I came across this site and thought others might find it useful. Its got the biggest range of tools, books and videos on lock picking I've seen anywhere! Best of all, they sell to anybody - not just locksmiths!
Selling lock picks to anyone (including criminals) is a good idea? I think not......
I don't see a problem with it. if a criminal wants into my house he can knock himself out trying to pick my locks, saves my windows from being broken. I don't see anything wrong with anyone having a pickset. as long as it's a nice pickset.
even if people didn't sell to 'criminals', which is what this group reffers to the general public as, us commons would still get them. you could have a third party buy them, steal them, find a dealer that doesn't care, or make your own. my set that I made consisted of 2 picks and a tensioner. worked well for a few months before a piece broke off inside a lock.
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possesion of them in most states is concidered burgular tools in the hands of someone that doesn't have a legitimate reason for having them.
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reason is that they may have been made from inferrior material or you are using them incorrectly. I have yet to break a pick in the 24+ years of using them.
Recreation is a legitimate reason.
I'm leaning towards inferrior materials. picks were made with thick steel wire ground to shape on a grinding wheel, and the tensioner was an 'L' shaped piece of metal that was intended to clear the barrel of a .177 pellet pistol.
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try using something other than steel wire that you have to do minimal grinding on or better yet put it in shape with a file insteard of a grinder. (less heat the better) for a tensioner, use spring stock or the brissals from an older street cleaner. (they were made from good steel)
I got a good set now. I actually had a legetimate use for it today, boss locked himself out of his office. was pretty fun.
Be careful who you share your skill with. The fact that you an open locks w/o keys will stick in their mind and you may find yourself unjustly blamed when something goes mysteriously missing.
yea I gave little thought to it as I hate my job.
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