Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 25 | When the letters are properly aligned the bolt may be withdrawn. |
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Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 22 | Padlocks, it View more quotes about might">might be mentioned, are common on Gor. |
| 5 | 23 | Also, combination locks are not unknown, but they are infrequently found. |
| 5 | 24 | The most common combination lock consists of a set of lettered rings which conceal a bolt. |
| 5 | 25 | When the letters are properly aligned the bolt may be withdrawn. |
| 5 | 26 | Some locks, on the compartments of rich persons, or on the storehouses of merchants, the treasuries of cities, and so on, are knife locks or poison locks; the knife lock, when tampered with, releases a blade, or several of them, with great force, sometimes from behind the individual at the lock. |
| 5 | 27 | On the other hand, knife locks are seldom effective against an individual who knows what to look for. |
| 5 | 28 | Much more dangerous is the poison lock, because the opening through which the tiny pins, usually coated with a paste formed from kanda root, can emerge can be extremely small, almost invisible to the eye, easy to overlook in the crevices and grillwork of the commonly heavy, ornate Gorean lock. |
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Padlocks, it might be mentioned, are common on Gor.
Also, combination locks are not unknown, but they are infrequently found.
The most common combination lock consists of a set of lettered rings which conceal a bolt.
When the letters are properly aligned the bolt may be withdrawn.
Some locks, on the compartments of rich persons, or on the storehouses of merchants, the treasuries of cities, and so on, are knife locks or poison locks; the knife lock, when tampered with, releases a blade, or several of them, with great force, sometimes from behind the individual at the lock.
On the other hand, knife locks are seldom effective against an individual who knows what to look for.
Much more dangerous is the poison lock, because the opening through which the tiny pins, usually coated with a paste formed from kanda root, can emerge can be extremely small, almost invisible to the eye, easy to overlook in the crevices and grillwork of the commonly heavy, ornate Gorean lock.
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