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Locksmith Directory
Welcome to the Locksmith Directory We are a locksmithing directory 
dedicated to giving insight into the "nuts and bolts" of running a 
locksmithing business through the concerted efforts of all our 
members. All members are encouraged to submit they website of interest 
via the Contact Us Submission link on the left.
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directory to help your business. Thanks to all our members for your 
participation and support in helping us to grow. We now can boast a 
membership of over 300 and it's increasing everyday.
Locksmithing began as the science and art of making and defeating 
locks. A lock is a mechanism that secures buildings, rooms, cabinets, 
food, or other storage facilities. A key is often used to open a lock. 
Means of opening a lock often include what you know (a combination), 
what you have (a key or keycard) or what you are.
Locksmithing is one of the earliest forms of security engineering.
[citation needed] Lock picking was one of the first methods of 
cracking security systems.
Terminology
A "smith" of any type is one who shapes metal pieces, often using a 
forge or mould, into useful objects or to be part of a more complex 
structure. Locksmithing, as its name implies, is the assembly and 
designing of locks and their respective keys.
Work
Although fitting of keys to replace lost keys to automobiles and homes 
and the changing of keys for homes and businesses to maintain security 
are still an important part of locksmithing, locksmiths today are 
primarily involved in the installation of higher quality locksets and 
the design, implementation and management of keying and key control 
systems. Most locksmiths also do electronic lock servicing, such as 
making keys for transponder-equipped vehicles and the implementation 
and application of access control systems protecting individuals and 
assets for many large institutions. In terms of physical security, a 
locksmith's work frequently involves making a determination of the 
level of risk to an individual or institution and then recommending 
and implementing appropriate combinations of equipment and policies to 
create "security layers" which exceed the reasonable gain to an 
intruder or attacker. The more different security layers are 
implemented, the more the requirement for additional skills and 
knowledge and tools to defeat them all. But because each layer comes 
at an expense to the customer, the application of appropriate levels 
without exceeding reasonable costs to the customer is often very 
important and requires a skilled and knowledgeable locksmith to 
determine.
Employment
Locksmiths may be commercial (working out of a storefront), mobile 
(working out of a vehicle), institutional (employed by an institution) 
or investigational (forensic locksmiths) or may specialize in one 
aspect of the skill, such as an automotive lock specialist, a master 
key system specialist or a safe technician. Many (not all) are also 
security consultants, but not every security consultant has the skills 
and knowledge of a locksmith. Locksmiths are frequently certified in 
specific skill areas or to a level of skill within the trade. This is 
separate from certificates of completion of training courses. In 
determining skill levels, certifications from manufacturers or 
locksmith associations are usually more valid criteria than 
certificates of completion. Some locksmiths decide to call 
themselves "Master Locksmiths" whether they are fully trained or not, 
and some training certificates appear quite authoritative. It may be 
noted, however, that in some countries a particular level of 
qualification or membership of an organization is required before one 
can adopt the term Master Locksmith.[citation needed]
Locks
In the general case, a lock will not keep out an absolutely determined 
intruder with unlimited resources, skills, knowledge and time. 
However, even a minimal lock can delay a typical intruder for a time, 
and the disturbance generated in circumventing a high-quality lock, 
for example by breaking windows or doors, can deter many attackers, 
causing them to direct their attacks against weaker targets.
When combined with secure containers, or document destruction systems, 
or electronic access or alarm systems, locks can provide much higher 
levels of security. Some locksmiths possess these skills, and others 
form business relationships with companies or individuals with these 
specialties.
Full disclosure'
The issue of full disclosure was first raised in the context of 
locksmithing, in a 19th century controversy regarding whether 
weaknesses in lock systems should be kept secret in the locksmithing 
community, or revealed to the public.
According to A. C. Hobbs:
A commercial, and in some respects a social doubt has been started 
within the last year or two, whether or not it is right to discuss so 
openly the security or insecurity of locks. Many well-meaning persons 
suppose that the discussion respecting the means for baffling the 
supposed safety of locks offers a premium for dishonesty, by showing 
others how to be dishonest. This is a fallacy. Rogues are very keen in 
their profession, and know already much more than we can teach them 
respecting their several kinds of roguery. Rogues knew a good deal 
about lock-picking long before locksmiths discussed it among 
themselves, as they have lately done. If a lock, let it have been made 
in whatever country, or by whatever maker, is not so inviolable as it 
has hitherto been deemed to be, surely it is to the interest of honest 
persons to know this fact, because the dishonest are tolerably certain 
to apply the knowledge practically; and the spread of the knowledge is 
necessary to give fair play to those who might suffer by ignorance. It 
cannot be too earnestly urged that an acquaintance with real facts 
will, in the end, be better for all parties. Some time ago, when the 
reading public was alarmed at being told how London milk is 
adulterated, timid persons deprecated the exposure, on the plea that 
it would give instructions in the art of adulterating milk; a vain 
fear, milkmen knew all about it before, whether they practiced it or 
not; and the exposure only taught purchasers the necessity of a little 
scrutiny and caution, leaving them to obey this necessity or not, as 
they pleased.
-- From A. C. Hobbs (Charles Tomlinson, ed.), Locks and Safes: The 
Construction of Locks. Published by Virtue & Co., London, 1853 
(revised 1868). 
Locksmithing is a traditional trade, and in most countries requires 
completion of an Apprenticeship. The level of formal education 
required varies from country to country, from a simple training 
certificate awarded by an employer, to a full Diploma from an 
Engineering College (such as in Australia) in addition to time spent 
working as an apprentice.
Types of locks
See Category:Locks
Technical terms in locksmithing
Bitting 
Change key 
Key code 
Key blank 
Maison key system 
Master keying 
Shear line 
Technical terms in lock-picking
Lock bumping 
Tubular lock pick 
Tension wrench 
Slim Jim (lock pick) 
See also
Access control 
Door security 
External links
http://www.locksmithsecurityservices.com
http://locksmithhome.com/directory_locksmith.aspx
Lock out services 
New home owners special 
Commercial maintenance 
Duplicate key/lockbox combo 
Replacement key services
(many special keys available)