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How an inmate in 1978 South Africa made keys to break out!

A skill known and practiced for years by seasoned locksmiths, impressioning a working key from a blank is a popular new addition in locksport circles everywhere. Get your blanks and Pippin files and get busy!

How an inmate in 1978 South Africa made keys to break out!

Postby Squelchtone » 11 Nov 2017 13:04

A cool article and a couple great videos documenting how a couple South African men broke out of prison in 1978 by impressioning keys to their cells.

https://hackaday.com/2017/11/10/hacking ... ksmithing/
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Re: How an inmate in 1978 South Africa made keys to break ou

Postby Ralph_Goodman » 16 Nov 2017 13:18

Very interesting. I have always been rather interested in prison security throughout history.

I love the international aspect. That information is even more difficult to get.

Thanks for sharing this!
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