Australia?

by **vafhudr** » 3 Feb 2007 20:23

Hello i just joined this site and i am interested in lock picking,But first i need a set of picks...but that aside i would like to know if i am legally allowed to have lock picks in NSW Australia and if i need a particular set for australian locks

by **Jow** » 3 Feb 2007 20:40

viewtopic.php?t=2850

read that thread... it has all your legal answers

From what i can gather you are allowed to own and have picks at your home, but not carry them.

Most people say any set will do Australian locks, but i think you are better off getting a slim line set (euro/ japanese set) as some of out locks have restrictive keyways. Everything you can do with a standard set you can do with slims, but not the other way around.

hope that helps...

joe

by **Jow** » 3 Feb 2007 20:46

Oh, and this may also help re slim vs normal.

viewtopic.php?t=18268

by **JackNco** » 3 Feb 2007 21:12

You will get a mixture of both kinda of locks there. i'd recommend a slimline set as i have some locks my standard picks would be no use in.

BTW this has been covered a few times recently. ill be nice as your new but some people can be a bit.... touchy when it comes to answering the same questions again and again. if u don't search first you will end up with a few snide comments

all the best

by **Sl0th** » 3 Feb 2007 22:27

I don't know of any places in Australia where you could buy a proper set, so you'll probably have to order them online from America, UK etc. http://www.lockpickshop.com/ will have what you want, and there are a few Aussie's here who have ordered through them and got them through the mail with no problems.

by **lunchb0x** » 3 Feb 2007 22:43

you han order from Locksmith supply and there is one other but i forgot the name, they only sell HPC, and dyno from memory,, i have been looking in to start buying from overseas

by **Sl0th** » 3 Feb 2007 23:15

lunchb0x wrote:you han order from Locksmith supply

Do you need to give them some sort of proof that you are a locksmith?

by **Jow** » 3 Feb 2007 23:32

I tried to buy from a locksmith supply here in Melbourne and they would not sell to me as i wasn't a locksmith. Don't know if this will happen all over the country or even at a different supply place. I just order from OS.

by **lunchb0x** » 3 Feb 2007 23:54

yeh you do have to be a locksmith, so buying from over seas woould be your only way, or make some, would be more rewarding

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