Right?! MY EYES!!!!

Thanks. This is the same method presented in my video #82, and it is discussed in a little more detail. :-)

+LockPickingLawyer I knew I've seen a video on that. I just went to watch that and I remembered I've seen that before and when I watched this video I remembered watching a video on a keyway with the holes in the warding. And it was that one. Lol

+tonyholt90 Thanks.

Exactly! I spent way too much time afraid of these. Then I gave one a close look and was stunned.

Thanks -- glad you liked it.

Thanks... as you can see, these locks are more bark than bite.

Thanks.

Thanks... the 7 Hook is one of my favorites. It is great for paracentric keyways. Be careful when ordering your next one. Peterson has two profiles that it refers to as a 7 hook. I suggest calling when you order and being explicit in what you want.

LockPickingLawyer Thanks much for the heads up.

Thanks.

are there any lockpicking videos you haven't commented on

yes

Thanks.

Same here... they look very intimidating. I just got a few of these locks and was pleasantly surprised by the accessibility of the pins. Would spools make it harder? Maybe, but not much IMO.

Thanks -- in February, it will have been two years since I started.

I highly doubt the core is hardened steel (or any kind of steel)... there just doesn't appear to be any drill protection in this lock. Certainly a little surprising, but not that much. Keymark is designed to be a retrofit lock (i.e., to fit in every conceivable kind of existing door hardware) for large institutions with really good key control... not a particularly high security lock. It's also possible that this was not pinned up for use. I got this lock from an old salesman sample kit. I speculate that the pinning kits for these might have some hardened steel pins, but that's just a guess.

Good luck finding these. They don't show up on ebay very often in assembled form, and they pop up even less with keys.

Thank. You sent me an SFIC with no pins or key... been looking for a key ever since. No luck. :-(

I will send you some that have pins AND keys :D

+Jeff Moss that would be great. Thank you! Every time I see a keymark key come up, it's the wrong keyway. Do you need me to send you a picture, or do you know which key way it is?

Just sent you an email

Jeff Moss ohhh i want one!!

That's about right. To be fair, without a perfectly shaped pick made out of really thin stock, these locks would be all but impossible to pick. There is only a very small sliver of the pin hole that can be accessed. But with the right tools, they are pickable.

+Matthew Richardson for master keying.

You have no way of knowing this, but this lock is part of a salesman's sample kit that I hope will someday have some collector value. So there's no way that I chop this one up!

we have one of those sample kits at work :D

***** Love these kits, when they are complete.

I myself am a lock collector, so I do know certain locks can be valuable....unfortunately my collection is small and I am certain I have no valuable locks yet... unless this very old Slaymaker Wafer Lock my neighbor gave me is worth something..

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@@felixbrochu7821 Noooo! Was it you, Félix?

@@stevenandbobthedog No. I would never do such a thing! I found this video when he mentioned this lock in an other video and then i scrolled to find this one.

@@felixbrochu7821 I am only kidding, I can see you have the utmost respect for LPL.

LOL, not this one!

you can eyeball .003 in? from a youtube video? are you a crane operator?

Yeah my master is looks like the same bidding with the exception of pins 6 and 3 otherwise it looks very similar.

lol.... It's usually the exact same as if it were installed, and in the situations where it is not, he does use mounting mechanisms like vice grips. I think he's even used a replica doorframe. The method to pick a lock doesn't change after installed, at least with most locks. Sometimes the room for picking can get obstructed by something after installed, but that's a pretty rare case.

thats a popular perspective. it adds a few factors. a keymark is impressive either way.

its just one layer of security.