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 by n2oah » 10 Aug 2006 23:41
"Lockpicking is what robbing is all about!" says Jim King.
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by mh » 11 Aug 2006 0:18
Wow, looks awesome! You're right, yes, I know...  "The techs discovered that German locks were particularly difficult" - Robert Wallace, H. Keith Melton w. Henry R. Schlesinger, Spycraft: The secret history of the CIA's spytechs from communism to Al-Qaeda (New York: Dutton, 2008), p. 210
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by raimundo » 11 Aug 2006 8:17
Ntwooah is the king of cutaways.  lets see a photo with all the cutaways in it.
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by Schuyler » 11 Aug 2006 10:11
holy crap.
That is looking awesome. Think you'll have a second video for us too?
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by mh » 11 Aug 2006 10:26
I'm hunting one of these, and once I have it, I'll use this as a template for making a cutaway myself. Thanks a lot for the inspiration 
mh "The techs discovered that German locks were particularly difficult" - Robert Wallace, H. Keith Melton w. Henry R. Schlesinger, Spycraft: The secret history of the CIA's spytechs from communism to Al-Qaeda (New York: Dutton, 2008), p. 210
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by greyman » 11 Aug 2006 18:22
I hope you didn't pay too much for it n2oah, it's kind of a shame to cut away such a nice lock.
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by mh » 12 Aug 2006 1:59
greyman wrote:I hope you didn't pay too much for it n2oah, it's kind of a shame to cut away such a nice lock.
I guess that's in the eye of the beholder - to me, cutting away parts, so that you can see the inside working, is actually adding value.
For example, you can show the lock to someone else (like your kids), explaining how it works.
Do you know how the 'lock collectors' market works? Are there many people who prefer cut-aways over unmodified locks?
Cheers,
mh "The techs discovered that German locks were particularly difficult" - Robert Wallace, H. Keith Melton w. Henry R. Schlesinger, Spycraft: The secret history of the CIA's spytechs from communism to Al-Qaeda (New York: Dutton, 2008), p. 210
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by greyman » 12 Aug 2006 5:56
mh, most of the collectors I know prefer intact locks in good or preferably mint condition (unused). I suppose there are people who like to buy cutaways, like Han Fey maybe, but once you cut it away, there's no going back. If the cutaway is professionally done, like by the factory, then it would probably add value since typically not many samples are made like this for a given lock. Cheers, greyman
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