u/Mole-NLD

Thanks u/lockFumbler for pointing out this trick. I mean I still havent opened it, but I do feel like I’m getting a more positive feedback now I’m tensioning on a normal disk rather than a butterfly disk.

I think I have felt a positive set in at least two disks, being able to set them apart from false sets. But that still leaves quite some disk that need manipulating to the right spot. Not there just yet, but I’m sure -if I keep at it for long enough- it will open. Probably not today, might not even be this week. But I’m going to crack it!

(If not, I’ll be back and going to ask you all for help again)

I think I’ll need a lot of patience trying to pick this lock. Not only is it a disk detainer, it’s also a red belt… nice first DD eh… I’ve watched a bit of YT, think I understand what to do but getting the feel for it is step two.

Years I’ve had this opinel. And I bought ferrochloric last year to blacken and stonewash the ring to match the aesthetic of the whole knife. Only today did I decide to finally do it. And I’m very happy with how it turned out. Probably as close to the blade’s patina colour as I’m going to get it. Plus that patina changes continuously.

Hope you like my mods.

In my journey to brown I’ve been working on this new style of lock: unsprung sliders. Instead of you just pushing it one way and the spring pushing it back, with this you’re in charge of both directions of movement. Once the sliders align the sidebar can be depressed and the lock is unlocked (this one has two sidebars)

In order to get a grip and feel for how it worked and should feel -after about 1,5hrs of picking- I decided to gut it and make a cheat sheet. It wasn’t the easy blueprint kind of measured out version, but just a scribble on a piece of paper to roughly indicate if I was kind of in the right place or completely off the mark.

Just wondering what you guys think of this and if you think I could/should use it in a belt application or not.

As for the video; I decided to go a bit more in depth on the locks mechanism cause you don’t see them that often and thought you guys might enjoy the nerding about the inner works.

ASSA Desmo - Brown Belt

https://youtu.be/aIdlx8MDIEk

Planespotting gone wrong

M&C Minos, 6 dimple pins, 5 sliders - Purple belt.

A couple weeks ago i struggled with this one, doing progressive pinning but to no avail. Went onto the discord and got some tips but just didn’t get around to picking any locks, till today. And I figured I’d just sit down with the full lock, pretend to know nothing about it except the tips I’d received and presto! Got it. Total time was about 26mins with other attempts, final attempt was roughly 7mins.

I will be posting the video (for my LPU scorecard) later on my YT.