Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:36 am by rbrande1
And the award for best choreography in a lock picking video goes to...
That was cool, man. Never seen anything like that before. You must pick those brinks locks in your sleep.
That largest brinks was the second lock I ever picked. I raked that thing so much the keypins are all wore down and you have to pull the key out slightly to work anymore. It was my first introduction to spool pins and single pin picking. I would rake it out once into a big false set, and then set the front pin with a hook. Before then I had only ever raked a lock out. Most of the locks I had then had spool pins in them and so I learned how to single pin pick straight pins a while AFTER securities.
I've always wanted one of those 71/40's with the plastic body ever since I saw a video of Bruno2260 picking one. I don't see them around much anymore. I believe they may have been replaced with the aluminum body lock-out locks that go by the same call number(i think). A guy came into the shop with one of those keys once, I took one look at the warding and handed it back to him.
Those 532's are fun to pick but they are a little different. Brass master 575's pick in much the same way. If you don't have one they usually have em at menards for cheap. I also have a Master the same size as the 532 but has an american style trap door in the bottom with a regular M1 keyway and no securities. Is anyone else familiar with this or know the number the lock goes by?
Anyway, Good vids!