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are european picks really needed

European hardware -lever locks, profile cylinders specific for European locks. European lock picks and European locks.

are european picks really needed

Postby Kwick » 26 Feb 2008 7:01

hello

i've purchased Southord picks SlimLine on MultiThieves.com

but i have a problem with them : they are too thin and get twisted when i pushed a little bit too hard on mushroom pins ^^

so i want to get new ones but definitively not Europeans special picks


i want to get normal ones because they wont twist as easily i think.

and they are not that thick and i might be able to use them to open european lock as well...

for comparison, the same picks from Southord.

European:
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Traditionnal:
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i was looking at lockmaster 12 pieces set or Navigator Set, i don't know which one is the toughest.

thanks
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Slimline Picks

Postby bellwood » 26 Feb 2008 8:57

Hey There,

I have both the Southord Slimline and Standard sets, on most of the Euro profile locks the standards are great but the slimlines come into their own when picking dimple locks. The Slimlines are also very useful on smaller padlock keyways.

Hope this helps.
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Postby Kwick » 27 Feb 2008 6:06

thanks

that's also the idea i had in mind : slimline for small padlocks and small keyways, but traditionnal picks for usual cylinders.
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Postby JackNco » 27 Feb 2008 6:10

if you are bending them you are using to much force. its not the picks fault you are just being to heavy handed.

Just back off and you will be fine.
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Postby linty » 27 Feb 2008 6:29

i have both sets but I use the slimlines for pretty much everything, the "normal" ones seem a bit too big compared to other brands of picks that I have used. Sometimes I use them on wide open locks like kwikset or on camlocks. I've never bent a slimline.
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Postby Kwick » 27 Feb 2008 8:17

i must be a noob then.. :lol:

but, is there never the need to push really hard on pins ? with some security pins for example ?

look at my picks:

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then, i'm looking forward to other brands like Peterson who claims having the most tough picks (but expensive) or Lockmasters(Dino) sets

or maybe i'll learn how to good picklock ^^
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Postby JackNco » 27 Feb 2008 8:49

there really not that expensive. $4 each.
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Postby Kwick » 27 Feb 2008 10:21

you speak about basic Carbon Spring Steel picks, but i wans looking at tougher picks like Government Steel (15$ each)

i don't know if they are really thougher than Carbon ones
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Postby JackNco » 27 Feb 2008 11:04

probably a waste of money at your stage.
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Postby Kwick » 27 Feb 2008 11:25

probably, but i think i wasted money already in too 'light' picks, so i'm looking for harder picks.

i have 2 Southourd traditional picks and they are impossible to bend with normal use. I should have bought Traditional from beginning.

I think also that my slimline were not that easily bent before. The metal went sotfer with time.

but now i want to buy really hard picks, not "top-of-the-line-ultraslim" picks that i don't really need.

ok i'm a 6 month only picklocker, quite beginner but i need good tools to learn right ?
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Postby JackNco » 27 Feb 2008 12:19

you have good tools, I still pick with southord all the time.

peterson tools will bend if you abuse them as well. look up lockmasters.com , they sell a set of picks with a lifetime guarantee, there pretty strong.
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Postby Kwick » 27 Feb 2008 12:24

but i hope it's a real garantee, not perterson's ones : "we believe so much in our picks that if you bend or break one of your picks, send them back, and we will sell you new ones for HALF PRICE !!"

:)
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Postby Kwick » 27 Feb 2008 12:25

JackNco wrote: there pretty strong.


these ones ?

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Postby JackNco » 27 Feb 2008 12:48

that them
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Postby Kwick » 28 Feb 2008 6:17

i have in mind to buy them since a few days ago

i've asked for the thickness of these picks and they are 0.020 " wwhich seems quite ok for european locks.

actually, i think they are more a DINO pickset than a Lockmasters' one. but they are the same anyway...
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