Lock Picking Bible?

[79x]

Hello,

Is there any book on lock picking / lock types which is esteemed over all others?


Regards


79x

[Legion303]

Locks, Safes and Security: An International Police Reference by Marc Weber Tobias.

-steve

[79x]

Thanks! That is an expensive book...

[nathane]

Thanks! That is an expensive book...

You asked the the "Bible" and that's it. It'll more then take you through a huge array of topics though, all the way from the very basics of typical locks and lock history (and picking) all the way up to advanced topics (i.e. high security locks, safe manipulation, bypass, etc.).

[raimundo]

the books by MWTobias and Graham Pulford are indeed bibles but they are about locks and not about lockpicking though they do mention it.
Pamphlet from eddiethewire and oh, that other guy from loompanics or paladin press are just ripoffs. you can find more information on picking here on LP101. That hampton guy writes a 50 page pamphlet with a paragraph on each page except the blank ones, and covers the absolute basics then to justify the High security lockspicking title, he encludes a paragraph that asserts that a bent half diamond will pick a medeco but ablsolutely no tips on how this can be accomplished.
There is no bible on lockpicking, The closest thing to that is reading this site.

[LocksmithArmy]

to add to raimundo... if yo ufind a website that is trying to sell "the lockpick bible" DONT BUY IT... its crap, copy and pastes of the same stuff you find from everyone else... literally other peoples work copied and pasted... or sometimes just linked...

[Legion303]

the books by MWTobias and Graham Pulford are indeed bibles but they are about locks and not about lockpicking though they do mention it.

This is true, but it's always been my contention that picking locks is about 80% knowing exactly how the lock works (Graham's book is great for this) and 20% practice, with a smidge of luck.

-steve

[0x41414141]

There is also the Lockpicking book from Deviant Ollam. I can tell you it is very good

[Squelchtone]

[a huge paragraph of religious rhetoric snipped out]


Please keep your religious and political beliefs out of the lock discussions, everyone knows religion and politics only lead to one thing. War.

-Squelchtone

[Wizer]

How do we know which interpretation of the Bible is the right one? Everybody has their own interpretation of the Bible. There are preachers and tv evangelicals and theologians and everyday people who all claim to interpret the Bible correctly. They claim they know what God means in the written form. How does anyone know the true interpretation? If there are multiple interpretations how do you know which one to believe and follow? Why would god allow so many?

Not very many ways to interpret LSS+!
Lets stay on the subject.

[raimundo]

Check out Wizers new signature, with the abloy classic keys

[Wizer]

Got it from Jaakkos blog (with permission) because I´ve been accused of cutting pirated Abloy keys. -Blanks are not by Abloy but Silca & JMA.

[ChonkyTonks]

The LSS is a tome that provides a wealth of detailed information about all areas of locks. As raimundo stated, though, it only has one chapter (chapter 29, I think) on picking. As a result, I would suggest this book only if you plan on getting into the locksmithing trade. Otherwise, you can get a phenomenal amount of instruction from the posts here.