Happy 2020! A lock a day keeps the doctor away

[femurat]

Thank you just1pick+open, I'm flattered. This journey required more energy and dedication that I anticipated. It's not difficult to pick a lock almost every day. But doing it every day is. For example I'm not at home and before leaving I had to select ten small and light locks and one pick to take with me.
Other days I have to find five minutes to quickly pick a lock even if I'm tied.
Other days I happily spend hours playing and then I choose one of the many locks for that day.
So I doubt the challenge will continue. Even if it taught me so much, and I'm very happy I decided to do it.
Let's see if I manage to pick till the end of the year...



Day 344 of 366. Typical garage door lock.

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[just1pick+open]

You'll make it to the end. The best part for me is the skill you have with that

[femurat]

Thanks, just1pick+open



Day 345 of 366. Feels like home!

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[femurat]

Day 346 of 366. This old phone lock is amazing. Simple and effective in blocking the disk of the old rotary phones.
But our Gordon knew a trick to call anyway

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[femurat]

Day 347 of 366.

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[edocdab]

As always, cool locks and good stories with them Femurat. That phone lock reminded me of the old phone of my parents and next, it reminded me of locks I forgot I played with as a kid.

I had a lever lock, maybe I still have it, that I tried to open with a coat hanger or something when I was 10 perhaps. I didn't succeed although I enjoyed the fiddling. I did pick my diary and I think I picked a piggy bank.

It took years to finally buy a lock pick set mid 2019. I always kept the security interest and even took it as specialty in my studies, but shame on me for waiting so long to rediscover lock picking, which I already liked as a kid!

[femurat]

Thank you, edocdab. I remember when I was a kid, I had a small padlock I used to open by jiggling a small pocket knife. It was satisfying but never understood what was going on.



Day 348 of 366. This NEMEF is good for training. A standard lock with a paracentric keyway and good tolerances.

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[femurat]

Day 349 of 366. Looong key, short pick! The pick is not in the picture but it's the only one I got here. It barely reaches the sixth pin in standard locks. The guess on how I was able to pick this lock is all yours.

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[edocdab]

Keyway is wide open. Did you use the tensioner? Might be possible depending on the binding order. Otherwise maybe picked the rest from the back of the lock.

Nemef is a brand from NL and we have tons of those second hand. I have quite a few by now and they are fun to play with.

[femurat]

Keyway is wide open. Did you use the tensioner? Might be possible depending on the binding order. Otherwise maybe picked the rest from the back of the lock.

I like the way you think. Both options could have been possible.

If you carefully observe the key, is symmetrical. The first 5 cuts open the lock from the outside. The last 5 cuts open it from the inside. It's a lock applied on a wooden door, so it's quite long itself. But it only has 5 pin chambers. So it's fully pinned.

If I was the lock designer, I would have kept the pins on the interior part of the door.

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[femurat]

Day 350 of 366. I don't see this format often. Resembles a kik but it probably is for a padlock.

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[femurat]

Day 351 of 366. A nice and tiny 3 pins Viro padlock. These barrel padlocks are my favorite.

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[edocdab]

That design has something special!

[femurat]

Day 352 of 366.

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[femurat]

Day 353 of 366. ELZETT TUTIUS padlock. Nice and small.

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