Recreational lock picking dates to the MIT hacker culture of the 1970s, and today a thriving international “locksport” community holds competitions and training sessions year round---you can ...

Lock picking tools are legal, possessing them might not be. Playing with them at home is ok (in most states), but being caught in public with them is considered “going equipped to steal ...

Lock picking sets are incredibly handy to keep around, but nobody wants their pockets stuffed with too much stuff. If you already carry around a multitool, Instructables user ksnewells shows off ...

Obviously,lock picking gets more complicated based on the locks. It also gets simpler if you have the right tools. Most purists like to stick with a simple five-piece kit, though you can buy kits ...

Use the grinder or rotary tool to grind the blade into a basic pick blank shape, making sure to dip the metal in a cup of cold water every so often to avoid overheating the metal. (this will make ...

VideoThis is the second of a four-part article about the security of mechanical locks and how they can be easily compromised, often in seconds, with simple to sophisticated tools that are readily ...

In order to pick a lock, you have to mimic the cuts of a key in order to clear the shear line and rotate the plugs. This requires considerable pressure and tension, using multiple external tools ...

In their world, lock picking is done for sport and bragging rights. But, he says, it's also a useful tool if you lock yourself out of your home. Jordan has a more conventional solution to that ...