Kaba President A - Breakdown

[Kaellman]

I got a President from ebay a couple of weeks ago and just wanted to share it, or well.. the breakdown of it, with you guys.

The lock
shell
http://img79.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snc10235gq9.jpg
inside
http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snc10236mt0.jpg
all levers but one removed
http://img67.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snc10249fw0.jpg
opened
http://img67.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snc10266wh5.jpg



The key
http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snc10260qs7.jpg

The levers
http://img483.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snc10247hv3.jpg
http://img467.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snc10250ex1.jpg

All the levers are almost identical and differ only by catching at varying "depths". Each lever is marked with a number telling that depth. As you can see the levers also has security cuts facing the bolt which will jam the levers if its manipulated the wrong way. However, by adding one lever at a time you will get a feel for when your over a security cut or real cut. This can get quite difficult when all the levers are added, laying on-top of eachother and sometimes refuse to slide one at a time when manipulated- a process that get _very_ frustrating sometimes.

I dont want to dig deeper into what tools to use and how to use them here, but this should give you a basic idea of the lock, which i really recommend to those in search for a more challenging lever lock. I could post some pictures of the levers being jammed after unsuccessful picking if a mod would approve it.

[Schuyler]

incredible lock. The false cuts on the levers and the shape of the end of the fence (fence?) is very clever.

[Kaellman]

Simple, yet very effective. It jams pritty tight if you do it the wrong way.

[zeke79]

I have cleaned this thread up and put it back in the regular forums. We CANNOT however discuss picking, decoding, bypassing techniques for the lock in the open forums. Keep to the discussion of the beauty of the lock please .