Lock Picking and Lock Bumping News — impressioning

Hello Lock Pickers. First thing: Impressioning is AMAZING. Don't be put off by what you've heard, or what you think you can do - you CAN do it. And it's absolutely incredible - almost dreamlike! The Master, Oliver Diederichsen, who literally wrote the book on impressioning, called 'Impressioning'. I've seen him impression an ASEC lock out of the box in under a minute - right in front of my eyes. TRUST ME: If you read this carefully and get yourself the necessary kit, with a bit of patience, confidence and time, YOU WILL be able to perform this most enigmatic of...

Hello friends. UPDATE: 8/8/2016 - Discount code at the end of this article, get your Impressioning tools discounted! If you don't know, lock impressioning is where you use a blank key to take 'impressions' from the pins in the lock, file down the impressions, repeat until the lock opens. World champion impressioners Jos Weyers and Oli Diederichsen can both do this in under a minute. I know because I have seen them, in the flesh, and it was magic! Oli Diederichsen, impressioning I'm not a world champion lock impressioner. At best I can do a 5 pin lock in under...

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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...