Nice job! I like seeing less rehearsed picks, bit more of a reflection of what it's like most of the time. I rate this lock too, not the hardest pick but hard enough, similar form factor and probably about as sturdy as an Abloy 340 for about 1/5 the price if the application doesn't need the very highest security.
Yeah, this was a real pick session (although it could have easily gone 3x as long). It’s always hard to know what to post, on one side people don’t have a ton of time to watch someone pick for 20 minutes, especially if I’m not talking during the whole thing… on the other hand the 30second - 2minute video format is just not real lockpicking. I try to do somewhere in between and some of the longer stuff sometimes. Thanks for watching and thank you very much for the comment!
I think lock companies produce lower end products (such as a lock with no false gates/fewer pins/security pins) in order to market with mid and higher tier products. I was watching a thing about video game systems, as to why they'll make 3 tiers of a console. A premium with more than you need, a mid level that's their target for most people, and a low end to make the other two look more desirable. Enjoyed the vid 👽
That makes complete sense to me, however, there are plenty of companies producing just one core of disc detainer locks which have no false gates. Just for example - kryptonite is a perfect example of a company who could produce multiple tiers of pick resistance in their bicycle locks, but (AFAIK) they don't produce a single DD core with false gates, or any other variation of pick protection. They have several models with various levels of physical protection, but when it comes to pick resistance, nothing. False gates would make them better and cost virtually nothing in the manufacturing process. I guess, at the end of the day though, this argument is pretty moot, because we all know that picking isn't really used in crime and really when a coordless angle grinder is the thing a thief is going to use, pick protection is pretty worthless..... this is mostly me wanting harder to pick locks for my own enjoyment :-)
i have a gerda hss and i have built a rear tensioning pick to open it and im struggling its a good lock with excellent tolerances well picked its a hard lock mine doesnt front tension
Oh well done sir.
Good on Gerda to produce this lock with profiles disks at the front and back. Nice to see so many false gates too.
Great picking 😁👍🏻
Well done 👍👍 nice that you can front tension it 😊 don't be disappointed by this 😉
Awesome pick Jon! Very very nice!!
Great job!!!! Cool lock!!!
🐈⬛🐾🐈🐾👏👏👏👏
Thank you 😁
@@JonLock 👍
Nice job! I like seeing less rehearsed picks, bit more of a reflection of what it's like most of the time. I rate this lock too, not the hardest pick but hard enough, similar form factor and probably about as sturdy as an Abloy 340 for about 1/5 the price if the application doesn't need the very highest security.
Yeah, this was a real pick session (although it could have easily gone 3x as long). It’s always hard to know what to post, on one side people don’t have a ton of time to watch someone pick for 20 minutes, especially if I’m not talking during the whole thing… on the other hand the 30second - 2minute video format is just not real lockpicking. I try to do somewhere in between and some of the longer stuff sometimes. Thanks for watching and thank you very much for the comment!
I think lock companies produce lower end products (such as a lock with no false gates/fewer pins/security pins) in order to market with mid and higher tier products. I was watching a thing about video game systems, as to why they'll make 3 tiers of a console. A premium with more than you need, a mid level that's their target for most people, and a low end to make the other two look more desirable. Enjoyed the vid 👽
That makes complete sense to me, however, there are plenty of companies producing just one core of disc detainer locks which have no false gates. Just for example - kryptonite is a perfect example of a company who could produce multiple tiers of pick resistance in their bicycle locks, but (AFAIK) they don't produce a single DD core with false gates, or any other variation of pick protection. They have several models with various levels of physical protection, but when it comes to pick resistance, nothing. False gates would make them better and cost virtually nothing in the manufacturing process. I guess, at the end of the day though, this argument is pretty moot, because we all know that picking isn't really used in crime and really when a coordless angle grinder is the thing a thief is going to use, pick protection is pretty worthless..... this is mostly me wanting harder to pick locks for my own enjoyment :-)
@@JonLock Yeah the mootness abounds :p Here in Appalachia warded locks are still in common use so it's all relative lol
Well picked and glad you enjoyed it 👍
Thank you, and thank you for sourcing the lock for me!
@@JonLock You are very welcome, any time!
i have a gerda hss and i have built a rear tensioning pick to open it and im struggling its a good lock with excellent tolerances well picked its a hard lock mine doesnt front tension
I'll have to try opening this one with read tension.... now that I've gutted it I see it's definitely possible to rear tension this lock.