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by gstrendkill » 3 Jun 2008 18:56
hey guys! its been a while since I've posted but I'm back again. I have a question, and I figured at least one of you guys would be able to answer it.  It came in my set but I've just dismissed it until recently curiosity got the best of me.
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by Safety0ff » 3 Jun 2008 19:26
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by gstrendkill » 3 Jun 2008 19:31
Thanks for the link Safety0ff. It cleared the confusion.
The pick just seemed backwards to me, I thought it might have been more of a specialty tool than a pick.
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by freakparade3 » 3 Jun 2008 19:54
It works great for the more open locks like the KW1 keyway.
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by gstrendkill » 3 Jun 2008 19:58
yea. i got it stuck in a little master padlock when i first got my set (ended up getting it out unharmed) so i never really touched it after that because i didn't want to accidentally break it off getting it back out. i guess ill have to try it on one of my kwiksets and see the results 
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by freakparade3 » 3 Jun 2008 20:29
Put the pick in the lock before the wrench. After the lock is picked you will not be able to remove the pick until you lock it again.
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by StabbyJoe » 4 Jun 2008 1:29
isn't that a J rake? (memory may just be failing me)
I hear bad things about them... I always say go with what works for you, but this rake has a bad rap.
as far as it looking backwards, it seems like it's use is mostly in pulling out than pushing in... but I don't know much about rakes... everything I say is from reading and guesses.
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by dmux » 4 Jun 2008 14:15
i think that thing is worthless, i have never opened a single lock with it. its just too big
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by freakparade3 » 4 Jun 2008 14:30
dmux wrote:i think that thing is worthless, i have never opened a single lock with it. its just too big
practice........ 
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by Brianpojo56 » 20 Jun 2008 13:57
Actually, it is a type of rake, but it is called a "comb"
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by Archive555 » 20 Jun 2008 18:35
Brianpojo56 wrote:Actually, it is a type of rake, but it is called a "comb"
Now I'm not sure, but I don't think that's a comb.
^That's a comb^
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by gstrendkill » 25 Jun 2008 17:53
Brianpojo56 wrote:Actually, it is a type of rake, but it is called a "comb"
wow. did you even check to see the other peoples answers?
definitely not a comb pick
Archive555 had the right idea on that
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by MacGnG1 » 25 Jun 2008 23:14
not really a beginners pick, is it? might add it to my set when i decide to buy more picks
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by Brianpojo56 » 1 Jul 2008 7:11
wow. did you even check to see the other peoples answers?
:lol:
definitely not a comb pick
Archive555 had the right idea on that[/quote]
Yes I did read other people's posts. However, Pro-lok puts outs a rake, called a small comb (item number in my US Lock catalogue is PO PKX SCH).
And to the other guy, what one company or individual calls a comb isn't necessarily the same name for another company. That's a very big thing to get used to in this industry. For instance what hpc calls a double ball pick, peterson calls a snowman pick. I started working on locks in a Hardware store and always called snap rings either "internal snap rings" or "external snap rings". That's what the part bin was labeled, and the tool for them is called a pair of snap ring pliers. Once I started working at a real lock shop, everyone thought I was stupid because I had never heard of Tru-Arc rings or Tru-Arc pliers. What I'm really trying to say is, all I was doing was introducing my opinion. I also thought it was very rude that two people immediately disputed my input without even researching properly. So with all that said, I bid you good day.
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by Schuyler » 1 Jul 2008 10:29
Well - I don't think anyone needed to be laughing about it, but a comb pick actually has a very distinct meaning and not just around these parts. The tool in question, though one manufacturer may refer to it as a small comb, is not a comb pick.
Don't bid us good day, just don't be sure you're correct, be cool when you're not, and maybe gstrendkill can be a little less dickish in his replies.
But yeah, I think Archive was straightfoward, polite & correct.
Anyway - don't leave, just dust yourself off and keep picking.
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