What are these tools?
Lock cylinder (mortise, grubbed)
This is the lock! In detail, this is a pin tumbler cylinder in a mortise format. It's drilled for 5 pin chambers, and has a Schlage C keyway that takes SC1 keys. It's been modified to have grub screws at the top of the pin chambers which allows you to easily add and remove pin stacks.
Right now all 5 pin chambers are populated.
Lock cylinder (KIK, or rim cylinder, or similar)
This is also a lock! It's very similar to the above but it may be in a different format. Pictured is a key-in-knob (KIK) format cylinder. There aren't grub screws so you'll need to disassemble the lock using a plug follower to change out pin stack configurations.
Right now there's only one pin chamber populated.
Picks
A medium and deep hook should serve you well while you're learning, but I apologize that there're only two styles of picks because of budget constraints >.<
When you want more picks, I would avoid cheap sets and get individual picks from a higher-quality manufacturer. (Start around $5 a pick, though, not $50!) People in the communities below can give good recommendations.
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Medium hook (manufacturer Rytan) -
Medium hook (SLS-07 from manufacturer Southord) -
Deep hook (SLS-08 from manufacturer Southord) -
Half-diamond
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Triple-peak rake
Turning tools/tensioners
It's impossible to have enough different tensioners! I carry more different tensioners than I do different lockpicks.
In tensioning there are two main styles: bottom- and top-of-keyway.
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Bottom-of-keyway (BOK) tensioners
I apologize! I forgot to include BOK tensioners. If you visit denhac's locksport meetup again, I'll have some available for you!
Bottom-of-keyway tensioners are inserted in the keyway opposite the keypins, where they can reach deep into the keyway and aren't prone to slipping out. It's difficult for a single tool to fit snugly in a variety of keyways, so BOK tensioners aim for versatility and have less tight coupling. There will be less room to maneuver a picking tool in the keyway.
These are DIY tools from discard windshield wipers. Tensioners in different thicknesses would come in handy when you expand your collection ;)
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Top-of-keyway (TOK) tensioners
Top-of-keyway tensioners have to insert more shallowly to not interfere with the first keypin, which leaves them more vulnerable to slipping out. However, they are meant to have tighter coupling and leave more room for picking tools in the keyway, making TOK tensioners more popular with advanced pickers.
These are some baaasic tools to help tension from the top of the keyway. They're the ones I use for most padlocks, so I promise they're not useless, just short and stubby.
From least to most tick marks, their widths are 0.060", 0.050", 0.045", 0.040" and 0.037".
Disassembly tools
You can disassemble the lock by following kokomolock's locksmithing basics video, which will allow you to repin it.
- Plug follower (with notch cut for mortise plug)
- Core shims
- Key blanks (SC1 and KW1)
- Tweezers
- 1/16" hex wrench for ⅛" 6-32 grub screws on mortise cylinder
Repinning supplies
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Extra springs, drivers, security drivers, and keypins
When you have the hang of standard driver pins, you can begin learning common security drivers like spools, serrated pins and t-pins :) -
Example keys
As you're increasing the number of pins, pinning the lock to one of these keys may make the lock easier to gut and progressively pin.
