Arrived quickly here in the US. The keys and lock were both visibly dirty, I can understand the lock being a bit dirty from machining the cuts into it but having dirty keys is just low QC. When cleaning the lock a yellow residue comes off of it, I believe this was corrosion or some other reaction from the harsh bleach/citrus chemical cleaner being used. The side cuts on my lock are rather consistent, one side cut a little to shallow and left some pieces of metal that do not effect how the lock works, but to make it look better I'll remove them with tweezers sometime. The other side has even cuts with no left over metal and is obviously what they are normally like. One side does not like to let the key out, you have the manipulate the pins from the side with a pick to remove it and the other sides broken around the core. The lock technically still works so that met QC; If your okay with this, and I was going into the purchase, then pick one up its great for the price.

Arrived quickly here in the US. The keys and lock were both visibly dirty, I can understand the lock being a bit dirty from machining the cuts into it but having dirty keys is just low QC. When cleaning the lock a yellow residue comes off of it, I believe this was corrosion or some other reaction from the harsh bleach/citrus chemical cleaner being used. The side cuts on my lock are rather consistent, one side cut a little to shallow and left some pieces of metal that do not effect how the lock works, but to make it look better I'll remove them with tweezers sometime. The other side has even cuts with no left over metal and is obviously what they are normally like. One side does not like to let the key out, you have the manipulate the pins from the side with a pick to remove it and the other sides broken around the core. The lock technically still works so that met QC; If your okay with this, and I was going into the purchase, then pick one up its great for the price.

Arrived quickly here in the US. The keys and lock were both visibly dirty, I can understand the lock being a bit dirty from machining the cuts into it but having dirty keys is just low QC. When cleaning the lock a yellow residue comes off of it, I believe this was corrosion or some other reaction from the harsh bleach/citrus chemical cleaner being used. The side cuts on my lock are rather consistent, one side cut a little to shallow and left some pieces of metal that do not effect how the lock works, but to make it look better I'll remove them with tweezers sometime. The other side has even cuts with no left over metal and is obviously what they are normally like. One side does not like to let the key out, you have the manipulate the pins from the side with a pick to remove it and the other sides broken around the core. The lock technically still works so that met QC; If your okay with this, and I was going into the purchase, then pick one up its great for the price.

For the price it is a good beginners practice lock. A bit gritty on arrival but otherwise fine once cleaned up.

For the price it is a good beginners practice lock. A bit gritty on arrival but otherwise fine once cleaned up.

For the price it is a good beginners practice lock. A bit gritty on arrival but otherwise fine once cleaned up.