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Cold War Decoder Lockpicks

PostPosted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 8:46 am
by escher7
http://walyou.com/kgb-cold-war-spy-gadg ... ock-picks/

Not sure how they work, but they look interesting.

Re: Cold War Decoder Lockpicks

PostPosted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:31 am
by GWiens2001
Never seen anything like those. Cool stuff.

They look like they pick/decode lever locks.

Gordon

Re: Cold War Decoder Lockpicks

PostPosted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:03 am
by MacGyver101
I think that photo was originally from an article that Marc Tobias wrote for Forbes a few years ago. Unfortunately, there's not much more detail in the article, other than a note that they're for cruciform locks: "Shown are two versions of a clever decoder and pick for a special type of pin tumbler lock that contains four separate rows of pins."

Re: Cold War Decoder Lockpicks

PostPosted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 12:37 pm
by GWiens2001
I was wondering about cruciform keys, but could not be sure if my old eyes an small phone screen were not seeing correctly.

Thanks!

Gordon