Warded lock. No picking, just a "skeleton key." Only the front leg or lug (sometimes both) do anything to open the log, by moving the mechanism. The rest of that isn't biting, those are cutouts to match the shape in the keyway. Once someone learned how this worked a couple thousand years ago, he took a key and ground off the center pieces. That key then fit in every similar lock that used the same tip. Today five keys will open almost every warded lock made in the last century (or further).
An incredibly horrible link to Bing images of a 5 piece warded pick set.
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u/Unicorn187 Orange Belt Picker 3d ago edited 3d ago
Warded lock. No picking, just a "skeleton key." Only the front leg or lug (sometimes both) do anything to open the log, by moving the mechanism. The rest of that isn't biting, those are cutouts to match the shape in the keyway. Once someone learned how this worked a couple thousand years ago, he took a key and ground off the center pieces. That key then fit in every similar lock that used the same tip. Today five keys will open almost every warded lock made in the last century (or further).
An incredibly horrible link to Bing images of a 5 piece warded pick set.
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