My New ASSA Twin Pro

[jruther2]

I've wanted an ASSA for a while so when I saw two cylinders come up on ebay I made a modest bid and ended up winning. I didn't know exactly what I was getting... Here are some pics of my lucky win!

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[the lockpickkid]

That looks to be alot like a primus! Can ya pick it? I have a primus and I am told they are near impossible, what about this one?

[jruther2]

Well, this lock made a fool out of me yesterday. Not knowing what it was, I thought I would be cool and pick it out of the package...WRONG! I can't pick it, and it is probably gonna be my main distraction for a while.
I don't know if anyone has picked one or not. I know Han Fey speaks very highly of the ASSA Twins. I spent most of my lunch hour today reading a write-up he did on them. I found a link to the page here at kp. For the sake of making it easy, here's the link: http://toool.nl/Articles_by_Han_Fey

[awol70]

beauty.
i have one ,keyless...
(& one regular twin with 8 keys
fave lock ,ever,at the moment...
cant nail mine,either...
was going to mill down a key,and try the PRIMUS attack...
still going to be a hellish pick,tho....
good luck,and great score!

[l0ckp1cker]

I have 2 of them as well, one master keyed.
They are pickable (so they say), but I haven't had the pleasure of picking mine either.
I guess if you cut down a key so you only have the side bar piece left and put it in, then it should be doable as it defeats the sidebar and only leaves the regular 6 pin for picking.
Maybe a nice start.
Unfortunately I only have one key per cylinder, so I'm not going to cut it down

[Spiritech]

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I guess if you cut down a key so you only have the side bar piece left and put it in, then it should be doable as it defeats the sidebar and only leaves the regular 6 pin for picking.

Much like Primus and EVVA, the sidebar pins/finger pins are common to a single dealer/site, the only thing that changes in between locks is the 6 pin side, I've used this to my advantage by cutting down another key blank and picking the 6 pin side as you suggest. Since then I've tried to pick Twin and Twin pro without that advantage, and haven't managed to get it yet, the sidebar makes it very difficult to set the inline section and the inline section makes it very difficult to set the sidebar. Much like Primus, EVVA and Bilock, the time required to pick the lock is unreasonable, I just drill them now.