In the video below, locksport enthusiast Bosnian Bill demonstrates how to open a new #3 Master Lock with nothing more than a small brass hammer. If a hammer isn’t an option, a screwdriver handle works ...

This story first appeared in WIRED 13.02 published in February, 2005. For a lock picker, the world is a different place. Take, for example, a typical suburban house, with a bicycle in the front yard ...

CONSIDERED SAFE DESPITE THE RECENT COLD. THE WORLD HEADQUARTERS OF MASTER LOCK IS CLOSING IN OAK CREEK, MARKING THE END OF THE COMPANY’S 100 PLUS YEAR HISTORY RIGHT HERE IN THE MILWAUKEE AREA. PARENT ...

There are many sites around Milwaukee that were once home to large, buzzing industrial centers, employing hundreds, sometimes thousands of neighborhood folks, and we lament their shuttering and the ...