Advanced LockPicking Tools - Advanced tools for professionals
In addition to providing lock pick sets and tools ideal for beginners, we also offer a good variety of advanced tools that are particularly suitable to Locksmiths and other security professionals who have a need for higher end lockpicking equipment. While any tool designed for locksmiths is useful to professionals, there is no question that a refined category of especially well designed tools is desirable to fill this need.
One of the premiere suppliers of high-end advanced tools is Peterson Locksmith Tools. We offer several fine lock picking sets from this proven manufacturer that are eagerly sought by knowledgeable Locksmiths who want the very best. These tools may be more costly than others, but their design and their construction warrants the premium. In every way, Peterson tools fulfill the needs of advanced Lockmiths and serious lock pickers everywhere -- worldwide.
Of particular merit is the outstanding PR-G4 -- called the Government Elite 4 pick set. We have sold a good many of these kits to law enforcement and military professionals -- people who know a thing or two about high quality and tools that meet the demands of heavy duty work. The kit is large, with a more than adequate variety of lock picks, tension tools, and broken key extractors. If your budget is a bit leaner than that, you should consider the PR-G1 at the very least for a perfect entry level set of super advanced lockpick tools.
HPC also makes premium quality lock picks and other equipment aimed squarely at advanced professionals. While they are famous for such sets as the low cost PIP-13 Novice Pick Set, they are even better known for the robust kits professional Locksmiths seek out. Consider the well named Pro-Mixer, model NDPK24. This fine kit, delivered in a high quality true leather zipper case, includes both spring steel and stainless steel tools for those who have had experience with both and who have developed techniques that make the best of both types of tool. Also, the Deluxe Pick Set (all spring steel) is extremely popular with Advanced Professional Locksmiths, property managers, and even serious hobbyists.
Keep in mind that professionals, who already possess a high skill level with respect to lockpicking, are smart enough to invest in high quality lock pick practice kits and practice locks, with which to keep their abilities honed. Working on the job isn't the best environment to try new techniques and work on old ones. There are dozens of distractions out in the field, let alone the pure and simple pressure of trying to please a customer who is likely looking on. In the office, work vehicle or back at home, an advanced pro, just like the amateur, will benefit from setting up his or her lock picking practice stand and getting out a few practice locks for a leisurely practice session. Many advanced users deliberately choose practice locks that have been pinned with spool drivers and seriously difficult combinations. Doing this regularly will make even the advanced professional a better lockpicker over time.
For the Professional, we would highly recommend our TriPik-II stand and our EZ-ReKey Practice Lock. The EZ-ReKey lock allows you to pin up any combination you can imagine (staying within the confines of acceptable specs), and the robust TriPik-II can be set up to hold your locks in any position, including upside-down or sideways. For even more versatility, the advanced lockpicker will love the PikStation Supreme Edition, as it does everything the TriPik-II does PLUS it has 18 inches of vertical height adjustment. These are truly advanced tools for advanced professionals.
Another area of lockpicking that advanced users come across more often than others is picking tubular, or ACE locks. These can be incredibly challenging, and especially in the field where conditions are often less than ideal they can be nearly impossible to defeat -- especially if you are not using an advanced model. There is no question that tubular lock picks can be expensive. The best ones are designed and machined to do things less costly models can't do. The serious Professional will opt for something like Pro-Lok PKA-2. Serious tools for serious users.
Car opening is a field unto itself, and here, too, we offer a line of advanced tools that may be of interest to Professionals already knowledgeable about lockout service. Best idea is to purchase a high quality full kit, because such a kit will offer advanced tools that are better made and better designed than some less costly "bargain" kits. Pro-Lok has been a leader if car opening tools for a very long time, and their high end advanced collections are extremely popular with Pros. But tools are useless without up to date, detailed instruction. As new vehicles are introduced, new techniques for SAFE car opening are developed. We can't recommend too strenuously the big, beautiful volume aptly titled "The Best Damn Car Opening Manual Ever", another exemplary product from Pro-Lok. Frequent updates are available for this masterpiece, and it is the bible of car opening for many, many advanced lockout technicians.
Lock picking is not something you learn and then take for granted. It isn't like riding a bicycle. You WILL forget, or lose your edge, if you don't keep in good form and this is no less true for the advanced technician than it is for beginners. If there is anything that truly defines a Professional Locksmith, it is his/her ability to pick locks. Advanced or no, we have the tools and we have the right prices.