuff, like the replica Falle SAfe's for 22 bucks, and the create your own pickset. The create your own set just looks like uncut picks, with nice handles. Seems like a cool idea.

[p1ckf1sh]

Has anyone ever used the Sliding pocket pickset that place has to offer? It is basically a jackknife set, but with the difference you do not fold out the tools but slide them.



I was always keeping away from those pocket sets because you usually lose tension wen you need to fold out another pick, but this seems like a great idea to overcome this drawback... Anyone got firsthand experiences with that?

[Shrub]

Now that does seem to be the best idea for one of those types of tools,

What will they think of next? a set of tools in a case

[Krypos]

well i always thought that if you took like a 3 inch (about 75cm) pocketknife, like a swiss army knife and just modified the existing tools on there, then you could have a small and effective jacknife set, only problem i see is where to put your tension wrench?

no one seems too jumpy on my idea though, so whatever.

[skold]

Southern Specialties: http://www.lockpicktools.com

So I just had an amazing experience with Southern Specialties. I bought the KGB-7 concealable lock pick set a while ago. I was really happy with it. It's tiny, very portable, holds 5 picks and 2 wrenches together easily. The one issue was that it was a little bit small for actual use. I could pick with it no problem to be honest, but it would have been nicer if it were a little bigger.

Check out this awesome, elegant design:


So I emailed a suggestion to the company to make the same exact design but twice as big. I got an email back from the president that same day and he said he make me a custom set for a great deal. I told him he should offer the alternate size on the site. I hope they do. The new version is absolutely amazing. It folds up, has a rubber slip on case, holds a tension wrench to it, and it has plenty of handle room.

The nicest thing about this pick set above all other pocket pick sets is that the design does not remove any feeling in the pick. I've used jack knife pick sets before and their big, bulky handles make it really tough to feel the pins. With this set, you've got your hand right on the pick, not on some jack-knife handle.

I just wanted to share with everyone that Southern Specialties is a great company. I chatted with the president over a few emails and he says they're interested in making up some programs for LP-101 users, maybe prefered customer memberships with deals or free stuff. He was unsure which directions he was going to go at this moment.

So in short, I was psyched with my experience at Southern Specialties and this new pick set I got is really awesome.

-mike

Not involved with this company at all then?

Sorry, this just sounds like advertising to me.

[p1ckf1sh]

well i always thought that if you took like a 3 inch (about 75cm) pocketknife, like a swiss army knife and just modified the existing tools on there, then you could have a small and effective jacknife set, only problem i see is where to put your tension wrench?

no one seems too jumpy on my idea though, so whatever.

Ummm. Seen this? Problem is, in the knife of those dimensions you only have two blades to work from. Larges ones usually have different tools, some are blade sized and others are half-sized like awls or corcscrews. No way to modify those into something practical, and you still have the problem of folding and unfolding while trying to keep the tension...

[VashTSPD]

well i always thought that if you took like a 3 inch (about 75cm) pocketknife, like a swiss army knife and just modified the existing tools on there, then you could have a small and effective jacknife set, only problem i see is where to put your tension wrench?

no one seems too jumpy on my idea though, so whatever.

7.5 cm*

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Well, if it's not advertising, then it sounds like the company has great support...will have to check em' out.

[sarmatianknight7]

this website, souther specialties co., you don't need to fill out some kind of authorization form proving you are a lock smith do you? because I Tried to order soemthing from this one website and they sent me a from like that I had to print and mail back. So now I have to canel that order and now im afraid of a repeat...

[cL4y]

looks like a good starter set, and that sliding pickset,doesn't look that nice id ratehr the folding set,but does anyone know of a pocketknife,which has a removable screw,so i could make my own folding set?

[p1ckf1sh]

7.5 cm*

You guys know what would be cool? An phpbb mod that detects dimensions and weight units etc and converts them automatically. I never will understand why people in the US and GB still stick to this imperial stuff. I would not touch that system with a 3.048 meter pole.

[Mothrog]

I never will understand why people in the US and GB still stick to this imperial stuff. I would not touch that system with a 3.048 meter pole.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Brits, but I thought GB had gone metric? In the US, it's a simple case of laziness. The US tried to convert a while back, but people couldn't be bothered to learn the new system. You still see some highway signs here marked in both km an mi. So, we're stuck with the horrid imperial system.

[zerokool]

hmmm, the folding set w/ the vinyl sleeve seems pretty decent. But, what about the James Bond Visa card set ? That too looks decently niffty.