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Oh and if i have made any mistakes i'm sorry.
This is my wafer tumbler lock which I took from an old steel desk. I don’t know the manufacturers name sorry.
This is a rim lock and I bought it for £10.00 I did take it apart recently and forgot how to put it back together but with a little help from some of the members of lockpicking 101 its in tip-top condition.
This is my lever lock I haven’t tried to pick this yet because I need some special picks for it.
Ahh yes my lovely “Zone†combination lock as you can see it’s attached to its chain. I’ve tried to make some shims out of coke cans (unbreakable’s guide to shim construction and usage) but they kept splitting.
This is my steel laminated “security†pin tumbler lock it does me proud lol.
I know it’s a bad picture of it sorry, I came up of a rating system for it black is for security pins and red is for normal pins, but it masks the name on the front, anyway it’s a “security†lock.
This is my “Yale†lock it’s got about two security pins (mushroom pins) can’t manage to get the right tension on it yet but I will pick it soon.
This is one of the three locks I found in my shed I don’t think it’s a UK lock the name is “Mila†it’s a pin tumbler lock I think it has a few security pins installed but I can’t pick it yet.
The name of this one is “WINKHAUS†sounds like German.
The name of this one is “IESOâ€. I have recently found out that it's an italian lock.
This is my Tri-circle 265 I’ve only picked this once it’s a bit
temperamental at times.
This is the first lock I ever bought and also the worst I’ve ever bought, I got my brother to time me the other day and I picked it in about one and a half seconds, no name on this lock I got it from a £1.00 shop.
This is my “security†brass pin-tumbler padlock I don’t know if it has any security pins inside.
Another un-named lock of mine this one takes me about two seconds to pick.
This is my steel laminated “Yale†lock I usually have no trouble picking this lock.
I found this one in my grandmothers shed and she said I could have it so I did. I’ve cleaned most of the lock but the lock mechanism itself is full of dirt etc so the pins get stuck and its hard to pick the name of this lock is “leaderâ€.
This is one of three laminated padlocks I bought from a £1.00 shop, they’re not very good at all they can be easily bypassed even without a bypass tool the names of them are “Toolbox†lol.
Same as above.
My friend bought this for me when he went travelling around Europe it’s called a “globe†lock it may look rubbish but it’s quite a hard lock especially to bypass.
This lock cost me about £3.50 pin-tumbler lock its called “ROSS†it’s a god general lock to start off at.
This is the last of my shoddy “Toolbox†pin-tumbler locks, but I guess if I’m feeling low I can always pick this and feel happy.
This is a smaller seized tri-circle 265 hard lock to pick I think.
This is another of my “tri-circle†locks I don’t know what model it is but I know it’s a hard lock (from experience) its taken me awhile but I defeated this lock and can pick it on a good day.
This is my abus 60/40 lock I think it has a few security pins but it’s not that bad it is quite sensitive to torque though.
My mother (of all the people) found this lock for me it’s had a hard life she said it was full of grease/gunk around the shackle and inside the plug when I had it so therefore it doesn’t pick so well.
This is my “security†round (cant find the right word sorry) pin-tumbler lock because of its shape and design it only has 4 pins and I’m pretty sure none of them are security pins. It does require quite a bit of torque to turn the plug.
This is another un-named locks which I bought for £1.00 enough said.
This is a brass “master 140†lock it took me about one minute to pick this straight away after I took it from the package.
This Is my “Yale†pin-tumbler lock I only have to set two pins and it opens so it doesn’t take me long to pick.
Nice pictures. I'll try to get my camera up and running again!
