They both work the same way:
You suddenly gain focus on the delicate tasks of trap removal and lockpicking.

And they seem to be on a cooldown timer, I believe of once a day, but that's only per memory not something I've confirmed.


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>Thanks for the info. I was originally thinking that they would be less useful now that Locksmithing is a single skill, but depending on the amount that it actually boosts the skill they might be MORE useful, since instead of a 24-hour timer for two skills you would have two items on separate cooldowns that boost the same skill, in effect cutting the timer in half. Or am I misunderstanding the way they work?

No, that is correct. Essentially now you have two separate items that boost locksmithing, each with its own cooldown.