Jacknife?

by **berky93** » 12 Apr 2007 18:50

I am looking for a new pick set. I don't have a professional one, but have many (attempted) home made ones. The thing is, I want one that Is not that loosable. What I mean is, whenever I have made my home brews, even with a case, they still manage to get lost. I was thinking about a jacknife from southord, but since supposedly they don't give good feedback I was going to get the "featherweight" with the plastic handle that is supposed to be better for that. What do you think?

by **Schuyler** » 12 Apr 2007 18:52

I think coming up with a better organizational system is a better option than a jacknife.

However, a lot of people like to have one around (or something like it) as a back up, so really no harm in picking one up. I'm going to go out on a limb and say I doubt you'll gain much with the featherweight one, but I recommend you buy it and write us up a review when it arrives.

by **cjames73** » 12 Apr 2007 19:04

how is having a bought jacknife going to stop you losing it?

if its the keyring attachment surely you could fit one to your home mades?

by **UWSDWF** » 12 Apr 2007 19:15

bad bad bad piece of kit.... this make me kill babies

by **Schuyler** » 12 Apr 2007 19:16

EVERYTHING makes you kill babies :roll:

by **freakparade3** » 12 Apr 2007 21:36

UWSDWF wrote:bad bad bad piece of kit.... this make me kill babies

You certainly have a way with words.

by **rrrrrrkevin** » 13 Apr 2007 0:39

I bought one of them for one of my co workers as a b-day present and I played with it and its great,I have seen alot of bad reviews on them but you have to understand you cant use it like your primary tool that you do everything with,its just something to keep in your toolbox or keychain just incase. The only negative thing I can think of is that one from southord comes with stainless picks and not spring steel and the hook needs to be replaced after alot of use,but as far as opening crappy master locks and kwiksets they are handy...see if you can get one from the outletpage on southord tho and save money since itll get scratched up on a keychain anyhow.

by **rrrrrrkevin** » 13 Apr 2007 0:44

Im actually at work right now and southord is blocked from our computers so I cant go double check about the spring steel picks for them but ive actually considered getting one for myself and if I found one with spring steel I certainly would,btw I never used or seen the more expensive metal handle one but the plastic one is pretty good and I would compare its quality and weight to a small gerber knife about that size(not the picks just the actually jacknife) and they sell replacements for the picks.

by **rrrrrrkevin** » 13 Apr 2007 0:48

i would recommend also getting a broken key extractor attachment for it as it would be more useful than like a double ball or one of the barely used attachments on it

by **taracor** » 13 Apr 2007 3:30

I use my double ball more than I use my broken key extractor, but I guess if the situation calls for it, go for it. If you don't want to lose your picks, put them on a keyring, that is, if they have holes in them. If not, you could drill some. I do kind of want a jacknife though, It looks pretty nice, but it's not a top priority of mine. There was someone who actually made a jacknife. It's in the homebrew hall of fame. It looked very nice.

by **berky93** » 14 Apr 2007 9:48

cjames73 wrote:how is having a bought jacknife going to stop you losing it?
if its the keyring attachment surely you could fit one to your home mades?

I was thinking of maybe something like that, but my homemades suck, or are too thin to be put ona keyring.

also, I really think it is time to start practicing with professional picks, since I'm not that good.

What about this: http://www.lockpicktools.com/lockpicks.htm I was thinking about the concealable kit. It looks like it will have much better feedback, and it is harder to lose individual picks.

by **berky93** » 14 Apr 2007 9:50

BTW, what I meant by the picks being so easily lost is that because they are separate i lose individual ones, never the whole set.

by **Schuyler** » 14 Apr 2007 10:18

get a case!

end of problem.

You can make one (plenty of threads on that) or buy one (southord cases work just fine)

by **berky93** » 14 Apr 2007 10:59

they sell cases separately?

by **freakparade3** » 14 Apr 2007 12:07

berky93 wrote:they sell cases separately?

Search for Peterson International. Thay sell pick cases, some of the nicest I've seen.

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