This lock pick is made of 0.015” Government Steel and then pressed into a blue plastic handle. This pick is from Peterson’s thinnest series of lock picks.
Although this pick is thinner than the 0.018” picks, it does not have a “Euro” neck reduction like the 0.018” picks do. This has Peterson deliberately done so that despite its thin profile, this lockpick offers more power than the 0.018” lockpick series.
The extremely thin profile of 0.015” makes this lockpick very useful for narrow keyholes.
Please note that this pick is specifically designed to provide access in narrow keyholes where standard picks will not fit. This narrowing of the width naturally makes the picks a little less sturdy.
If you want to use these thin picks in wider keyholes, it means that you no longer have the lateral support of the two walls in the keyhole. For narrow keyholes, this lockpick could still get support from this though. If you are heavy handed, this pick may bend sideways or even break under high pressure in locks with wide keyholes.
Morgan MONNIER –
Peterson’s products : Perfect shapes, high prices, medium quality metal, poor finition.
To have a thin hook is really necessary in restrictive keyways and this Hook n°5 from Peterson does the job. BUT…
I put 3 stars, because, like all Peterson’s products : Shapes are perfect (They’re almost the best for this), the anti-slip/colored handle is as good as useful… But metalic part has a medium quality and only goes 2 cm deep inside the handle, finition is bad (cutting edges)…
Regarding the (incredibly) high prices of theirs picks, it’s a bit shamy.
Like most of market leaders, their products were good years ago, but quality went down as prices rises up.
Again, this is jsut my personal advice.
Anonym –
very good pick, using it effort less, pleasant to use.
Wim Botting –
Ideal geeignet für enge Schlüsselwege und schwer erreichbare Stifte.