Originally Posted By: cfraser
I watched the guy make a key from scratch just by using their "special" blanks and jiggering it in the lock...probably took about 5 mins.


Did he jiggle it, and file it, jiggle it, and file it, and so on? If so, that's called impressioning. It's one of the finer arts of the locksmithing trade. Very interesting thing to watch when you have someone that is good at it.