Lock picking practice kit

eoin1539

Hey BA! I've been playing Assassin's Creed Syndicate recently and you have the ability to pick locks of doors and chests in the game. What I thought would be pretty cool is if you could do it in real life, it's something I always wanted to learn. Not to use it for malicious reasons but just to know. I was looking around on a couple of different sites and found a cheap kit for beginners to learn. This particular set is on sale at the moment for €8.75. I bought a set and can't wait for it to arrive, I think I'd share it here if people had a similar interest to my own. Hope it helps someone!

Link: http://www.tmart.com/Transparent-Practice-Padlocks-with-12pcs-Unlocking-Lock-Pick-Set-Key-Extractor-Tool-Lock-Pick-Tools-Silver_p351773.html

RobbingBandit

Right up my alley thanks for posting.

Kristopherus

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Right up my alley thanks for posting.

:D:D

eoin1539

eoin1539 wrote: »

Hey BA! I've been playing Assassin's Creed Syndicate recently and you have the ability to pick locks of doors and chests in the game. What I thought would be pretty cool is if you could do it in real life, it's something I always wanted to learn. Not to use it for malicious reasons but just to know. I was looking around on a couple of different sites and found a cheap kit for beginners to learn. This particular set is on sale at the moment for €8.75. I bought a set and can't wait for it to arrive, I think I'd share it here if people had a similar interest to my own. Hope it helps someone!

Link: http://www.tmart.com/Transparent-Practice-Padlocks-with-12pcs-Unlocking-Lock-Pick-Set-Key-Extractor-Tool-Lock-Pick-Tools-Silver_p351773.html

I spent 40 quid on a practice lock at DefCon. 8.75 for the lock and picks is phenominal value. Thanks for letting us know.

Akrasia

Deleted User wrote: »

I spent 40 quid on a practice lock at DefCon. 8.75 for the lock and picks is phenominal value. Thanks for letting us know.

Its a steal!

_John C

Thank you. I was looking at this kind of stuff a couple of months ago and at this price I just couldnt resist ordering a set for myself. Thanks

Tinder Surprise

Sure that transparant lock alone is €21 alone from China

great value OP

StillThinking

Cheers for that, was wondering what to get hubby for his birthday so that's part of it anyway!

Trotters

Yes yes yes!! Right up my street. :-)

degsie

Trotters wrote: »

Yes yes yes!! Right up my street. :-)

You were beaten to it!
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=103188950&postcount=2

_John C

Does boards have a lock picking forum? Looks like this topic would be popular.

Graham

_John C wrote: »

Does boards have a lock picking forum? Looks like this topic would be popular.

It does

but you have to work out how to let yourself into it.

frag420

Thread locked!!

rubadub

If you get one you will appreciate that rusty old lock thats a bugger to open -as it would be near impossible to pick. You will also be inspecting how lads in films or TV do it and notice many are nonsense.

scopper

Any good books or websites on this? Ordered!

mobby

In before the lock...

sioda

Why did I buy this but I did

hmmm

+1, this forum has cost me more than it has ever saved :P

dinnybyrne

Thank god im not the only one with an interest in this!

ablelocks

I do good deals on pickproof locks

10 dolla

scopper

scopper wrote: »

Any good books or websites on this? Ordered!

I'd probably get in trouble for linking it to you but the MIT book is THE book on the subject.

vintagecosmos

These pop up on Amazon from time to time. I think the law states you have to have cause to have in in your possession. I don't think saying hobbyist would suffice

degsie

I picked a bad day to check BA

Joeseph Balls

frag420 wrote: »

Thread locked!!

And now picked......

Discodog

Are they legal & could you be prosecuted for being equipped to steal ? Locksmiths have to be registered with the PSA

Discodog

Discodog wrote: »

Are they legal & could you be prosecuted for being equipped to steal ? Locksmiths have to be registered with the PSA

There was a discussion over in Legal Discussions some time back. To sum it up, the jury is out. Theres something of a question mark over intent, otherwise hammers, bolt cutters and crowbars would all be illegal.

If I was ever challenged about having them I would simply say, Im a Pen Tester and while my focus is on application and network penetration testing, from time to time I may need to test physical security for a client.

Discodog

Deleted User wrote: »

There was a discussion over in Legal Discussions some time back. To sum it up, the jury is out. Theres something of a question mark over intent, otherwise hammers, bolt cutters and crowbars would all be illegal.

If I was ever challenged about having them I would simply say, Im a Pen Tester and while my focus is on application and network penetration testing, from time to time I may need to test physical security for a client.

I remembered that which is why I posted. Might be an issue if customs open it.

I once had two guards staring at me in Tescos. As I left the store they pointed to the knife attached to my Snickers Trousers. I said that it was a tool for my work & they said fine "as long a you don't have it with you at night in shop street"

Dr Turk Turkelton

Discodog wrote: »

I remembered that which is why I posted. Might be an issue if customs open it.

I once had two guards staring at me in Tescos. As I left the store they pointed to the knife attached to my Snickers Trousers. I said that it was a tool for my work & they said fine "as long a you don't have it with you at night in shop street"

So any other Street was good?

eurokev

How long would this take to arrive

mcgovern

My brother has a set that looks like this one, I'm no expert but the quality seemed to be pretty good.

dodzy

Discodog wrote: »

Are they legal & could you be prosecuted for being equipped to steal ? Locksmiths have to be registered with the PSA

Who gives a f@*#.... it's a bargain! Just buy the thing!

Trotters

scopper wrote: »

Any good books or websites on this? Ordered!

Here ya go...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2r07NN21vM&t=338s

T-Maxx

Ordered, thanks OP.

degsie

mcgovern wrote: »

My brother has a set that looks like this one, I'm no expert but the quality seemed to be pretty good.

Your brother isn't MacGyver McGovern by any chance?

travelledpengy

https://www.reddit.com/r/lockpicking/ look down the right hand sidebar for the guides etc.

mad m

Got cheap set years ago. Lets just say in my day job from time to time someone loses keys or locks themselves out. I'm not a locks smith, but one day this fella came into job saying his front door blew shut (likely story ive never heard before).

Got I.D from him and walked over to his house, had him in house within 30 seconds using lock pick set. I was in shock myself at how easy it was. Saved me having to barrel or snap euro cylinder....:)

murphm45

Just for what it's worth you can get those on amazon too.

They're dearer and all so good spot op and thanks for posting this. I'm only mentioning it for people worried about customs etc. I don't know how much of an issue it could be given how freely available they are here (I've no legal expertise but give amazon's reputability I can't imagine something that was clearly illegal could be so freely available off them)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=a9_asi_1?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alock+pick+set&keywords=lock+pick+set&ie=UTF8&qid=1491945620

Cheeky monkey

I was going to buy them, then didn't for some reason..... Got an email from them just now for 3% off though.....

Code: TM3

DANNY2014

How much is it working out at I'm getting a price of €14

dodzy

DANNY2014 wrote: »

How much is it working out at I'm getting a price of €14

Yeah, price is gone up.

johnnykilo

There was a timer on the offer earlier. It was around 250 pieces at £7.48 when I first checked it, by the time I got around to ordering it it was down to 231.

You can get 6% back with TopCashBack also!

biebiebie

Use code GD5 to get 5% / €0.44 off

dodzy

Price back down. €8.31 all in with the GD5 code posted above.

Sabre0001

Thanks OP, looking forward to getting cracking on this!

LariToper

This could be the first bargain alert to save me money rather than impulse buying. I put this in my amazon basket yesterday morning.


Now I'm conflicted whether I want to spend the extra E8 and have it next week or am I willing to wait possibly up to 3 months

dodzy

LariToper wrote: »

This could be the first bargain alert to save me money rather than impulse buying. I put this in my amazon basket yesterday morning.


Now I'm conflicted whether I want to spend the extra E8 and have it next week or am I willing to wait possibly up to 3 months

Plus shipping. Defeats the bargain. I've no break-ins planned for the coming weeks so I'll just wait it out.

LariToper

dodzy wrote: »

Plus shipping. Defeats the bargain. I've no break-ins planned for the coming weeks so I'll just wait it out.

I had other stuff on order as well so no delivery to worry about. Still i decided I'm cheap so ordered from China.
Now cue me losing my keys in the next few weeks before this arrives...

Thanks OP

dastardly00

I haven't had a BA impulse buy in a good while, thanks OP!

Fingleberries

Grand job, I think I'll pick one up

jonerkinsella

It's gonna be interesting to see how the Garda statistics handle this influx of lockpicking kits into the country over the next month or so . How many million extra break ins do you think they'll get out of it

Pizzle

Always been interested in trying this. Thanks OP!