Lock Pickers Vice Mk2
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About this Item
About this Item
Description
Description
The lock picking vice that trains your hands for a real door
Most people learn to pick with the lock cupped in one hand and the tools in the other. It feels natural, but it is not how locks live in the wild. A real lock sits fixed in a door, and the moment you stop holding it your tension angle, your grip, and your whole working position change. This bench vice clamps the lock still so you practise the skills that transfer to a real door, from day one.
Picking in your hand is a different beast
When you hold a lock in your palm, you unconsciously brace it, twist it, and feed it to the tools at a comfortable angle. Your hand is doing half the work without you noticing. Take that lock out of your hand and bolt it into a door, and suddenly the tension wrench wants to slip, your wrist is at a strange angle, and the feedback you trusted feels wrong.
The vice fixes the lock in one place and leaves both hands free, one for the tension tool and one for the picks. That is exactly the working position you will use on a cylinder in a door, so the muscle memory you build here is the muscle memory you keep.
Clamp the lock, set your tension, pick with both hands
Place your practice lock or cylinder in the jaws and tighten the screw until it sits firm. Square the lock up to roughly the angle a door would present it. Now insert your tension wrench, apply light rotational pressure, and work your picks across the pins with your other hand. The lock will not move, twist, or escape, so every bit of feedback you get is coming from the pins and the shear line, not from your grip.
Work slowly and reset whenever the feel gets muddy. The point is not speed, it is learning the real hand positions and tension control you will rely on once the lock is in a door.
Build door-ready habits, one session at a time
The technique is learnable and the vice keeps it honest. It will not open a lock for you, but it removes the bad habit of palm-bracing so the skill you grow here carries straight onto real cylinders.
A steady bench beats a wobbling hand
Holds the lock dead still
The clamp jaws and tightening screw lock your practice cylinder in place so it cannot twist or slip while you work.
Frees both hands
One hand on tension, one on picks. That is the real working position, and the vice lets you train it from the start.
Transferable skill
Everything you learn with a fixed lock applies directly to picking a cylinder mounted in a door.
Cleaner feedback
With your grip out of the equation, the feel coming back to your fingers is all lock, no hand bias.
What to know before you buy
| Brand | LockPickWorld |
| Type | Lock picking bench vice |
| Job | Holds a lock or cylinder fixed so you practise hands-free, like a real door |
| Weight | 0.73 kg (726 g) |
| Best for | Anyone who wants their bench practice to transfer to in-door picking |
Set the bench up around the vice
Dangerfield Practice Locks Set
Three clear progressive locks from easy to hard. Clamp one in the vice and watch the pins set as you learn the feel.
Lokko Euro Cylinder Support
A focused holder for Euro cylinder practice if your training revolves around that profile.
5pc Tension Tool Set
A range of wrench styles to find the lightest touch that still holds the core once the lock is fixed in the jaws.
Dangerfield Praxis Set
A complete pro pick and tensioner set to grow into once your hands-free technique is solid.
Quick answers from the LockPickWorld bench
What does this vice do?
It clamps a lock or cylinder firmly to your bench so you can pick it with both hands free, the same way a lock sits in a door rather than in your palm.
Why not just hold the lock in my hand?
Holding it teaches your hand to brace and angle the lock for you. The moment a real lock is fixed in a door, those habits fall apart. The vice trains the skill that transfers.
Is it good for beginners?
Yes. Starting on a fixed lock from day one means you never have to unlearn palm-bracing later. Pair it with a forgiving practice lock and take it slowly.
What should I pair it with?
A practice lock to clamp, a tension tool set to find your touch, and a pick set you enjoy using. The vice holds everything still so you can focus on the pins.
Train the way locks really sit
Clamp the lock, free your hands, and build picking habits that carry straight from the bench to a real door. Keep your tension light, work the pins by feel, and let a fixed lock teach you properly.
