Why Us?
Most people have a general understanding of what a lock is, but that understanding is often limited to the few models they’ve owned or seen. Few non-locksmiths know much about the wide variety of locks that exist throughout the world or how locking technology has changed over the years. That’s why many general consumer books and articles about locks (which are almost always written by non-locksmiths) use definitions of the term lock that are too narrow, broad, or outdated. Although laypersons might not need to be concerned about the misleading definitions, it’s important for as a locksmith to know what a lock really is and isn’t, coming up with clear and precise definitions of lock isn’t as easy as a layman might think.
