The Toolmonger Weekly Five: March 14, 2008

Pick locks and shoot pins with this week's edition of Top Tools

By Toolmonger Posted 03.14.2008 at 2:36 pm 4 Comments

Lock Pick Tools Southern Specialties/$30
In some parts of the country, carrying a set of lock-picking tools in public will get you a trip to the local lockup. That fact alone makes these tools a cool and dangerous product. Many insist that lock-picking is a great hobby and that the tools are uber-handy to have around—we can see why. Toolmonger

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This is the week to measure angles, pick locks and more. Our pals at toolmonger.com break down the week's top tools here.

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furrylittleclown

04/13/08 at 6:59 pm

Good overall picks light,flexable and strong as helland lots of torsion wrenches YA.:Matthew T. Gossar

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bassplaya733

05/22/08 at 11:22 am

i can pick my house locks with t bobby pin and a paper clip :P no joke!!

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stone7301

11/16/08 at 3:59 pm

I use these type of tools from time to time while working on lock and key repairs. I find that the slimmer handle area will cause my fingers to cramp faster. Appling sides to the handle areas allows we to pick locks longer and wihtout cramping as fast

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stone7301

11/16/08 at 4:00 pm