Everest Lock Pick

[selim]

I found this site a short time ago,and just started posting.I've read about Matt Blaze here and read up on him,on one of his sites he shows how to pick locks.One of them is the Schlage Everest,impossible to pick without his method.What you do is File an Everest key blank down to about 1\8 of an inch from the bottom,that holds down the check pin on the bottom of the cylinder.Then cut half of the bow off,and drill a hole in whats left of the bow.You can then put a small rod in the hole and use that as your tension wrench.The reason I'm writing all this is becouse I did just that,and it worked.What a rush that was even though the cylinder was pinned with all 2 pins,it was still cool!!

[zeke79]

Definately not impossible to do without using his method. I simply use my hook pick to lift the check pin.

[What]

or you can use asmall hook and pick the pin when it binds......

[zeke79]

A video I made a while back of this www.LocksportArchives.com/Everest2.wmv .

[selim]

Hey Zeke79 can you explain how you lift the check pin while doing the top pins.I just thought it was fun to make something like that and have it work.

[zeke79]

You pick which ever top pins bind first. When top pins stop binding it is time to lift the check pin. Once it sets you can go back to the pin stacks and pick the remainder that did not set prior to lifting the check pin.

[selim]

I never thought of that.For some reason I thought it all had to happen at the same time.Thanks for that video Zeke79 you posted that when I was asking you how do you do it.

[jivers]

all this cut the key down to 1/8 and shave the bow and drill holes or pick the lock, when it binds hold it and find the check pin with a different pick is way too over the top for this Garbage High Security Cyl. THE EASIEST BY FAR way to do it is take a bobby pin, bend it in a 90 degree and stick the flat end down the cyl where the check pin is... this lifts the pin up and doubles as a tension wrench and COMPLETELY defeats the cyl's " HIGH SECURITY" feature. all for less than a nickle and 10 seconds of your time to scrape the wax off the bobby pin.

[zeke79]

You are right, you can do that and I have a similar tool to do so. But since we pick for a hobby, defeating a lock by pure picking is fun for us. I suppose single pin picking the schlage primus would be "way over the top" to you too since I "could" use a cutdown key with the sidebar information on it?

[blackfoot]

i bought a lock off of mfschantz everest home sick with the flu all weekend took the lock apart ...........watched zeke79 video and made my own bypass tool out of spring stock that comes standard in a tube from foley it fits perfect and double up as a tension wrench to boot it cost me 15.00 to learn how to disasseble and pick this lock ...................now im off to learn the primus lock secret.

[jivers]

You are right, you can do that and I have a similar tool to do so. But since we pick for a hobby, defeating a lock by pure picking is fun for us. I suppose single pin picking the schlage primus would be "way over the top" to you too since I "could" use a cutdown key with the sidebar information on it?

I am speaking from a locksmiths point of view where time is money. dont get your panties in a bunch