Lock Picking and Lock Bumping News

Hello Lock Pickers There's very few mythologies in the lock picking world, not too many stories or events draped in mystique or intrigue that permeate the scene.  World Champion impressioner Jos Weyers has a nearly legendary story where he locked himself in a room with a lock, a file, a vice and 1000 blanks. But although I've heard variations that have gone through the Chinese Whisper stage, absorbed exaggerations as such things are deliciously prone, and ended up more like he locked himself away for a month, in total darkness, with a million blanks, I heard it from the man...

Hello lock pickers One of the more frequent questions I get (and I mean daily!) is from someone who's lost a key to some lock or another and doesn't want to pay the £150 they've been quoted by a locksmith. I feel their pain. Many a time I've had to get an emergency tradesman round only to see them twist a knob, tighten a screw, etc then invoice me for a similar amount. It hurts.  And yet, with the locksmith example they seek some kind of solution. They are always 'looking for a tool' that will open the lock for...

Hello all In my eBook  'Advanced Raking Techniques' (which comes free with every set of POLARIS RAKES) I go into some detail regarding the various techniques, tricks and secrets regarding Raking. One of the most common responses I get is that people had no idea Raking could be so nuanced, and that there are a multitude of approaches, as opposed to the common idea of sticking a rake in a lock and moving it in and out. This comes at no surprise to me as ever since I've been involved in lock picking (I had hair back then, that long ago) Raking has...

Those 'Love Lock' Bridges! (funny video) All those 'love locks' have been causing problems. Hello Lock Pickers Happy Valentine's Day! If like me romance is something you only see in the movies or your long lost past, worry not, for here at Lock Pick World we have brought a bit of spice into your life and even - remarkably - managed to combine it with lock picking! Believe me, that's no easy task. The obvious option would have been the  'love-lock' bridges, where lovers write sweet nothings onto a padlock, clip it onto the fence on a bridge, then cast...