What have you picked today

[Papa Gleb]

Wow great find. 100% agree with you, having a buddy who is a locksmith is priceless.

[Robotnik]

Received this older (unsure of exact vintage) Sargent padlock as part of an eBay lot. Due to rough condition, was a difficult pick, but finally got it open. I'm always looking for a Sargent Duplex padlock to round out my collection; in the event there aren't keys with that Duplex when I find one, I want to know how to disassemble, so I tore this one apart. Took lots of photos, will compose a write up when I get some spare time.



Fully disassembled it, learning a lot in the process. Pinned it for a master and change, cut the two keys and reassembled. Yeah, the two keys' shared cuts are 121...I've hand-filed a LOT of keys lately, decided to give myself a break .

[just1pick+open]

Today's pick...

[Neilau]

Nice looking pick. I've never seen them before. Just looked them up.

Did the Abus put up much of a fight?

Anyway congrats. Always nice to pop an Abus.

[just1pick+open]

Tried a Peterson gem and it was too thick , the pick in the picture is very thin and that's what it took...she popped with moderate tension after that.

[DroppedTensionWrench]

Lockwood 334C45 Peterson deforest diamond and TOK Prybar 5 pin

[femurat]

Here is another lock I found laying on the side of the road. It's strange because it's the second time in a few weeks that I find one. Looks like somebody is remodeling a house and is not very careful in securing its load to transport it to the dumpster.
Anyway, this round lock is usually found on gates or at the main entrance of a building. It's all wear out and is missing the c clip. I cleaned it with alcohol and an old pick to remove all the dirt inside the keyhole. Then I tried to pick it but it was very loose and gave strange feedback. I let it aside for one day and came back later. I used bottom tension and was very careful not to bind the tensor inside the cylinder wall. I used a commercial pick to avoid ruining one of my homemade with such a dirt lock. Finally it gave up and opened.



The pins are quite wear out, especially the first one (here is the one on the right).



Even the plug and the cylinder have some wear marks, in particular the cylinder at the third and fifth pin chambers and the plug at the first one.





I cleaned it as good as I could and reassebmled it for more fun.

Cheers

[norwoodgolf]

Fun pick!

[escapenrv]

I made a trade with just1pick+open for 8 of his challenge locks and I got them a few days ago. The first 6, 5 Dexter and 1 Yale, were somewhat tough but I was lucky and got them to fall. After I gutted them I feel very lucky to have made them open.
I have a link to my Dropbox where I have photos showing some of the EVIL pins that were made and put into these locks.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yy3g7ams090u ... x-5Ha?dl=0

I am still working on two Ilco cylinders that have beaten me so far. I'll share some photos if and when I get them to open.

just1pick+open makes some tough locks. I'm not sure what is in the Ilcos but it must be very evil.

Nice work Matt!

Steve

[10ringo10]

Finally very glad to cross this one off the list!



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nice one hp - bet we don't see many of these picked open any time soon -congrats

some great locking picking skills here

ringo

[farmall]

Best

[farmall]

2 Best Cores. One picked to operating. One to control. Pinned identical.

[HT4]

My first dimple lock...

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[HT4]

Mul-T-Lock Jr.

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[HT4]

Mul-T-Lock Interactive

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