Whats your easiest lock?

by **lee.cook** » 27 Jan 2007 11:56

My first picking experience was a window lock, single pin easy.

I bought a few pound land no brand locks after my first set arrived and my girlfriends brother managed to pick it before me, I was fuming, but it took around 10 minutes, then I managed to pick it in 7 seconds and now can open instantly.

by **Mirulm4249** » 3 Feb 2007 6:28

Greetings everyone (since this is my 1st post on this forum).

For me, one of the easiest locks to pick was a small, cheap (about 1 Euro worth), all-brass, europrofil cylinder, made in PRC. I picked it with unbent paperclip (as a rack) and fingernail (as tensioner) to persuade one of my customers to buy KESO lock

It was supposed to be a 5-pin cylinder, but after disassembling it turned out to have only 4, rounded, with about 1mm tolerance each (in each direction). In other words, this cylinder wasn't worth a look.

But "it counts as one" nevertheless.

On the other side, it is one of only a handful of locks I've opened, since I do some lockpicking only for about one month now and only in my spare time at work.

Peace.
Mirek

by **eam3000** » 20 May 2007 0:23

mine was a No. 1 masterlock comercial, just stuck in a large diamond and opened surprisingly easy... by the way, does anyone know what the differance is between a masterlock No.1 comercial and non-comercial?

by **freakparade3** » 20 May 2007 1:15

First Watch nightlatch. Look at it with a pick in your hand and it opens.

by **scissor83** » 20 May 2007 10:03

Mine was a masterlock no.1 padlock and a luggage lock. I think it is a miny warded lock and all i do is just insert the tension wrench and pops open.

by **Schuyler** » 20 May 2007 10:28

falcon SFIC

I happen to have one that just slips open as soon as you put an l-rake in it.

by **JackNco** » 20 May 2007 10:29

Schuyler wrote:falcon SFIC I happen to have one that just slips open as soon as you put an l-rake in it.

Opens to the user line not the control line right? if so i had one the same. took it apart and the control sleeve only slips in easy about half way.

by **JackNco** » 20 May 2007 10:30

or do you mean the rake acts like a key?

by **Schuyler** » 20 May 2007 10:39

yeah, not the control, I'm fairly confident it just has a really crappy bitting at the user level.

by **desert_gold_hound** » 28 May 2007 5:48

Hey, I have a great advertising scheme for the warded padlock makers:

BUMP-PROOF!

I have to agree worded locks. Yea that would make an awsome slogen.
It might open with any thing except a bump key. LOL

by **DaveAG** » 28 May 2007 7:10

Except that every piece of metal you remove from the key enables it to open more warded locks.

You wouldn't need to "bump" it, but a trimmed down warded padlock key would probably turn in most locks.

I believe this is where the expression "skeleton key" came from. If you leave just the minimum metal to have it still turn, it will pass more and more wards and thus a skeleton key with next to no metal will open many locks.

by **UWSDWF** » 28 May 2007 7:15

very well said Dave... we should have a sticky with that sort of information.......

oh wait we do :wink:

by **Mutzy** » 28 May 2007 7:35

huh. You learn something new everyday. Thanks.

by **desert_gold_hound** » 28 May 2007 7:41

Dave we all know how easy it is to pick. :roll:

Its just a joke becouse it is not bumpable.

You know this got me thinking. Make a key that has a couple of wards. The cuts on this would have to have an angle but when you turn it the lock would be stoped at an area that has pins. This would deffently make the locks bump proff.

by **desert_gold_hound** » 28 May 2007 7:44

sorry let me reword this sentance

Make a key that has a couple of wards

make a LOCK that has a couple of wards

Whats your easiest lock?

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