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Apologies in advance, I may not be using the correct terminology.

Interior door to the attic somehow got locked (or so we initially thought,) and we could not gain access to the attic. I believe this is a Kwikset Halifax exterior model, it has the pinhole on the side that allows us to pop off the handle.

In troubleshooting, I popped off the handle and removed the cylinder, no problem. Without the cylinder in play, I was still unable to get the latching mechanism to move. I can twist the brass handle that the door knob attaches to, but for some reason, the latch is not budging. I’m guessing something internal (spindle?) is broken or disengaged.

I tested the same actions on our front and back exterior doors, and they behaved as I expected. Twisting the brass innards allowed the latch mechanism to retract. For some reason, our attic door with the same door knob, is malfunctioning.

I tried a latch, slip tool to no avail, I think the deadlatch is keeping me from doing that, which makes sense.

Is my only remedy at this point to drill out the latch bolt? Am I way off-base in what I’m trying?

Sorry for the length, I enjoyed writing this and brain dumping.

SETUP: In 2013 I bought a few booster boxes of XY era expansion sets, kids received pack rewards for good grades, doing chores, etc. After a 2014 move, we forgot all about them until we found them tucked away in storage in 2023. Whoa. Pulled back in to Pokemon TCG world.

NOW: Recently found a couple Skyridge cards at a show that I fell in love with. I did a little research and made the very foolish proclamation that “I’m going to master set e-Card era!” (meaning Skyridge, Aquapolis and Expedition)

YESTERDAY: Went to a smaller, no-admission local show and had an absolute BLAST. I’ve been to massive shows of all sorts but I have learned that I like the smaller shows where tables cost less and vendors tend to bring more cards that they maybe wouldn’t bring to larger, more expensive shows. I found about 50 cards towards my goal, a lot of LP or better for 50 cents, a dollar or two. I unfortunately found some that were a bit more expensive.

I normally don’t spend like this, my kids and I have a number of themed collections (fave being “seeing double” where we collect cards with more than 1 instance of the same pokemon, like all Ghastly or all Eevees.) yesterday it was my birthday, I was enjoying the hunt, and I didn’t just but everything I saw, I picked up a lot of things. What is pictures are the more important cards. Wish I could find someone with some bulk singles for these sets!

TL;DR: recently proclaimed my desire to master set a vintage e-Card era, went to local show and spent waaaaaaay too much. It’s ok, I’ll have fun vending in my retirement. Or passing the cards down to my kids. I justified it by telling myself happy birthday.

I don’t have many base unlimited card to compare against. Has anyone ever seen small amounts or specks of shiny/reflective ink on areas where it isn’t supposed to be? See purple circles near bottom of card. I think I’ve heard of this in the past but I don’t recall what this might indicate. It’s not like it’s all over the card.

I posted more photos in the below thread but it didn’t gain any traction.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IsMyPokemonCardFake/s/47aVtpwbn9