Lock Picking and Lock Bumping News — lockpicks

Marc Weber Tobias is an internationally know security expert. If you're interested in picking locks and you don't know Marc's work, you'll do well to have a look. I caught up with Marc and fired off a few questions...     UKBumpKeys  Hello Marc, firstly thank you for agreeing to talk with me. I’ve been following your work for years, and it’s continually provided me wonder and knowledge I doubt I, or any of us would have otherwise had. Your engagement and reporting of the Kaba Simplex story was fantastic, and a cracking example of your work. If anyone hasn’t...

The Oliver Diederichsen Interview About 6 years ago, UK Bump Keys organised an impressioning workshop in London. With special guest lock picking world champions Oliver Diederichsen and Jos Weyers, a group of about 30 lock pickers from all around the UK had the pleasure of watching these two men impression locks in less than a minute! We had a great day learning all kinds of tricks, asking questions and sharpening our skills with this sometimes frustrating but always incredible technique. Oli had just released his groundbreaking book on the subject, simply called 'Impressioning' and it was a day to remember...

Hello all Hey Hey Hey! I managed to get out of going to a wedding today - which is always nice. Personally I didn't think they should get married in the first place, and when I told my friend, he was quick to tell me the wedding had merely been rescheduled, not cancelled. Oh dear. So I've taken my foot out of my mouth and since it looks like monsoon season has hit London I thought I'd write a little post about our new lock picking sets. Namely our Lock Picking Starter Special and our Dangerfield's Premium Lock Pick Set....

I hope this finds you well. The new year is well and truly into gear now and all the great ideas you had over the holiday period have retreated back to where they belong and you're back in your reassuringly familiar groove. We make changes when we have to, not when we want to - it makes more sense that way anyway. I'm obviously back to work. Not that I ever stopped. I went on holiday, but with modern communications it would have almost been rude not to work. There I was on a beach in Thailand, my lady friend...