(1112) White's Sleeper & Rare Element Lock Picks 

Awesome review Bill! Thanks for showing off my picks. I think the one you called the "breach" is the mid rise, and the deep hook is "Extendo Gem" on my site. Glad you are enjoying them!

the hole was just for looks only, I actually put it in there so I wouldn't mix it up with others. 5 was under cut at well. 6 I has a screw break off so I just went with it. the partial spring was in 3 for the center pin

I've got one of those .013 hooks along with a Houdoo and a mini hook and rake set all from Scott at Rare Element lock picks, he does some great work and the hook allows you to easily pick right between the warding.

Man you are growing so fast lately. Congratulations on your growth rate. And on those. 013 picks... The shotgun is also a great defeat for the schlage keyways. Happy Pickin!!!

pin 3 was actually meant for a bit larger pick. I did not think about Bill using a super thin one. You should notice on the key, there is a small track in the 6-5-& 4 that was meant for the dimple to slide in then drop down in the hole. with a standard pick it would cause the inner pin to be pushed up and caught in the counter milling and Grove. but oh well back to the drawing board. Right now I'm doing everything by hand since I lost most everything in a house fire a few months ago.

To me that looked like electrical solder in the bottom of the bible on pin 6. That would explain why things were sticking at that point. I would imagine that if that is in fact solder it would have wicked up the inner sides following the flux thus narrowing the opening a bit.

Very cool set Bill! Watching you has taught me more than anyone else on RU-vid

You are the lock picker that got me in to lock picking,thanks

You are my Idol. You taught me how to pick and you're constantly making me a better lock picker with every video you put out.. Im picking a bunch of different locks now and 3 months ago I couldn't pick a cheap $2 Chinese lock. For god'd sake I couldn't even pick a Master No.3! Anyway, keep up the good work! Stay safe stay legal!

Bill because of some of the recent vids you've posted I have made changes to my everday carry set. I've added a couple of .015 and .018 picks to the four .025 picks I was carrying. I have a Schlage that easily accepts a .025 pick but also have one that does not. That's why I added the thinner picks. My doctor found a medication that helps with the tremor in my hands so I'm back to picking. The thin picks are really helpful.

Happy retirement Bill, thanks for years and years of sharing!

This is a good challenge lock but it proves my theory iv'e been experimenting for weeks now if you thread chambers in a challenge lock it actually makes it easier to pick to understand my point the pins get stuck at the shearline when they are picked but great picking bill as always. :)

look at the way pin 3 interfaces with the key... if you were to make a copy of the key on a standard key cutting machine, the copy would not open the lock because of pin 3.

bought a cheap brand padlock with the intention of having something easier than my abus padlocks to practice on. The packaging let me see the key so I knew it was 4-pin. lo and behold, it had exactly that kind of keeway and I have not been able to pick it yet :C

Thank you for all your videos they are very helpful. I am planning to start my own business soon. I use your vids for a lot of learning as I go through my schooling also due to how you explain things so much easier. thank you.

Nice picking. Pretty good challenge lock also. 👏

Very fortuitous move if you ordered additional picks before posting. :) The talented pick maker had quite a jump in orders if I understand correctly!

Master lock,choice of hard core pros and really tough contractors.

Hey Bill have you ever thought of using a small piece of metal say from the bottom edge of a key to infill some of the space at the bottom of the keyway. It would only have to fill to the bottom warding then you won't slip off it ?

Great camera view !!! TY !,,, You Rock BB !!! 😁🖒

Scott does some great work!

you might not like Schlage Bill, but you still defeat them far better than I can at this point in time!

Hole in the key must be for training your eyes before picking. ;-) Guess it's worth a try buying .013s feeler gauge to try how it works. But I'll probably wait with that until I can open a Ruko 600 series with Euro slimline picks without bending those, and that might take some time. - Keep on picking. Strawberry fields foreveeeer. :-)

Glad I started watching your videos...cannot wait to get my first picks and start practicing. Keep up the good work.

Bill! Can you make a video of you re-pinning a lock please? I think it would be quite interesting if you haven't already.

A very cool review,I love those .013's picks. They must blend very easy tho. Got to get some. THANK You Mr.Bill

When you mentioned "rare" elements, I expected niobium steel. A few kilograms that makes my tuck hundreds lighter by making the steel body thinner but just as tough. (Unlike the aluminum Ford 150s)

Just looked @ Scott"s website - WOW! NICE , obviously he"s snowed under with work , all the best to him :]

What would be a good kit for really easy, practical picking? I like the idea of learning to pick locks, but I dont have the time to really learn, so I'll have to be content with picking masterlocks and the like. I was thinking like a city and bogota, a thin knife, anything I can use to get into a lock as quickly as possible. Suggestions?

Those keyways acutally kinda negate some of the security of the low cut 1 2 3 pins. less chance of accidentally bumping them while setting the back pins.

Master lock,greatest manufacturer.

Informative! Thanks for taking the extra effort to make this video badass

Great video Bill ! Those are some nice looking picks. Hopefully *Sparrows* has seen this video and will be bringing out a new longer reach hybrid based on your thoughts here in the video. Excellent. You ARE the voice of authority here in the community, so I'm sure Sparrows watches many of your videos. Thanks for the tutorial !

I have a practice lock that I thought was a schlage, but the warding is so tight you can't get any pick to work from the bottom.

And Nice picks. I forgot to mention that.

Great review Bill. Hey could you do a review on the litelok. It looked really cool, but looks like it has a pin tumbler locking system...

Master lock,remember that name.

Congrats! I see the cat mauling has healed. R

“Broken tap” not something you want to hear from your locksmith or you bartender.

Would it make a difference if the thinner picks were made out of a sturdier material like titanium?

Hello. I'm sure you get this all the time but i just want to know. I'm wanting to get into picking and after watching your videos I'm quite sure i found a good pice together set. Do you feel .025 sparrows; standard hook, steep hook, offset hybrid, half diamond, twin peek, city rake, and their 2 pic. Heavy bar tension wrench is a good beginner set? Or should I add any, wait on a few, change any out for a different pic. I'm looking to keep it under $65. I would love some feed back. Thank you for your time.

Gotta love those .013 picks

looks like undercutting on number 5 as well on the core

Master lock,toughest lock!!!

Master No5,now even tougher.

i want those picks!!!

Haha before you post the video I like that xD first come first serve and your videos cause these pick companies to clear out stock in a flash.

what material he use to make all this picks????? bosnianbill have genial ideas👏👏👏

i usually dislike most stuff on youtube now but youre a very good content provider

I like the thin Picks!

Sweet looking kit!

I have some custom .013 picks I got from a dude and they are my go-to set for any lock that gives me trouble. Love the thin stuff.

very nice new pick set, you motivated me, into dabbling into picking, so i have my first {cheap, likely junk} coming from that cheap app w**h webstore, waiting in anticipation

Where do you get your pinning trays from?

Everybody knows what the hole in the key is. It is a speed hole , from the collected works of Homer J. Simpson. YEHAA from East Ky

those are hand sanded

beautiful picks. great video

Hey Bill (et al), do you think it would be possible to make picks out of Razor Steel?

I wonder how a set this thin would do in titanium.

I love all your videos Mr. Bill. Oh, NO!!!!!

I need to buy sone 15 thousands in November

Toughest

hi mr sparrow can i ask i am a lock from philipines pickers...but most of may pick is home made...where can i buy..here in the phillipines

Thanks Bill

I dunno; thirteen thou sounds like pretty slim pickin's, to me. :D

That was great. Thank you.

The rare element website is obsolete. Scott got back to me via email and he is still making picks and you can see his work on instagram @writemeoff. Absolutely beautiful work!

get a file and gring the wedge :)

Where can I order these four in .013?

Choice

guys tell me what is the best lock picking set I can buy from amazon

There's already a slight turn at 6:10.

Great Work 😀

So I thought, as I'm waiting for my Southord set to arrive, I'd buy one or 2 cheap padlocks, so I went to the local locksmiths, and damn if I said the wrong thing !! I asked him what easy pick-able padlocks do you have ? Well fuck me, you should have seen his face ! Why would you want to know that he replied ? Personally I didn't think my question was that unreasonable, if your buying a padlock obviously you want one that's hard to pick..correct ? SO I said.. I have a new hobby, lock picking. To which he replied .. mate you need to get out more. So I said "I intend to once I have learned how to pick locks". Now I wear a suit and tie for work , drive a nice car, I don't think I look like your average tea-leaf. So I was surprised by his attitude. I got some rambling back like "Are you serious", and "Why the fuck would you want to learn that"? Oh and "best leaving that to the professionals". And at that point I realized that I had discovered "Early Man" still roaming the earth using a locksmiths as his cave dwelling. Now I need to add a bit of perspective here, this was the locksmith I called regularly to get into server cabinets, hard drive caddies/ bays, backup server plates and Cambridge locks, as these keys are often lost by the owners There's a couple of guys in vans, that normally turn up, so I hadn't met this dude before. At £129 + VAT a call out they had had some good business from me over the years.. not anymore I'd like to add. I looked up at one of the Zone 4 pin's and said they are crap mate I got into one of them with an improvised paper clip pick. I haven't of course never seen one before in my life ! :) Jesus ! I thought he was going to explode ! I'm 6" 2' play in the 2nd row at my amateur rugby club, so I wasn't intimidated by this guy. I made a mock scan of the shop and said tbh mate you don't have a single challenge lock in the place as far as I can see. I looked him square in the face and asked him "whats the difference between this shop and your sister ? , Simple I aint coming in this shop again ! (no I didn't but I thought it would sound funny lol) And left.. Now soon I hope I will be pocketing the cash for opening the various (lost key) locks I regularly come across, well that's the plan anyway.

Where can I find a tensioner like the one you use here and in most top of the key way attacks you do?

Contractors

Awesome videos

What is that you use to slide over your picks for grip??

Imma guess he is Bosnian.

nice

what is a 13000 lock pick?

Buy Master lock No5 and see the truth.

Hello dear teacher. I am following your work from Iran, but I do not know English, please add subtitles for the deaf for Persian speakers, thank you.

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