Lock Picking and Lock Bumping News

The Adams Rite driver replaces the actions of the Adams rite cam on the back of the cylinder. The Cam rotates on the back of the cylinder when the key is turned. The important parts to know are the latchbolt, the dead latch and the internal latch. When the Dead latch is pushed in the latchbolt is blocked from sliding in. When the Adams rite cam on the back of the cylinder turns it depress the internal latch and pulls it across. The internal latch and the latchbolt are attached so as the cam pulls the internal latch across the...

Hello Lock Pickers Top of Keyway Tension Tools.   Last blog I discussed using top of keyway tension tools (which are back in stock, HERE) and how they improve your lock picking success rate. The response was so good, here's a couple of other tension tool tricks you might find useful. Enjoy... LEVERAGE Sometimes a pin might offer more resistance than usual and requires you to achieve a bit of leverage to pick it. It's not uncommon to use the wards in the keyway - the zig-zag-like shape providing a variety of small surfaces you can use as a fulcrum....

Applying Tension in the Top of the Keyway - TOK Wrenching. It used to be a novelty, but TOK Wrenching is now the Lock Picking Default!   Hello all Every day I'll get at least one email asking: "What does TOK and BOK mean?" Do you know? If not, you're about to become a better lock picker. TOK stands for "Top of Keyway", and BOK, for "Bottom of Keyway", and when it comes to lock picking, TOK and BOK are referring to a type of tension tool used in those different parts of the keyway. Now we all know about...

Hello all In the weeks coming up to Father's Day I received hundreds of emails asking what the best lock picking sets would make a good gift. I really should have written this blog before Father's Day, in fact, before Father's Day 2005 as it happens every year! But better late than never, and it does get asked all year round, so if you're thinking of getting some lock picks as a gift, this blog is for you. First of all it's important to realise you're not looking to get them some lock picks. Unless they are already a lock picker,...

Hello everyone - and you, yes you! So you've chosen your picks, you've been playing around with that old padlock you found. Maybe you've had some success. But now you want more. You want to grow, you want to speed up your lock picking journey. Here's some ways you might improve your skills: PRACTICE LOCKS Practice locks come in all shapes and sizes; padlocks, eurocylinders, and more. But there's basically just two types, CLEAR and CUT-AWAY, with each serving the picker well by allowing them to see what happens when they're picking the lock. They also let you see what...