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Took delivery today of my van, crash repaired and freshly washed. Swapping over and re-arranging all the various kits, tools and miscellany took about an hour, as I’ve had a fairly strict sort-out of stock and tools. The state of the back of the van is a thing of legend. Like a TARDIS, full of […]

I’ve spent the last two or three days really practising impressioning. Impressioning is more of an art than a science really, to me, at this stage. It is something with many variables that interact, and although there are impressioning experts out there who do this as their main way of opening locks, in the main

Great news for those who have been waiting. We now have a good quantity of pullscrews in stock, including the ‘Pitbull’ 5.5mm behemoth for dimple locks. These are now available in our online shop.

Euro lock snapping, know for years on the continent as ‘The Bulgarian method’, is a very fast way of gaining entry to a basic door cylinder, even in a good door. UK criminals are now well aware of the method, and there is little that can be done without spending money. However, spend wisely. And

In less than a week I am off on a busman’s holiday to the home of sport lockpicking, to compete, as I have for the last 5 years, in the defacto world championship for lock picking, at Sneek, in The Netherlands. While the thought of a single day of the most hardcore lock nerds &

In the previous post I talked about technology making life easier. However, I do most of my blogging whilst out and about, via my Blackberry. And Blackberry have just recovered from a three day outage, where for the first 24 hours even the web was inaccessible, and after that things were rather intermittent. Being a

Technology is meant to make things better. For instance, from between jobs I can make this post, literally sitting in a lay-by waiting for the next booking to start. The latest hands-free door locking, unlocking and opening systems are also now available to make life easier. From the keyless convenience of the Squire Rim Combi,

If you are wondering why this blog has been rather light on the updates, have no fear! We have been busy working. But now, to solve this dearth of slightly random locksmithing news and comment, you can now follow us on Twitter, where, due to the joys of mobile internet and photo integration, we can

If you have any Kaba codelock protecting your home or business, beware! There is now a very quick, silent bypass for them. I opened one on a heavy steel door in just 4 seconds recently, so I know this attack works. It is already “out there”! See this link for all affected locks. http://kaba-ilco.com/access_control/products/simplex.aspx?id=5 (The