Bare Bones Lock Picking
Australian manufacture and supplier of lock pick products
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What Is a Cutaway Training Lock (And Do You Need One)?
Back to Guides & Blogs Short answer: A cutaway training lock is a real pin tumbler lock with part of the housing cut away so you can see the pins, springs, and shear line while you pick it. Instead of guessing what’s happening inside a sealed lock, you can watch each pin lift,…
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What Is a Tension Tool (Tension Wrench) and How Do You Use One?
Back to Guides & Blogs Short answer: A tension tool (also called a tension wrench) is a small, flat or angled tool inserted into the keyway to apply light rotational pressure on the lock’s plug while you pick the pins. It doesn’t touch the pins at all. Its only job is to hold…
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301 Stainless Steel vs Titanium Lock Picks: Which Material Should You Choose?
Back to Guides & Blogs Short answer: 301 high-yield stainless steel and titanium are both used for lock picks, but they suit different priorities. 301 stainless offers a stiffer, more direct feel for pin feedback, resists corrosion well, and costs significantly less, which is…
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Is Lock Picking Legal in Australia? A State-by-State Guide
Back to Guides & Blogs Short answer: Owning and practising with lock picks is not illegal anywhere in Australia. What’s regulated is possession without a lawful excuse. Every state and territory has an offence covering “housebreaking implements” (which lock picks fall under),…
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Rake Picks vs Hook Picks: What’s the Difference (And Which Should You Use)?
Back to Guides & Blogs Short answer: Hook picks are used for single pin picking (SPP), setting each pin individually with precision and control. Rake picks are used for raking, a faster technique that manipulates multiple pins at once by moving the pick in and out of the keyway…
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The Bare Bones Beginner Kit — Everything Included, Nothing You Don’t Need
Back to Guides & Blogs Choosing your first lock pick kit is weirdly difficult. Too many options, too much conflicting advice online, and a suspicion that whatever you buy will either be overkill or not enough. The Bare Bones Beginner Lock Picking Kit was designed to cut through…
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Lock Picks for Locksmiths in Australia — What You Actually Need
Back to Guides & Blogs You know how to pick a lock. You don’t need a tutorial. What you need is picks that hold up on the job, fit the locks you’re actually working on in Australia, and don’t require a currency conversion and a three-week wait every time you need to restock.…
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How We Make Our Lock Picks — Australian Manufacturing at Bare Bones
Back to Guides & Blogs Most lock pick brands don’t talk much about where their picks actually come from. There’s a reason for that — most of them don’t really know. They’re ordering from offshore suppliers, slapping a label on the packaging, and calling it done. Bare Bones is…
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The Complete Guide to Lock Pick Thicknesses — 15thou vs 20thou vs 23thou
Back to Guides & Blogs If you’ve spent any time shopping for lock picks, you’ve hit the thickness question. The numbers are small — we’re talking thousandths of an inch — but the difference between them matters more than beginners expect. Get it wrong and you’ll either be…
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What is Locksport? Australia’s Growing Hobby Explained
Back to Guides & Blogs Most people’s first reaction to locksport is something like: “Wait, that’s a thing?” It is. And it’s bigger than you’d think. Locksport is the hobby of picking, bypassing, and studying locks as a skill-based pursuit — not for any nefarious purpose, but for…