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Lock Picking Simplified -
$7.99

Now you can do it! Lock picking
requires knowledge of the lock itself, a
certain amount of manual dexterity, and
lots of practice, but you will be well
on your way to mastering this little
known art with the help of this basic
manual. Inside you will find diverse
descriptive sections covering all kinds
of picks, their respective locks and
tumbler assemblages, disk tumbler
picking techniques, and every necessary
tool. A fine self-teaching manual. 5
1/2" x 8 1/2", 20 pgs, illus., &
softcover. |
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How to Fit keys by Impressioning -
$7.99

The mark of a master
locksmith, IMPRESSIONING. This manual
will teach you all the skills necessary
to fit keys to locks without picking or
removing the mechanism. The
illustrations teach you how to: fit a
bit key, a flat steel key, lever tumbler
keys, disc tumbler keys, and pin tumbler
keys. It lists all the necessary tools
for impressioning. The various
techniques of obtaining impressions are
discussed. 5 1/2" x 81/2", 22 pages, &
softcover. |
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LOCKOUT - $12.99

Techniques of Forced Entry for
Locksmiths and Law Enforcement Forced
entry is used when conventional
locksmithing techniques are either
impossible or impractical, and this is a
manual on how it’s done. Written with
the locksmithing student, professional
locksmith, and law enforcement agent in
mind, it covers just about every area in
which forced entry might be necessary:
houses, buildings, automobiles, office
equipment, surreptitious entry &
espionage locksmithing. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2",
41 pgs, & softcover. |
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How To Open Handcuffs Without Keys - $12.99

This book covers a selection of
handcuffs in popular use today and
discusses some of the features with
which you should become familiar. With
the knowledge in this book you will be
able to manufacture your on personalized
set of lockpicks and be able to open a
wide variety of cuffs with them. 44 pp.
illus., 8"x5". |
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Improvised Lock Picks -
$11.99

Police officers, security guards,
gun shop owners, and and alarm
installers are all expected to know the
answers to the general public’s
questions about physical security. This
manual provides many of those answers,
separating fact from fiction regarding
the methods of picking various types of
locks, the tools used, etc.Homemade and
improvised picks and tools are also
shown and described. A must for every
locksmith’s library 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 60
pgs, illus., & softcover. |
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Techniques of Safe & Vault
Manipulation -
$16.99

This manual covers all the basics of
learning how to manipulate combination
locks such as found on safes and vaults.
You are shown how to obtain, set up and
practice on a typical combination lock.
Other subjects covered are: How
combinations are changed & parts
breakdown. Learning is easy using this
well done manual.5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 50
pages, & softcover.
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SECRETS OF LOCK PICKING -
$19.99

Master locksmith Steven
Hampton reveals here the tricks and
tools for bypassing keyed and
combination locks from pin tumbler
locks, mushroom and spool pin tumbler
locks, wafer tumbler locks, warded locks
and disk tumbler locks to tubular
cylinder locks, magnetic locks, door
locks, padlocks and automobile locks.
Find the key to "seeing" into every lock
and discovering its simplicity. 5 1/2 x
8 1/2, softcover, illus., 72pp. |
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COMPLETE GUIDE TO LOCK PICKING - $11.99

One of the most precise, detailed books
ever, this illustrated manual is
destined to become the professional
locksmith's bible. You'll learn how to
open all kinds of locks, plus how to
thwart tampering with locks (to protect
your valuables). Of course, this book is
intended for legal entry only, but
you'll gain confidence knowing that you
can get in through any door without a
key! For academic study only 5
1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover, 60 illus., 80 pp. |
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Expedient B&E -
$54.99

This book is the professional intruder's
guide to avoiding such ends. It opens
with a discussion of target reconnaisnce
and planning for both covert and overt
entry operations, followed by a thorough
examination of the various types of
locks and alarms, instructions for
improvising lockpicking tools, plus
techniques for breaking into cars,
opening file cabinets and desk drawers,
cracking safes and circumventing various
types of alarms and sensors. 5.5" x 11",
softcover, illus., 216 pages. |
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Opening Combination Padlocks - $12.99

It is incredibly easy to forget the
combination to padlocks on your own tool
shed, gym locker or anyplace else these
common locks are found. This handy,
no-frills guide teaches you one thing
and one thing only: how to open a
padlock whose combination is forgotten,
lost or garbled. Dissatisfied with
existing books on padlock manipulation
whose shortcomings caused a lot of
useless and time-consuming effort,
author Carl Black devised this foolproof
system that allows quick entry into all
combination padlocks without any
guesswork or tools. He explains the
tricks of the trade with clear
instructions and illustrations and
includes troubleshooting tips for
difficult locks. Apply this simple
method and determine the combination of
any padlock in minutes. For academic
study only. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover,
illus., 64 pp. |
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ADVANCED LOCK PICKING SECRETS - $17.99

This advanced manual brings locksmithing
into the electronic age, with schematic
diagrams for portable electronic picks
to open magnetic key and card locks plus
templates for making custom tools not
available on the commercial market. Tips
on enhancing finger sensitivity,
increasing concentration power,
constructing practice lock boxes and
more will help you master the art and
science of lock picking. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2,
softcover, illus., 56 pp. |
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AFFORDABLE SECURITY - $32.99

A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Protecting
Your Home, Business, and Automobile.
Hampton walks you through a thorough
evaluation of your security status,
using “security review checklists” that
will help you assess your property’s
vulnerability from every angle, just as
a security professional – or a
professional burglar – would. Once
you’ve identified the holes in your
security, Hampton shows you how to shore
it up, from securing doors, windows,
yards, sheds and garages using simple
but little-known tricks of the trade to
creating safe and effective indoor and
outdoor lighting solutions to selecting
the right type of perimeter alarm system
and motion detectors to meet your needs.
Finally, he examines the pros and cons
of professional versus do-it-yourself
alarm installation, including a complete
crash course in installing your own
system for those so inclined. 8 1/2 x
11, softcover, photos, illus., 312 pp. |
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CIA FIELD-EXPEDIENT KEY CASTING
MANUAL - $12.99

Learn how the CIA agent gets behind
locked doors. This revised reprint of
the classic CIA Key Casting Instruction
Manual will teach you how to make a
duplicate key when you can keep the
original for only a short time. A
step-by-step, self-checking guide,it
gives you all the know-how you need to
create accurate keys to gain access to
off-limits areas with no special
equipment. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover,
illus., 48 pp. |
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EDDIE'S IRON - $12.99

Lock picking pro Eddie the Wire reveals
the secrets of his groundbreaking new
pick design! Eddie scoffs at the many
ads he has seen over the years for “new
and revolutionary” lock picks. He says
they are just variations of the same old
stuff. Eddie’s pick is truly
revolutionary, so different in its
concept that it was kept under wraps
while this book was being produced.
Learn how to make and use the pick, as
well as some of the finer points of lock
picking, the differences between various
picks, the importance of tension and
other details on how to get around
inside a lock. For academic study
only. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover,
illus., 72 pp |
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HOME SECURITY - $18.99

This book reveals how burglars actually
target and break into buildings and
offers proven techniques and tactics for
thwarting would-be burglars, from
neighborhood vandals to the most
sophisticated art thieves and government
agents. The advice includes dozens of
low-tech, low-cost, low-maintenance
measures to safeguard your home or
office inside and out. An extensive
section on alarms shows you the best way
to install a secure system that meets
your protection needs, as well as how
even the most expensive of these systems
can be circumvented if you’re not
careful. The last part of the book
details reliable home safes, gun
storage, vehicle alarms and other
special situations, including how you
can protect yourself and family members
when you are away from home. 5 1/2 x 8
1/2, softcover, illus., 264 pp. |
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HOME WORKSHOP PROFESSIONAL LOCK TOOLS -
$19.99

This amazing and useful book gives
complete, illustrated instructions for
making your own professional lock
tools—lock tools that are of
better-than-manufactured quality, and
much cheaper! All the equipment and
supplies described in this book are
available from your local hardware or
hobby shop. Eddie the Wire is a pro who
reveals the little-known tricks of his
trade for you to use! In step-by-step
illustrated detail, Eddie tells you
where to get the best materials to use
for making your own professional lock
picks, how to make your own pick gun,
how to make a plug spinner...and much,
much more. For information purposes
only. 8 1/2 x 11, softcover,
illus., 117 pp.
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HOW TO CIRCUMVENT A SECURITY ALARM IN
10 SECONDS OR LESS - $16.99

This valuable lesson in home and
business security will help you identify
and improve the vulnerable areas of your
security alarm system for maximum
protection, safety and peace of mind. An
eye-opening exposé of the whole security
business, the book reveals the glaring
weaknesses of popular security devices.
It also gives plenty of advice for
making your system more secure and
equips you with the savvy needed to deal
with alarm installers, monitoring
stations and local law enforcement. 5
1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover, illus., 88 pp. |
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