Came across a really cool tubular lock today.

At first I thought it was some model of Fichet, but it's a tubular lock with the bitting on the inside of the key.

https://share.lpubelts.com/?id=f048719a&image=3961

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@alice yo this is the kind of lock you need to be a Jedi to open

@kwayk42 I didn't think it would be well-received to ask the company if I could pick their lock on camera...but I really wanted to.

Found the cores for $15, I think I need one in my collection.

https://dealersupply.com/product/ds-374a-replacement-lock-for-supra-indigo/

DS-374A Replacement Lock

DS-374A Replacement Lock Replacement lock for our DS-374 Supra-Indigo Key Lock Box.

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@alice @kwayk42 @deviantollam Intresting tubular lock. I've never seen one before. They can be picked by hand but the pins reset every fractional rotation and have be depicted several times to open. An impressioning attack may be easier.

@LockEx yeah. I have a couple tubular turning tools, and a few tubular picks, but given the style, I don't think the picks would workβ€”but picking it partway and then impressioning a key would probably be easiest.

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@alice @LockEx @kwayk42 @deviantollam Never tried impressioning a tubular key...

@jacklund for the original tubular Kryptonite bike locks, you could heat a Bic pen over a lighter and then cram it over the pins and wiggle it until the lock opened. When the pen cooled, it became a (shoddy) multi-use key that could be used to open the lock for a while (until it got too chewed up).

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@alice @LockEx @kwayk42 @deviantollam Oh, nice! And...good to know. πŸ˜‰

@LockEx @alice @kwayk42 this is a Supra-C and yes it is a rather interesting axial type lock. Those aren't really pin tumblers so much as they are wafers that have gates in them.

It's not too different honestly from the very famous and very old Brahma lock. This model is popular nowadays on some rapid entry boxes made by the Supra corporation

[L60] Supra-C Real Estate Key Lock Box - pick

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That’s an Empire lock! R2 can hack it!
@alice Totally tubular! πŸ€™πŸŒŠπŸ„β€β™€οΈ
@alice Nice! I'm not even sure how you'd tension that beast. πŸ€”

@jacklund I suspect it tensions off a disc under the outer ledge that interacts with the tab on the nose of the key.

Either that, or it actually tensions off of the center hub, which would make it easy.