This article is from the Locksmithing FAQ, by Joe "Spike" Ilacqua spike@indra.com and Henry Schaffer hes@ncsu.edu, major data collection effort by Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com with numerous contributions by others.
COMPLETE GUIDE TO LOCK PICKING by Eddie the Wire
5 1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover, 60 illus., 80 pp. $14.95
HOME WORKSHOP PROFESSIONAL LOCK TOOLS by Eddie the Wire
128 pp. $21.95
HOW TO CIRCUMVENT A SECURITY ALARM IN 10 SECONDS OR LESS
An Insider's Guide to How It's Done and How to Prevent It by B. Andy
5 1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover, illus., 88 pp.
ISBN 0-87364-777-7....................$12.00
INVOLUNTARY REPOSSESSION or IN THE STEAL OF THE NIGHT by John Russell III
64 pp. ISBN 0-87364-233-3....................$10.95
LOCK PICKING SIMPLIFIED
5 1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover, illus., 20 pp. $8.50
LOCKS, PICKS, AND CLICKS
70 pp. ISBN 0-87364-040-3....................$10.00
PICK GUNS
Lock Picking for Spies, Cops and Locksmiths by John Minnery
128 pp. ISBN 0-87364-510-3....................$14.00
SECRETS OF LOCK PICKING by Steven Hampton
5 1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover, illus., 72 pp.
ISBN 0-87364-423-9....................$17.00
SECURITY SYSTEMS SIMPLIFIED
Protecting Your Home, Business, and Car with State-of-the-Art Burglar Alarms
by Steven Hampton
5 1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover, illus., 128 pp. ISBN 0-87364-654-1 $14.00
EXPEDIENT B & E
Tactics and Techniques for Bypassing Alarms and Defeating Locks by Carl Hammer
5 1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover, illus., 216 pp. ISBN 0-87364-688-6 $20.00
TECHNIQUES OF SAFECRACKING
by Wayne B. Yeager
5 1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover, illus., 96 pp. $12.95
They also have half a dozen videos listed.
Wheeler-Tanner Escapes
3024 E. 35th
Spokane, WA 99223
509 448 8457.
Mainly Magic/Escape Artist supplies, but that includes lots of
locksmithing equipment and books. If you need more info, jusk ask.
(Catalog is $2, refundable w/ 1st order).
There is a book The Visual
Guide to Locksmithing has a heavily illustrated approach.
Information for collectors.?
Lock Museum of America
130 Main St.
Terryville, CT
This museum also sponsors a lock collectors show.
The Padlock Collector 6th edition 1996
Franklin M. Arlall (isbn 0-914638-05-x)
The Collector
PO Box 253
Claremont, CA 91711
This book has descriptions of over 2800 locks.
The First Internet Lock Museum
by Billy B. Edwards Jr., CML
 
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