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Buying lockpicks and customs

Tool recommendations, information on your favorite automatic and/or mechanical lockpicking devices for those with less skills, or looking to make their own.

Buying lockpicks and customs

Postby rhysg1992 » 25 Dec 2007 5:04

hey i live in england and am looking to buy lockpicks from the usa.

I have 2 questions:

1) do customs cease(take) your lockpicks away?
2)do i need a license?
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Postby rhysg1992 » 25 Dec 2007 5:24

oops double post sorry
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Postby Eyes_Only » 25 Dec 2007 15:35

The answer is no not really to both.

Customs rarely ever check anything and there are a lot of lockpickers on this site from the UK that doesn't have trouble getting hold of pick tools.
If a lock is a puzzle, then its key is the complete picture
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