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LAW

INDUSTRIES

LOCKPICKING
GUIDE & TOOLS
AN

INTRODUCTION

Lockpicking Guide & Tools
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Table of Contents
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE LOCK 

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LOCKPICKING 7
Overview 7
Bumping 8
Raking 9
Picking 10
Boot It 
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Open it backwards 
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METHOD OF ENTRY 
The Tools Required 
Picking Your Picks 

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THE GUIDE 
The Manufacturers View: A Warning! 
Start Picking 
First Strike 
Second Strike 
Third Strike 

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THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE
LOCK
Learn what is happening at all stages of picking and visualize the cause and effect of the action. This will help you
pick more locks as you understand the feedback in relation
to the events happening deep inside a lock. Sometimes you
just need to reset and start again, don’t keep picking if you
are getting nowhere and the lock is telling you something is
wrong.

We see a lock with no key, the sheer line is blocked by the
pins varying in height. This won’t allow the plug to turn,
any force on the plug at this point is transferred to the pins
keeping the lock further closed.

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LOCKPICKING GUIDE AND TOOLS

The addition of the key forces the pins to sit at the correct
height freeing the sheer line and allowing the plug to rotate,
opening the lock.

The image shows the plug rotated and the pins at the height
of the sheer line in a normal operation of opening the lock.
Most locks do not have a restriction on which way the plug
turns to open, this can be used to your benefit when picking
locks and allowing space for the tension wrench when it is
tight.

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LOCKPICKING
Overview
Let’s shed some light on lock picking and the tools required.
It’s one of the skills that are best taught person to person, and
when combined with the sheer volume of guides available
on the Internet already, creating something new and fresh
would be almost impossible.
Having said that, there are plenty of guides with subjects that
are not covered and on the most part I would like to help the
new lock picker into the art with some useful information
farmed from the time I have spent picking locks, reading,
practicing and taking locks apart to get the best understanding of what is required.
To start with, and what I feel is the most important part of
the skill set, are the right tools for the job. There are literally
millions of sites trying to sell you tools, gadgets, devices,
probes and all manner of assorted ‘must have’ implements
for opening locks, doors or safes. I treat many of them with
an open scepticism.
“There is no gadget to replace a good understanding of what
you are trying to do, and no quick fix for taking the time
to learn the skill with a solid foundation of knowledge and
practice.”
You can find videos of how a lock works online and you
should really take the time to get to grips with that topic. Do
it when you have some free time and won’t be disturbed, as
a good understanding of a lock will prove invaluable. Setting the mental picture of the process while you work on it
will help greatly to open the lock, and improves the process
of single pin picking as you are familiar with what you are
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LOCKPICKING GUIDE AND TOOLS

feeling, combined with what is happening as you do it. The
methods of opening locks vary from lock to lock and a good
understanding of the differences will allow you to make a
good judgement call on what is required for you at any given
time.
Bumping
This is simply a key that has been filed or ground down to
simulate a row of pyramids. This action of sliding the key
into the lock, pulling it out one notch, and then striking it
with a dull force ‘bumps’ the pins off and clear of the sheer
line. This uses Newton’s Law to pass the shock wave of
force through the first set of pins, into the second set, clearing them free of the sheer line. There is a method to it, and
you will need a good set of ‘bump keys’ that covers the locks
found most in your country. A good rubber or silicone washer on the end of the key will help reset the key for you if you
don’t get the turn on the first strike. As it takes a certain ‘feel’
it often takes two or three bumps to get the lock to open. Let
me be clear here, this is not about beating the end of the key
like you are trying to kill vermin you have just discovered in
your bed waking you up in the middle of the night. This is
about a good sharp tap to cause a shock wave that transfers
from the key, through the pins, affecting the second pin set
to ‘bounce’. You don’t need a solid metal hammer, a lump
of round rubber glued to a ruler will work just fine. Once the
key starts to turn, it will just continue around opening the
lock.
This will take practice as you need to turn the key as the
strike of the bump hammer connects. The technique has a
few different schools to achieve the result, one method is
mentioned above, the other is to apply light tension with the
thumb and forefinger so that once the strike is placed, the
key will turn. Foe me personally, this has achieved greater
results and the coordination of the strike to rotation becomes
automatic, but the tension is very light and preset. Best re8

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sults can be obtained with older locks as the wear increases
the tolerances of the gaps in the lock and slight rounding of
the pins, but once again a simple light machine or gun oil
will help newer locks.
Raking
This in itself requires you to maintain a good light tension
on the plug of the lock, while dragging a rake over the pins
to enable them to create the setting of the pins and free the
sheer line. In general, the two types of rake commonly used
are the City rake and the Bogotá. The aim is to not force
the pins down like a monkey breaking nuts, but to allow the
light tensions pressure to set the pins once you have agitated
them from the spring held position.
Raking technique falls into two distinct styles. Those who
rake all the way from front to back similar to a ‘light sawing action’, and those who wriggle the rake. This is merely
allowing the ridges and valleys on the rake to move one pin
specifically allowing it to be bumped up and down with less
effort.
I’ve had success with both methods, and what did not work
on one lock worked on others, and when wriggling failed, a
full rake action popped the lock. The choice of the right rake
for the job can be explained simply: a City rake will open
Euro locks and laminated padlocks, the Bogotá will open
cylinder locks and regular padlocks easier. There are, as with
all rules when used as a guide, exceptions, but that is why I
suggest to practice and learn what works best. You can rake
with a regular pick, you can rake with a feeler and I have
had great success with that on Euro locks. The method just
needs to be light and with little tension so the pins are free to
bounce as the pick moves over the top of them. The lightest
touch is very important.

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