The Ridgeback Set - Law Lock Tools
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2020
- This lock pick set from Law Lock Tools seems to have something for everyone! A full 25 piece set plays case all in 0.023... what do you think? Let me know in the comments 😃👍
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This lock pick set from Law Lock Tools seems to have something for everyone! A full 25 piece set plays case all in 0.023... what do you think? Let me know in the comments 😃👍 Limited time 20% OFF discount code: RIDGE20
Thanks Ash. I've bought two different thickness lockpick kits from Law Lock Tools, and can endorse the company without reservation. The picks are indeed beautifully finished, and worth every penny invested in them. They cost less than another well-known brand of tools which need to be imported, have a better finish, and seem to be more durable.
For example, my wife snapped the more expensive .0025" Bogotá without really trying, and a 25 thou short hook has bowed with use, but even Law's .0019" tools have withstood some more strenuous work than the US items, without showing any signs of stress. Furthermore, Andy is a gentleman to deal with, as you likely know already. His customer support has been exemplary.
I'm in the process of adding heat shrink handle covers, which is no problem whatsoever; merely my choice, in order to improve comfort without losing too much feedback.
The only useful improvement which I would like to see is a simple slip of paper, along with each kit, showing the head of each type of pick, along with its name, so that ordering duplicates, or variants in different thicknesses, is simplified. Maybe this could be printed on the accompanying invoice, and then it will not waste any paper?
At a later date, I'll likely be looking for a .0012" pick set, for those really tight keyways. Not yet though; I'm not _that_ skilled. 😉
Yes, a number of Picks in this kit do have similar reach but reach is only one factor in a Picks functionality. Maneuverability is another ingredient. This is primarily achieved through Tip profile, shank height and the gauge of steel.
Take for example a Yale Y1 keyway. You can have 2 Picks with the same reach one of which will let you access a hight set pin behind a low set pin and another that won't. A curved profile like the Lockout Buster can be more difficult to twist around the contour of a paracentric keyway then the more angled profile of a Deforest Teardrop or Bijou. My point is not all reach is created equal.
Thank you.
Well, I think all the profiles are extremely useable and made of a high quality material with a great finish, which surely is the only important factor for any pick set. I would use any of the hooks in a given lock for sure! That being said, in my experience, and in full acknowledgment that I am just one opinion of many, there are a couple of profiles here that together I feel do the same job. Again, at least for me; it’s possible I don’t have enough experience with the kit, haven’t found a lock where a clear advantage is seen or I just don’t have the picking finesse required, I’m certainly not perfect. All the profiles are great so in the end, my point is barely critical, or at least wasn’t intended to be.
@@LockNoob
My point was not intended as criticism of your review, just an explanation of why I believe some profiles have a similar reach. I should also make the point the profiles I contributed to the kit were developed long before I had even seen a Law Lock Tools Pick set. They were my answer to problems I was trying to solve at a point in time. As a result it's probably no surprise that the profiles I contributed have similar characteristics to some of the profiles Law Lock Tools already had. I'm definitely no Raimundo or Christina Palmer, I simply dabble around the edges of what's already known.
Tipene Nga Puhi I understand, thanks. Also, don’t put yourself down. I actually think you are very much up there with your designs and I the important thing is you understand how they perform, why they perform and most importantly THAT they perform since you use them - it’s not a theoretical
@@tipenengapuhi What a gracious and humble reply - but your skills at both the picking and the pick designs are legendary, and right up there with the others you mention. Maybe your designs aren't derived using mathematical formulae, but they are the result of a high level of skill and experience. As you know, Andy's version of your Scimitar solved a problem for me. Better to have more options than fewer. The combination of you and Andy seems to hit the right notes bang on! Keep up the great work, both of you :) And @Lock Noob - keep your objective and in-depth reviews coming - they're excellent :)
I got this set right after they were released. I have used them almost every single day since and they look as good as they did on the day I received them. One other point of note is Andy’s flawless customer support.
Cool!
@@LockNoob Does this also work on the American locks?
I'm digging that handle. The indent for finger placement is like perfect
They certainly work for the way I hold my picks
A very nice set of tools,thank you.
Thanks 🙏
Lock noob as to your question about those who have a set and what do I think well since Mad Bob ceased trading I looked for new company in the UK who were manufacturing new designs in picks
Law lock tools the following I have acquired over a long period of time the following from Law Locks without any complaint in using them I will admit I have not mastered all the designs with success that will come with time.
I love them all but the Nessie pro set are my favourite. All the picks are of very high quality as too are the wallets they come in. Thanks to yourself and others for demonstrating the designs well in action on locks you got me hooked on the company no pun intended
THE RIDGEBACK SET
The INCREMENT PRO Lock Pick Set
CTR Lock Pick Set LITE
THE VALYRIAN EURO SET
THE VALYRIAN SET
Plus original design
THE RIDGEBACK SET
ECHO WAVE RAKES
Nessie PRO Dual Gauge Pair x 2
Warded Padlock Picks
Tipene Hook Set PRO 0.5mm / 0.019"
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Wow! You are something of a fan then? I use their offcuts all the time to make my own picks
@@LockNoob Just slightly I like to support British company's so they don't go out of business Like mad bob whos tools/picks I also still use. I have not bought any law lock offcuts not yet any way.Keep safe and keep creating tools. recently made youre squire pick tool in two sizes I too have a squire 770 th-cam.com/video/zuBd33p9vNo/w-d-xo.html 👍👍👍👍👍🔑🔐🔒🔓
This set is on my list of kits to get. I bought their Echo wave set when it first came out and love them. For me, the handles fit my hand really well and they don’t need any type of cover or sleeve. Great review. As always, informative and approached from a point objectivity and knowledge.
Thanks 🙏
There’s some useful stuff in there! Has more specified, yet diverse, collection.
It’s got a lotta profiles, that’s for sure!
Great, another set I want.
I guess I'll have to graduate from homemade some day.
I dunno, if it works it works!
Nice review. I have way too many picks to be buying kits anymore, but I have several of their individual picks in my kit, and I can say they are very nice tools. Tough and well finished. I can highly recommend them.
I love mixing and matching that’s for sure!
What an excellent selection of picks, I really like this set!
Yes, something for everyone!
Great set - I have these as well as several other ones of Andy's. Just one nit-pick correction: the cycloid waves are the ones with the peaks on them (like a series of adjacent arcs or part-circles), while the sinusoidal ones are the ones with the rounded tops - the whole thing looking like a sine wave. In Andy's own words (from his FB page) "The Sinusoidal has a regular smooth sine type wave but the Cycloid profiles have a sharper peak to them."
All my Law Lock picks are really well finished, and having longer handles than most, they fit my (large) hands beautifully. They feel like high quality surgical instruments.
Dr_Rock (Pete) spot on Pete 👍🏻
I stand corrected, thank you
@@LockNoob Sorry to be pedantic - call it "surgeon's OCD" ... ;) And you're not alone - BB made the same mistake a couple of times. Love your videos - keep 'em coming :)
@@The_Doc_Rocks It's one thing to be a pedantic jerk, quite another to humbly add correct information. You are anything *but* a jerk, Dr_Rock, thank you for the information. And quite honestly, I'd rather prefer my surgeon to be quite OCD. : )
@@floorpizza8074 Thank you for the lovely, and very civil, reply :) What a nice lot of folks in locksports!
Awesome review ash my friend very cool👊😎🤟🇬🇧👍
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Great review and a nice looking kit.
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Fantastic video review Law locks are my favorite out of all it is a great every day carry the 301 stainless is tough and a great price ..🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟😎
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This set looks _really_ nice and I've been eyeballing it for awhile. I think I'm going to, pick, it up after the start of the next year.
My best overall kit so far. But the case could be improved - if you throw it in a bag you'll soon find all of your prybars have escaped and is is lurking at the bottom of your bag. This is a common problem with this kind of case - not just this case. And that's my major and only complain -> really good kit. I'd recommend this as a started kit as you get more or less anything you need as a beginner (and intermediate/advanced picker) without having to buy a lot of extra stuff (both types of tensioners and most types of picks). My kit had some slag (mainly on the handles) from the laser-cutting process which doesn't affect picking and was polished away with ease.
I never thought about that, good point, but as you say, very common for the type of case, rather than the case per se
Impressive kit!! I love law lock tools!!
They do some great stuff, that’s for sure
I have 3 different law lock pick sets but this one is my favourite very cool set.
Great, thanks
EXCELLENT REVIEW !
I'M IN LOVE.
That is as close to a perfect set as I have ever seen.
Such a nice selection of hooks, my 2 favorite rakes (city rake and offset snake), a short bogata, and 4 choices of waves, plus those long reach picks, and the TOK wrenches I always complain don't get included, with double ends for 2 different lengths.
I got my birthday/xmas/fathersday wish now.
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Again, I'm really glad to see the picks being used in the review!
I think it would be cool to also have the model of lock being picked kinda overlayed in the corner of the picking footage
And also models overlayed for the whole video. I prefer redheads but I'm not picky.
Hmmm. Not a bad idea... I’ll consider that
@@targuscinco LoL : )
Great review 👍
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I love my Ridgeback set. I talked to Andy about him offering the Ridgeback set in .019 back in June, but with the pandemic crisis, his laser cutting shop was shut down. I think he went in a different direction with the valyrian euro set which offered a lot of the picks in the Ridgeback. But nevertheless, they are a great set of picks.
Interesting!
Those look like probably my favorite metal handles, great vid man!
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I think that's a really good kit. A very good range of picks and I like the bok tensioners, they look really good.
I do actually like the curved reach hook, I have made a few myself with Law Lock Tool 301 steel and it remains one of my favourites. I guess it's just preference at the end of ther day.
Personally I would like to see cases with a bit more meat on the inner curved hinge part, that way the picking tips won't damage it and you will get a bit more life out of it.
All in all a great review on a superb kit.
Absolutely! They way people pick, the locks they pick, the techniques people prefer etc. Are all so unique to each person, we all have preferences. I mean I love my 0.018 Peterson gem and Sparrows lunatic, but I bet tonnes of people don’t ....and you never know, i might just need it in a specific lock one day! 😃👍
been thinking about getting this set for a while, youve made my mind up . thanks for the informative vid. YES im getting it.
Let me know what you think of it when you get it
At 7:50 min what a sharp looking lock. Great review.👏👏👏
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Just ordered this set!
Nice review Ash thanks 👍🏻
Thanks for sending the kit. There’s a lot in this one and I think it would certainly make a lot of pickers very happy! Can’t wait to see what you do next
Great review of a great kit. Thanks for sharing Ash and take care mate.
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Looks like a great set of picks! Excellent, thorough review as well sir, thank you!
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The Ridgeback is a great pick set. I've placed them in a good out leather case with my favorite Mad Bob picks to make my UK pick kit.
Stupid autocorrect...fold out leather case.
Sounds good!
Thanks for the review, A lot of choices in there! I prefer a thicker handle but over all a nice set.
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nice looking set, the cutouts give it a nice look
I think so too!
If you want to bend heat it up to stop it snapping and then quench it to get the strength back
I've always heard people rave about these picks, I'll have to try em out.
It’s always good to try a pick or two from a number of manufacturers if you can I’d say, you never know what you might find you love!
All my picks are law. Not this set though, I've put it together piece by piece. I've got doubles for most so I can have a .023 for freedom locks and .019 for the over the pond non master/schlage/quickset type locks. IE: locks with good keyways. Long story short, I love em, they work and look beautiful. Customer for life.
Good to know, thanks!
Great video, it looks like a good set.
I think so
I like the kit and I’m happier with the thickness of these ones compared to his versions of the wave rakes that were sold separately.
That said, I find those serrations to be really uncomfortable if you’re picking for any length of time. I find the overall length to to a bit cumbersome too. Nothing that can’t be overcome but, I’m a bit lazy and like to do as little as possible before I can just get on use new picks and I find law lock tools, whilst finished well, are just not comfortable to hold which is a real shame because I do like the profiles he offers.
Great review as always. Thanks for sharing.
I see what you mean about the handles, though I guess that’s true of most non-handle picks. I do prefer a counting of some kind on my main picks for sure
Looks like an awesome set! I'm still at the making lockpicks out of paperclips phase. One day I'll have a nice set and really appreciate the reviews!
Invest in a small simple set- something that comes with like 7 picks and 6 tension tools. You can get them for ball park ~$35
@@lukereeves4448 I plan on it, I've got the picking bug bad!
I started the same way. If money is an issue, buy single picks. You only spend what you need and don't get picks you dont need.
@@targuscinco Thanks, I hadn't thought of buying just single picks! Yeah, money is an issue as embarrassing as that is to say. It's an odd thing, locksport. I went from no knowledge at all to sinking tons of time into researching and thinking of it not only in terms of a hobby but a possible 2nd job some day. Thanks for the advice!
@@jpvielleux thats so similar to how I started. If you like the picks in this video, go to law lock tools website. You can pick up some tension wrenches for pretty cheap and honestly, you would do just fine to get one single medium hook. I think its only like 5 bucks, or right around there. And don't be embarrassed, money is always an issue. Especially when its a hobby. I've been absolutely hooked since I picked my first lock though.
Prefer his PRO picks with handles, but it adds to the price of course.
Those are good too!
Saludos desde el Perú , muy bonitos videos , y como puedo comprar.
Hello brother, I am from Iran and I like your films very much. I sent a photo of a key in Gmail, which has two keys for Iranian locks that I have not seen anywhere else. Thanks for checking
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Excellent Review!!!! Price???
Check the link for the latest price :-)
I have that set but I still haven't found use for the hooligan bar lol
I've got one too. Wafer locks! Doesn't fit all of them but when it does, its so satisfying!
wes the lockpicker check out Tallan Picks review of the Valyrian Euro set. He shows several locks you can use the 2mm Hooligan bar on 👍🏻
I’ve used it on some wafer locks, slider locks and dimple locks. Not many, but it’s very useful when you need it!
@@LockNoob I never thought about trying it in a dimple lock. Im on a mul-t-lock kick right now so I will definitely try. I've got the sparrows dimple pick kit. What other options are out there that cost less than multipick?
@@andy123law not sure if you saw my comment but I love law picks. Im usually not a brand whore but in this case, take my money, please! Customer for life.
I’m trying to figure that out in American dollars
Sorry, I just ask google!
I’d love the set too if they paid me to use it.
Your channel is like watching Home Shopping Network
I don’t get paid to use anyone’s picks, I don’t think that’s a thing. I mean I wish it was, but it’s not like sports sponsorship over here lol. Companies send me kits and I sometimes review them. I’m clear about where I get my kits in my description. I don’t have to review anything and I don’t have to review something positively. No one is paying me or sponsoring me and I do not endorse anything. Do think that people who review cars buy all the cars, or computer games or films?
If you know these guys tell them to put payment info on their site.
There's not anything on payment methods, zero, zippedeedooda. lol