Lever locks

[Eric]

What is the best way to pick lever locks? Why are they so hard to pick? It realy annoys me the way lever locks are harder to pick then padlocks and lever locks are on bedroom doors! Can anyone give me tips on how pick them?


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[Dark Angel]

There are several threads already started on lever locks ,try doing a search for some more info.
As for the bedroom door locks most of these i have come across are simple two lever locks.As soon as i get a second i will post up a picture of a home made wire pick that will open these locks in seconds.

[karl]

yeah,thats what i can never understand,why are lever locks only used on low security if theyre so hard to pick?

[Darek84CJ]

yeah,thats what i can never understand,why are lever locks only used on low security if theyre so hard to pick?

Not sure. Many European households and commerical places use high security, with 5-7 levers. Very hard to pick.

[Dark Angel]

The lever locks used on interior doors are low security locks with only two or three levers and no security curtains.
Locks fitted to secure the outside of a building have usually five or six lever,security curtains and anti-drill plates fitted.Making them difficult to pick,hard to drill and a very good security measure.

[toomush2drink]

Most insurance companies want you to have for british standard 5 lever locks or they wont cover you and they have all the security that dark angel has mentioned. The thing is a cheap 5 lever non bs standard lock can be picked quite easily with a little knowledge but bs standard lock are a lot harder without the appropriate picks or drill points and drill bits.

[Eric]

Thanks for the info but does anyone know where you can buy lever lock picks?

P.S. can anyone post some pictures of the lever lockpicks

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[CitySpider]

Interesting signature.

EricTheThief, huh?

[CaptHook]

LMAO... Hi, Im Eric, ummmm the thief, yeah..thief.... thats the ticket....LMAO
Chuck

[Chucklz]

~~Hits head against wall repeatedly~~

Eric... a careful review of the rules will show you where you have strayed. Also, with such a sig, how could you expect anyone to legitimately help you ?

[karl]

the reason it was ericthethief,was because that is his name on halflife the internet game,he picked that name because of the game "thief the dark project".and chucklz,i dont think he had strayed from the rules,just by having the word "thief"in his signature

[CitySpider]

Whether he broke the rules or not -- and I'm not about to tell a moderator that someone DIDN'T break the rules -- he probably should have thought about how his name would look on a lockpicking forum.

At one point, a very long time ago, I went by the name "CatBurglar" in a similar game. Notice that I'm not using it here.

[toomush2drink]

He asks where he can get lever lock picks from, well go here young man
http://www.safeventures.com/
then save up for a pick that will only do one type of lock cost you £200 +vat and then pay £250 for the days training on it and then hope you come across a door with that lock on and then know how to recognise it through the keyhole.
Still want to pick lever locks ? Ok then go and a buy a bs standard 5 lever lock and work out how to do it by taking it apart, that should get you on the road but might take a bit longer than cylinder locks

[mcm757207]

On the older lever locks, it is very easy to pick them. I'm not even sure if we're talking the same type of lock, but any-who...

You simply make a fake key (bent like a L out of strong but thin metal), and reach behind all of the wards and stuff and just throw the latch. Again, this is on old locks (like you would find on old antique furniture/jewlery boxes). With newer ones, don't you apply tension and then lift each lever kinda like you would a cylinder lock?