Lockpicks and the Art of Opening Locked Doors

Lockpicks, or picklocks, are special instruments: slime but robust. In fact the tools defined by these terms are various and can be used to pick different types of locks. Lock picking is an art that cannot be mastered without intensive practice. The picklocks alone have no use, they are just pieces of metal without the skillful hands to use them.

Skilled locksmiths can unlock doors with ordinary instruments such as hairpins and simple screwdrivers. Yet, a professional lockpick set makes the job a lot easier. Such a set contains usually a tension wrench, different picks and key extractors. While the most common picks are the rake and the tension bar (torque wrench), new tools arrive on the scene as new locks are developed. A picklock such as the bump key works on several locks and can be used by everyone. Locksmiths who value the lock picking art and tradition avoid such tools. For them to pick a lock means to solve an unseen puzzle. For instance, when they need to pick a pin tumbler lock, they hear the pins in the lock and concentrate on each sound. When the pin tumbler locks have security pins, the job is even more exciting. The locksmiths "see" the lock's insides and handle the pins carefully. No rush. Each pin needs to be lifted to its right height. It is a job that requires attention, concentration… faultlessness. If one pin is not perfectly aligned with the axis of the cylinder, the tension wrench is useless.

When they do not treat lock picking as an art and need to quickly satisfy client requirements, locksmiths often use pick guns, which open locks fast and easy. These tools are also used by less skilled authorized personnel, such as police officers; or by domestic users who want to save money in case of accidental door locking.

So what will "The Classified Lock Pickers' Bible" teach me?

Amongst other things, The Classified Lock Pickers' bible will show you:

The basic principles of how locks work

How a basic pin tumbler lock work

How to pick a pin tumbler lock using traditional picks, raking and scrubbing

How lever locks work

How to pick a high security lever lock

How to pick padlocks (combination, lever, pin tumbler)

How bump keys work

Where to legally buy bump keys

How tubular locks work

How to pick tubular locks

How to pick car locks

How to open cars without keys (bypass techniques)

How skeleton keys work

Where to legally buy lock pick tools (no questions asked)

PLUS Lots more...

    Nearly 60 Pages of straight-to-the-point information

   Link to over 30 videos to show the lock picking techniques

   Numerous online colour diagrams and clear explanations

    Links to sources of further information

    Where to legally buy your lock picking tools from

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