High(er) Security

I got the lock off of Ebay, made in Brazil. It is pretty cool, has hardened pins in the front of the plug, and the first key pin is made of steel to make drilling harder. The sidebar is pretty much ornamental though, when picking the lock generally the back of my hook hits some of the sidebar pins, and in the 30 seconds it takes to set the top pins the back of my hook manages to set the sidebar pins. I suspect with some high quality machining, and a decent keyway this could actually be a pretty tough lock.
More Photos of Lock

Just a quick note, I am vowing to try to post at least once a week – that does mean that all my posts probably wont be breakdowns and some will be just a few pictures of a lock or some other random thing, but oh well. Also, I am currently working on a breakdown that I think many people wil be very interested to see.