#Amazon lock picking tools how to#
#Amazon lock picking tools full#

I have them organized by belt color, meaning progressively more difficult:Ībus Buffo/Ecoline (euro cylinder) - Europe

Look at your local hardware store (support local first!) then look on eBay, Amazon, etc. Below are locks that are both pretty affordable and easy to obtain.

#Amazon lock picking tools full#

Here is a full list of sparrows resellers, including dealers in Australia and other parts of the world (I don’t have experience here to recommend any particular reseller from this list): I had a good customer service experience with them.ĥ UKLOCKPICKERS if you are in the UK this is a good choice - large selection of other brands as well.Ħ ukbumpkeys if you are in the UK - they also have a lot of other brands as well However they don’t always have all sparrows items in stock.Ĥ or from the EU - they have the full line up of sparrows and also several other well respected manufactures.

Below are some EU based resellers which you will not pay import duties from, but sparrows tends to throw in stickers and sometimes other goodies when ordering directly from them.ģ from if you are in the EU/Germany, they also make beautiful pouches. I recommend the following case because it doubles as a workstation while you are picking, allowing you easy/one-handed access to your picks.ġ direct from sparrows if you are in the USĢ from sparrows Canada if you are in Canada or Europe - however if you are in Europe you will likely pay import duties. (Optional) Pick case: You don’t need a pick case, but it’s nice to be able to keep your picks and tension wrenches somewhere neat. This set will help you learn that for the most common keyways in North America, and is useful for learning about pick placement no matter where you live.

#Amazon lock picking tools how to#

A big part of the challenge of lock picking is figuring out how to position your pick in the keyway. Bonus: even though it’s not listed on their site, almost everyone reports getting check (chess piece style) pins included in their kit as a nice extra from sparrows.ģ core trainer set different keyways to learn about different pick placement and techniques. It also contains new keys and key pins for learning about different types of key biting. The cutaway will let you see what’s going on inside, which is super valuable so you can see what you are feeling, the progressive helps you learn step-by-step how to open locks, and you get 4 lock bodies which is very valuable for the rest of the items below on the list in this sectionĢ sparrows reload kit (make sure to include the pinning tweezers) gives you everything you need for taking apart your sparrows training locks and putting new pins inside to learn about different security pins. Next you will want something to pick, towards the bottom of this post I have a list of a few locks that I would recommend for beginners, but below are items from sparrows which will help introduce you to how locks work and feel, unlike clear locks these items will help you also develop the correct feel for a lock, along with a visual of what is going on inside. Again buy top down to fit your budget.Ģ if you didn’t get the hooker set - Level One Tension Set I however vastly prefer top of the keyway (TOK) tensioners as they give you more room to work with in the keyway and in general fit more locks. If you bought the hooker set I recommended you will already have bottom of the keyway (BOK) tensioners. Here are the picks I would suggest in order of purchasing priority, buy from the top first and go down as far as you want to spend: (Btw, I have nothing against people who like to rake, it’s just not fun for me, and generally here we focus on single pin picking (SPP)) For this reason I find most prebuilt kits to be a bad vaulue, since you will not use half the picks 1 month from now. If you get into lock picking it is unlikely you will do much with the rakes. There are a lot of kits out there, and they all contain a mix of hooks and rakes. They are also available in North America and Europe, see the bottom of this post for places to buy from. For beginners I am going to recommend Sparrows because of their generally good pricing and pretty good quality. There are a lot of pick manufacturers out there, maybe 4-8 that are universally recognized and everyone’s ranking among those will be a personal preference.