| We often see people in movies picking locks using | | | | for wafer and pin or tumbler locks which are |
| everyday objects, a hair clip for example, a credit | | | | widely use in UK and North America. These tools |
| card or even a filament from a light bulb. Lock | | | | are commonly sold in sets which contain a torsion |
| picking is often associated with criminal activity. | | | | wrench, picks ranging from warded or rake picks, |
| People who want to learn how to pick a lock | | | | up to half-diamond, slagel and hook picks. |
| should only consider using it in an emergency. | | | | A set is composed of 9 up to 32 pieces, every |
| People who have the legal right to pick locks are | | | | piece has it own unique function. Warded picks or |
| called Locksmiths, people who have the essential | | | | more commonly known as skeleton keys are |
| tools and know how to pick locks. Lock picking | | | | used to open a lock that uses a common shape |
| tools are essentially tools that are use to pick the | | | | key. The rake pick is used to rake the pins inside |
| lock. These tools have several categories and can | | | | the lock. The Half-diamond is used for pin locks, |
| be sum up into three categories, the Tension | | | | the slagel are best for electronically close locks |
| tools, Pin/Tumbler and Wafer picks, and Pick guns. | | | | meanwhile the hook is for traditional/common |
| One category of these is tension tools. These | | | | locks. |
| tools are often referred to as torsion tools or | | | | The last known category of lock picking tools is |
| sometimes called torsion wrenches which are | | | | called pick guns. There are two types of pick gun |
| basically ? shaped tools. The ? shaped tool is used | | | | the electronic and manual. The manual have a |
| to push the pins up. Torsion tools are inserted into | | | | trigger that goes up and down that make the pins |
| the lock to deliver tension to the lock. This tools | | | | jump inside the lock. The manual pick gun requires |
| are the most commonly use and may take a | | | | a good timing and most preferred by locksmiths. |
| while to master. | | | | The electronic pick gun vibrates to imitate the |
| Wafer and Pin or Tumbler picks is another | | | | lock picking method of the manual lock picking. |
| category of tools that are use to pick locks. | | | | The pick gun is a very tool to master, master |
| These lock picking tools are specifically designed | | | | the timing and let the pick gun to all the work. |