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IFAM

Having read the FAQ's you are still unfulfilled and seek more enlightenment, so post your general lock picking questions here.
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IFAM

Postby Afisch » 28 Jun 2007 15:25

During my camping trip this week I saw a number of new locks including something very similar to this, as I wont get the chance to pick one most likely, anyone know how difficult they are, by reading an earlier thread i'd guess fairly easy but i wasnt sure, was strange to see a Spanish padlock in Devon. Thanks.
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Postby cjames73 » 28 Jun 2007 17:10

we had a load of those same locks one of our reserves a couple of miles from the devon border.
i think a warden bought them in plymouth.
i have one here that was filled with glue, not had a chance to clear it out yet though.
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Postby Eyes_Only » 28 Jun 2007 17:27

I think I may have seen these locks at Mammoth Mountain in central California attached to a shed. I think it said IFAM on it.
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Postby nothumbs » 28 Jun 2007 18:01

I suspect this is the lock in question:

http://www.ifam.es/src/antbuspre.asp?Co ... orden=True
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Postby cjames73 » 28 Jun 2007 18:17

i just had a look in my padlock box and found a brass ifam e-40 aswell as the glued m-40.
from what i remember, it opened quite easily with a light jiggle with a bogota.
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Postby Afisch » 29 Jun 2007 2:53

Thanks guys, that is the lock nothumbs, was just interesting to see a brand that i'd never heard of.
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Postby Shrub » 29 Jun 2007 5:53

Cheap locks that i put on a par with tricircle, i can get any of the sizes they make next day from my suplier and they are still sold by most places who sell cheap locks,
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