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Picking a Sterling padlock...Help

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Picking a Sterling padlock...Help

Postby DawnOfEarendil » 10 Mar 2005 3:14

I have this lock...
click here for picture
and I am having trouble picking it. It is getting kind of frustrating. Anyone have any tips and/or suggestions.
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Postby stick » 10 Mar 2005 11:34

The picture isn't really helpful, as it doesn't help identify the lock. It's probably just a standard pin or wafer lock, which means you'd pick it the way you'd pick any other lock. There isn't really any secret hint that'll make it easier.
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Postby omelet » 10 Mar 2005 13:28

looks like jewelry to me... there is usually a clasp on the chain that goes around your neck. Find that and pull it open. :D
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Postby Kayvon » 10 Mar 2005 17:48

omelet wrote:looks like jewelry to me...

:lol: That's true!

I saw the picture and I thinks to meself, "Those are locks?"

Don (Dawn), it looks like you pulled that picture off a webpage somewhere, so if you could even tell us where you got it we could see the brand and probably figure out what type of lock it is. Any additional information would be helpful.
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Postby stick » 10 Mar 2005 18:31

Someone, quite a while ago, also mentioned these locks. He claimed that they were on some city electrical equipment, and so that thread got shut down pretty fast. I'm fairly sure that these are the same locks, in which case they're standard 4 or 5 pin locks.
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Postby DawnOfEarendil » 10 Mar 2005 19:57

Its a sterling padlock made by Engineering Unlimited Inc.
This is their website.
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Postby MrB » 10 Mar 2005 20:22

Right. They are used by utility companies to seal enclosures.

We are going to be suspicious of questions about how to pick them, I'm afraid.
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