Wow The Locksmith World has hit 200 subscribers! Not a huge amount I know but when I started writing this blog I never dreamed it would hit 200 subscribers so well happy with that. It’s actually at 207 at the moment so I guess the next milestone is going to be 300. The blog has doubled in […]
I was aware it had been a while since last making a post but I didn’t realise quite just how long it had been, nearly 3 months! I was looking back through some recent posts and although I think most posts have good content in them they are starting to get a bit same old same old, […]
The Brisant Ultion has finally achieved TS007 3 star and sold secure diamond standard. As far as I’m aware there is only one other lock which has achieved sold secure diamond and that’s the Avocet ABS. Both the ABS and the Ultion were designed by Steve Stewart so that’s quite an achievement being the only person to […]
A belated merry Christmas and a Happy new year to everbody! Hope everybody managed to get a break from locksmithing at some point over the holidays and have a little bit of a rest. Another tool review for you this month. This time it’s another tool from GJ Locks, the new securefast decoder. I got fed up […]
I was lucky enough to get my hands on the new Island Locks LTC curtain pick set earlier this week. The curtain pick is made by Jay Dorner who is the owner of Island locks, The Locksmith training company and the Island locks forum. Jay is well known for making quality locksmith tools so I was hoping […]
I’ve finally hit 100 subscribers, well 107 to be exact. Thanks to everbody for subscribing I didn’t expect to get 100 subs for a small blog in such a niche subject.There’s some good posts coming up over the next few months. The new Brisant ultion tested! LTC curtain pick review and a review of the GJ securefast […]
My HPC electric pick gun is always my first tool of choice for cylinder picking, admittedly it doesn’t always work and I might end up hand picking or bumping but I would like to think I’m pretty competent with my epg and I would say I usually get at least 75% – 80% of cylinders open with […]
Hi everyone apologies for the lack of posts recently! Things have been mad busy latley, took on some contract work which has been keeping me busy all day for the last few months and also got married a few weeks back so had lots of things to sort out for that as well and then honeymoon ect. […]
Guest Post By Outside-In Lock Tools For those who are not familiar with the ‘SideWinder’ from ‘Outside-In Lock Tools’, it is an attachment for the Letterbox Tool, which makes turning night latch knobs, thumb turns and keys left on the inside of a lock, an extremely easy and swift job. Avid users of the ‘SideWinder’ had requested […]
This post is mainly aimed at new comers to the trade who might be short of work and are thinking about working for a national locksmith company but it might also be worth a read for the established locksmiths as well. There’s been a lot of hype over the past few months about national locksmith companies, you […]
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