Lockpicking Advances (Subterfuge 3)

by Anonymous

I am not a writer. I am a thief. I am a good thief. I am not such a good writer. Anyway, I want to write about picking locks. I read a book about designing locks once. It was good. It gave me lots of ideas.

I'm sure you already know everything about how locks work. If you don't, then here you go. A lock has a couple of bobby pins inside. You have to fiddle with them until they get locked in place. It's why keys look the way they do, so that they tickle that bobby pin so good that it pops. That's what you have to do too.

Go break open a lock. You'll understand. Or you won't, and then maybe this job is not that great for you. I think you should learn. Know the way a fetcher might break into your house. Open the lock to your house when your wife's disappeared somewhere. Anything. Anyways.

Some guys make locks with angled keyholes. Always carry a bent lockpick. They will work good in these locks. I do, and I open lots of locks. Sometimes I carry copper lockpicks. Copper bends easy. That way I can bend it right there. Copper lockpicks break easy too. Be careful.

Sometimes the locks have weird springs. They all spring differently, which makes picking it hard. I hold my torch close to the lock. This makes it hot. When it's hot, the springs are all the same. They don't bounce so differently any more. Be careful not to burn yourself.

Some thieves can't read. If you can't read, get someone to read this book to you. It will make more sense then.