Corbin

[raimundo]

Corbin lock company is an old american company, I don't know if they are still in business or if they got swallowed by the big dogs, but the anti pick pins are the mushroom pins, by mentioning them twice, they just 'psych you out' and make you think its very hard.

corbin will also have ball bearings in the first one or two holes for an anti wear feature.

to pick these mushroom pins, you just use a lighter technique and learn the 'reverse' that will happen when you set a mushroom pin. Once you understand that it will be easier

Corbin may have some locks that are made in europe for europe, and these would be different from what we are familiar with in north america,
I do not know that this is the case with corbin, but other american companies seem to have a presence in the european markets that is made for those standards.

[Phatphish]

I have a Corbin padlock on my desk. It can be seen if you look in the background of this image LINK

It had 1 spool and 1 mushroom pin as security.
It has "Made in Italy" stamped into the face, so I looked around and found that ASSA Abloy bought Corbin Russwin in 2000, Black and Decker owned the european Corbin based in Bologna Italy and ASSA were looking to aquire these assets in 2004.
I'm not sure if they did or not, as I have no more time today for investigation, but here's a link to the info. PDF Link

[amaze1]

I have a homemade Corbin cutaway that has all ball pins and it is master keyed so many driver pins under each one ill post a pic of it alter when i find it

[Vrocipes]

I have the same one that you posted link mate. Think that this post is related to my thread here: viewtopic.php?t=33569

And still i cant pick it , seem too hard for me.

[raimundo]

yeah, I was replying to your original thread when I clicked the wrong box, once that happens, its irreversible.

[selim]

Corbin lock Co. bought out Russwin lock Co. years ago. There called Corbin Russwin,and have two big factory's in the states.
They have a complete commercial line of product's not just locks. The company that I work for is a distributor for them. Up untill recently they did have spool pin's in most of there locks,but don't see much of that know. I have noticed as of late some of there cylinders come through with a top pin, or spring missing,and that can be a real pain.
They are in the Assa Abloy group,that may have something to do with quality control issuse.
Hope this help's a little.
selim