What's New? & General Interest & SouthOrd Lock Picking Tools & LockPickShop FAQs, and General Information admin on 13 Feb 2007 05:40 pm
Welcome to the Lockpickshop Blog!
We’ve had hundreds of our customers ask for a forum where they could discuss tools and techniques, recent purchases and new products for quite some time. Okay, so it took a while but we finally did it! Enjoy…and behave yourselves (-:
on 13 Feb 2007 at 7:16 pm 1.Red said …
Lockpickshop will start carrying a complete line of bump keys and bump hammers within the next week or so. We are sorry it’s taken so long but we wanted quality and Peterson Tools was up to the challenge. These bump keys were worth the wait!
on 18 Apr 2007 at 7:46 pm 2.Joseph Zahnle said …
Please let me know when you get the bump keys .I would like to add them to my tool inventory.
Thank you
J.T.Zahnle
on 02 May 2007 at 9:49 pm 3.Sean said …
Hello,
Is there a phone number for customer service?
on 24 May 2007 at 3:19 am 4.picko said …
Hey. Im new to the whole lock picking thing but am becoming quite good at it and even help my mate out opening his lock on his locker. My first lock picks were a set of my dads. He was a locksmith in the prison service but his main job was ERG (Emergancey Resopse Group). I have bought a new set of picks and am awaiting them to arive. Im in Australia and a lot of people think that to be able to pick locks makes you a theif but apart from that Australias great!
on 15 Jun 2007 at 7:22 pm 5.admin said …
It’s been a VERY hectic few months. We are trying to find the time to contribute locksmith industry news and information that our visitors will find helpful.
Please bear with us as we get this blog up and running properly. In the meantime, if any of our customers & visitors would like to share information or, perhaps helpful tips and tricks about the business of locksmithing and or lockpicking feel free to post!
on 28 Jun 2007 at 2:40 pm 6.admin said …
We prefer customers to contact us via email for customer service queries at customerservice@lockpickshop.com Because we serve customers in 63 countries around the world this allows us to take care of email after “regular” business hours.
We do have a phone line that is only for those wishing to place an order. The number is 978.441.9595 The line is currently open Mon, Wed and Fri from 11am - 5pm Eastern time.
on 23 Aug 2007 at 7:43 am 7.Karl said …
I live in Toronto,Ontario, Canada and am trying to figure out the Canadian customs law regarding lock picking tools etc. “admin” have you guys shipped things to Toronto successfully? and if so, which set would you recommend for someone who has never tried lock picking but wants a set that is fully complete and can handle most locks.
Thanx
on 23 Aug 2007 at 9:08 am 8.admin said …
Karl,
We’ve been shipping to all Canadian provinces for the past 7 years.
Legally we can ship products to anywhere in the world. It is the buyers responsibility to ensure in advance of placing an order that he is legally able to purchase and own the tools.
Because we ship to over 80 countries around the world and because the restrictions and laws regarding the ownership of lock picking tools varies widely from place to place we cannot possibly keep up with all of them.
I would advise you to contact your local or provincial authorities if you are unsure.
Here in the US it is generally okay to purchase the tools and keep them on private property - your own home. They cannot be transported anywhere else if the owner is not a licensed locksmith, student of the trade or has no immediate need to use them in his or her everyday work.
In fact, if you were pulled over by a police officer in your car and lock picks were found in your car you would be considered in possession of burglary tools.
You may also try contacting the guys at the forum lockpicking101.com for a quick answer as there are a large number of Canadian members.
In answer to your second question I would recommend (for a hobbyist) one of our smaller complete sets with metal handles- the MPXS-14
http://www.lockpickshop.com/MPXS-14.html
If you want a complete set that is designed for both American made and Japanese/Euro manufactured locks then go with this one:
http://www.lockpickshop.com/C1510.html
Don’t forget to get some kind of instruction (book or DVD) as professional lock pick sets do not come with instruction. The Visual Guide to Lock Picking (either book or DVD) is an excellent place to start:
http://www.lockpickshop.com/VISUAL.html
http://www.lockpickshop.com/VISUAL-GUIDE-LOCKPICKING-DVD.html
I hope I’ve been able to help!
All the best to you (-:
on 01 Nov 2007 at 4:37 pm 9.Dino said …
Hi,
Im from the u.k and cant seem to get a 10 pin tubular pick from anywhere ! any advice on pointing me in the right direction ?
Regards
on 14 Apr 2008 at 2:42 pm 10.admin said …
Hi Dino,
I just received a call from one of our distributors. They have been working on a **10 pin tubular lockpick for the past several months and it is ready for release! We are REALLY excited about it. The stock number will be
TPXA-10 and it will be available in the Lockpickshop catalog by the end of next week - April25th, 2008. You’ll be able to find it on this page:
http://www.lockpickshop.com/TPXA-10.html/
Thanks for your patience.
RED
** For all of you that aren’t familiar with the 10 pinned tubular lock it is very common in Europe and the UK. No one has made a decent 10 pin all stainless steel tubular pick (including the picking needles) up until now.