Yale Lishi Style Lock Picks for Eurolocks and Rim Cylinders How to Pick Locks Like a Professional  (VIDEO AT BOTTOM OF PAGE) Dangerfield Lishi-Style Yale Pick + Decoder   Just WOW! In nearly TWO DECADES of lock pick supply I have never seen a new lock pick sell so quickly.  And I'm not in the least bit surprised. Why? Well first, let's have a bit of background. Lishi picks are the invention of Zhi Qin Li, or Mr Li for short. They revolutionized automotive lock picking by making the process easy to learn and exceptional fast to perform. With their world renowned 2 in 1 Auto ..read more

How To Pick Locks - The First Five Steps What you need to start lock picking 1 - What Locks do I Start With?  Before you even think about buying your first lock pick set, you should educate yourself a little bit about what locks you're looking to pick. There's probably more locks out there than you think, and variations of each of those. For example, off the top of my head here's a few... Pin-Cylinder (Paracentric, Security pins, Dimple, Sidebars) Lever (Curtained and non-curtained) Disc Detainer Wafer (Single sided, double sided) Tubular (4, 7, 8, 10 pin, Different Gauges) Com ..read more

How do I become a Locksmith? How much should a locksmith cost? Interview with a Locksmith These and more questions will be answered by someone who knows – Lee Kimberly of A2B London Locksmiths – a locksmith with nearly two decades of professional locksmithing experience. I want to thank Lee for this conversation and hope anyone interested in lock picking or perhaps becoming a locksmith, or just learning more about locksmithing will get some value from it. Enjoy…. Professional locksmith Lee Kimberly has been working as a locksmith in the Greater London area for over eighteen years. Being the l ..read more

Action Packed Interview With a Master Auto-Locksmith Tricks of the Trade Bypassing Secrets Car Locks  Explained Newest Lishi Developments Exposed The Future of Auto Lock Picking Hello! Most lock pickers don't go anywhere near picking auto-locks (car locks) since they tend to spend their time on the never ending, and endlessly frustrating selection of pin-cylinders.  But recently Lishi, who have traditionally made tools for auto-locksmiths have been releasing picks for domestic locks such as Schlage and Kwikset, which use much the same techniques and style of tool they use for ..read more

A recent study from the Lancet  shows that a 6ft separation is significantly more effective at reducing transmission of Covid-19 that 3ft.  Another article from the BBC has more to say on this too. This study on viral transmission goes a good way to advising on other recommended steps to follow if you are considering venturing out, or going back to work, or you're going to be around friends and family who might be more vulnerable.    The 172 observational studies of the virus behavior were taken in community and healthcare settings - whereas previous studies like ..read more

Welcome to the Urban Survival edition of the team blog: I’m sure you have had the opportunity to read an endless stack of articles about COVID-19, but I still hope we can reveal practical, applicable insight about staying healthy and protected that you haven’t yet encountered. We have found some useful advice from South Korea - who have, through testing and enforcement of precautionary measures, managed to flatten their curve to a great degree so far.  One of our buyers returned from Asia a month ago (during a vetted 3-layer face mask search for our staff & families ..read more

Hello lock pickers, It's a funny old game, life! The top three quotes about life on a whopping list of 150 are as follows: 1. “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” — Dalai Lama 2. “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” — John Lennon 3. “Get busy living or get busy dying.” — Stephen King Which if we were to condense into one SuperQuote™ would read something like this.... "Get busy being happy when you're not making other plans"   Which is actually good advice, since what it's really saying is 'Life happens now'.   The Dalai Lama - he's go ..read more

Locks are a progressive disease Let’s get straight into this. Progressive locks are a set of locks pinned with 2, 3, 4, and 5 pins. You learn to pick the 2 pin lock, then the 3 pin lock, then keep going until you’ve picked the 5 pin lock and Boom – you’re a lock picker! There you go – happy days. Or not. So the question is – are they any good, are they worth getting? Well first of all there’s the cost. You’re looking at about $50 for a set of half decent progressive locks. If you know how to and you have the tools, you can make your own. But if you know how to repin locks, I would hazard a gue ..read more

What is a master key? We all have dreams, and, in my game I actually do, still - after all these years - dream of lock picking. I’ve had them all.. 1 - The Picks Melt. Yup - a recurring dream this one where the pick and the wrench go in the lock, and as soon as I start the work, they melt, as of Uri Gellar himself was picking the lock. First time it happened in fact I was stuck with that all day - assuming Geller was really capable and not just a conjurer, lock picking would be a nightmare for him, as it is for me in this recurring dream. 2 - Public Nudity. Psychoanalysts will tell you d ..read more

HAPPY NEW YEAR LOCK PICKERS! Since the last video got so much excellent feedback, I dug out another of my favourite videos, which goes through in superb detail how to decode wheeled combination locks with tools such as Peterson's 'Miniknife' or Sparrows 'Ultra Decoder'. If you like the video, and want to get involved in some of this wizardry, there's a 15% discount from both of those tools. To get your 15% off the Peterson's Mini knife or Sparrows Ultra Decoder Use code: combo15 at checkout. See Sparrows Ultra Decoder HERE  See Peterson's Mini Knife HERE Check out the video ..read more