Looking to improve your skills?

The American Lock 1100 is the gold standard for proving real competence. Packed with a mix of serrated and spool pins, it delivers the tight tolerances and feedback that separate casual pickers from confident ones.

This chopped and cut 1100, precision-machined by SPARROWS, exposes the full pin stack so you can see exactly what’s happening as you pick. Watch pins bind, set, and counter-rotate in real time, then translate that understanding into better control and faster opens on uncut locks.

If you can pick an 1100, you’re not guessing—you’re skilled.