Abloy locks?

[Wozzlock]

So what are these Abloy locks all about? Has anyone had any experience with them and are they fun to pick? I have seen the vid on youtube regarding the mechanism and I hear they are very hard to pick... needing a completely different tool called a detainer pick, is that right?

Thinking of buying one off ebay and was just after some info

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyB7DFtVRBk[/youtube]

[Snor]

All Abloy locks are not disc lock. They also make normal pin locks.

You wont be picking one with ease that for sure

[awol70]

So what are these Abloy locks all about? Has anyone had any experience with them and are they fun to pick? I have seen the vid on youtube regarding the mechanism and I hear they are very hard to pick... needing a completely different tool called a detainer pick, is that right?

Thinking of buying one off ebay and was just after some info

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyB7DFtVRBk[/youtube]

yes , this type of lock is known as the "disc-detainer" style ....in the newer abloy lock there are 11 rotating discs,with false gates....when all 11 discs are rotated to the correct position by the key,(or otherwise) the gates align allowing a bar to drop...but tensioning is a problem
in the newer ones.
ordinarily,you would tension the 1st disc,relying on the fact that the first cut is usuallly a zero...
abloy has moved the disc you would normally tension from the 1st position,to the deepest position in the lock.
even the best picker i know has yet to crack one...=/

[Wozzlock]

Thanks for the info, I think I'll be trying one of the older models then.

This is the one I was thinking of buying... would this be a good lock that would set me a challenge but not be impossible, if not, what one?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=009

[awol70]

Thanks for the info, I think I'll be trying one of the older models then.

This is the one I was thinking of buying... would this be a good lock that would set me a challenge but not be impossible, if not, what one?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=009

by all means..set your goals high,but for a primer to picking abloy,i would suggest a cheaper,lower security disc-detainer...i can post a pic if u want...

[Wozzlock]

Yes please, a pic or something would be great!