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Burglary Statistics for Homeowners + [Infographic]

Lock picking, however, can come into play in one's home security, but often not in a way that many think. One of the great benefits of learning the skill of lock picking is the unique insight into security that it grants you. We bring you our top five actionable steps to prevent becoming one of these statistics.

Common Questions #1: Tension Direction, Pick Selection, and Lock Picking Vises

Monthly Questions and Answers #1. This month's questions are about pick selection for deadbolts, which direction to tension a lock, and why people use lock picking vises! Let's get to it!

7 Mistakes Keeping You From Getting Better at Lock Picking

I’ve made what seems like a million mistakes on my own lock picking journey — luckily I have lived to tell the tale. Here is my collection of the 7 most common mistakes that I often see many pickers make that also plagued me in my early days.

Lock Picking Animations & Graphics

In a word full of ambiguous text and obscure explanations it is often very easy to lost in the walls of words that we gander at every day. This is where the use of photos, diagrams, and animations come into to play to help further bridge the gap between the desire for knowledge and accurately acquiring that knowledge – helping us make clarity of chaos. Below is our growing collection of lock picking visuals that we use to help every picker – from novice to master – in their search for lock picking knowledge. The goal behind this page is to provide you with a quick […]

You never know what strange trinkets of knowledge you will find on the boundaries of lock picking. This section is dedicated to those oddball things that don't fall under any other category---yet lock pickers may still find useful.

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