Jackknife Lockpick

[evolution]

OK, ill get one soon, when i can afford to buy one, need to get some other stuff first.

[plot]

hrm... you could get a jackknife, and then get a few individual picks. 99% of the time people use 3 main picks: small half diamond, short hook, and a snake/rake... of course, everyone calls these different things probably.

i'd recommend getting those 3 picks then the jackknife if you want a cool gadget AND want to learn how to pick properly you can use the tension wrench from the jackknife, or get a few other tension wrenches. heh.

[Chucklz]

Good call on pick selection. You can definately get by with those basic three designs. As an example, I use regularly 6 different hooks, 3 different diamonds and 4 different rakes. The Southord slimline sets stand out in my opinion, not because of their size, but because they include a variety of hooks and the ever popular DeForest diamond/hook.

[lockpickroy]

it is my favorite pickset,and it is comfortable to me but i would not recomend one to someone new to picking

[Quin]

These also don't start hurting your fingers as quick as the normal picks do.

I have more success with my regular picks but these are fun

[hey10103]

i want to get one of those...i would never use it as my primary lock pick set...but it would be handy if i locked myself out of my house of something...of course i could just use the ol' screwdriver and safty pin...but i would certainly like one...it looks very convinient... i will dig up some research on it and i might just buy one online.

[Gaian]

I had an HPC Jackknife set, I gave it away because I just refused to deal with it anylonger.

Anyone know how it compares to the SouthOrd?

[Dr. Bint]

I wouldn't suggest the JackKnife for a beginner; I'll explain why later. Anyone who plans to use it as a primary set might want to think twice. It's a nice little gadget, and for a pocket set is pretty good, however there is one flaw that stands out.
If you're working away at a lock and want to switch picks, you've got yourself a problem. You have to unscrew it, fold the pick in, fold another out and tighten the screw again... all with one hand while maintaining tension with the other hand. It's not too bad when you get used to it, but when you switch between a feeler pick and a half diamond as often as I do, it gets a little annoying.

And now, a gratuitous pic of my JackKnife.

[WhiteHat]

- it was enough posting just one gratuitous picture for us to envy - just as I managed to tear myself away from it and scroll down you had to go and post another..... it'll take weeks to get the drool out of my keyboard...

They're certainly nice gadgets if your that type of person - I'd like to have one just for the cool-factor...

[Dr. Bint]

Sorry about that, WhiteHat... I think I clicked the back button by accident and it re-submitted everything. Don't worry... as soon as a mod spots it the repeat post will be deleted.

[Xerty]

I've come up with an idea to solve the screw-problem:

Is it a bad, good or great idea?

[Dr. Bint]

That'd actually be more difficult, because you'd have to keep the button pressed down while switching picks... you couldn't do that with one hand too easily.

[Xerty]

I meant that the button would snap in place and be there, like a torch button. It's on and off, no holding.

[Dr. Bint]

Hmm... interesting. In that case, yeah... it's a pretty good idea. It'd save your thumbs from doing all that twisting. It'd probably be awkward to manufacture and cost more though.

[Xerty]

After a relaxing week-end I've developed the idea, this new mechanism is _SO_ good . I can't see why no-one has come up with it before. I've mailed SouthOrd about it and I'm waiting for a reply, it's 2:25 AM over there, thoose timezones . I will reveal the secrets of the mechanism later on, maybe.