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Burg Wachter Alpha 800

PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:27 pm
by DroppedTensionWrench
Curious if any KP members have picked one? Definitely going to be an interesting journey..

Re: Burg Wachter Alpha 800

PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 5:43 pm
by macgng
oh man, i just saw one of those online yesterday, they look very interesting :D

Re: Burg Wachter Alpha 800

PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:16 pm
by DroppedTensionWrench
Hehe yep Im going to lose hair with this one. Them Germans make a nice lock.

Re: Burg Wachter Alpha 800

PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:44 pm
by GWiens2001
Aren't the Alpha 800s wafer locks?

Gordon

Re: Burg Wachter Alpha 800

PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:50 pm
by flywheel
White after Labor Day? For shame!

Re: Burg Wachter Alpha 800

PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:56 pm
by DroppedTensionWrench
Yes it's a wafer lock. Flywheel my camera is very deceptive as my shorts are khaki lol

Re: Burg Wachter Alpha 800

PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2016 3:54 pm
by DroppedTensionWrench
N-n-n-necro post! Sorry to dig up an old post. The lock has a split core design with wafers. I haven't heard of anyone picking one in the United States. Hoping some of our European members will chime in if it is pickable. I really can't find much info on the core of these Alpha 800s.

Re: Burg Wachter Alpha 800

PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 9:53 am
by Papa Gleb
DTW, any luck since your original post?

Re: Burg Wachter Alpha 800

PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 1:22 pm
by DroppedTensionWrench
Spent some time on it, but traded it to HT4. Absolutely no progress when I had it though. I have one coming that shipped from the UK I might pass around to the SPP studs here stateside.

Re: Burg Wachter Alpha 800

PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 1:55 pm
by Papa Gleb
I have one myself but never tried to pick it. I think you and I got them from the same guy :)

Re: Burg Wachter Alpha 800

PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 9:07 am
by ImSchatten360
I picked one quite some time ago. It was a pain in the ass to get it tensioned and I never really fully understood the mechanism. A friend of mine told me that his opens quite easily but somehow we never really looked at it in more detail. I really would love to take one apart to see how the mechanism works. But even in Germany they are not that common. This thread reminded me that I had this on my todo list.

Cheers

ImSchatten360