by illusion » 30 Apr 2014 6:57
For simple lever picks, make them yourself - it just involves bending bits of wire.
You can buy picks for curtained lever locks or you can just use two pieces of wire as you would for the un-curtained lever locks; the choice is up to you but it will take practice to open them with just wire. Grinding down the top quarter of a key blank can make a curtain turner that works better than just two pieces of wire. Grind roughly half the width of the keyblank and reduce the part that is normally cut when a key is copied, to just enough to catch the curtain and turn it. The wire will need to be thinner and you'll need to figure out the best way to bend it, so that it can reach the leavers - a clear cover for a lever lock will help you with this task.