A site I frequent, Lockpicking101.com, recently had a small competition, wherein one member challenged the rest to find out his first name, for prizes based on the time it took. He doesn’t use his firstname, and goes by his second name at all times, even on legal stuff. So a lot of people started trawlling […]
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As I said last time, it is important when you live right on the coast to look after anything that is made of metal. Salt and sand will corrode and abrade, and locks that would last 30 years inland will fail within 5 years in a place like Blackpool. The easiest way to stop your
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Almost every time I go to Blackpool, Thornton, even Morecambe, I am amazed by the effect the sea salt has on the locks in the area. Even relatively new locks on high use doors are frequently worn out due to the corrosive effect of the sand and salt driven into every crevice by the often
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