ARCHIVE 2003-2013 Introduce yourself HERE if you are new. :)

[helix]

I am trak's wife

Hey, Mrs. T!

[Chrispy]

Perhaps it Mrs. G?

[vavere]

Chrispy, helix: I am here to keep an eye on trak!

[Chrispy]

You're in for a lot of work then.

So is it Mrs. T or Mrs. G?

[vavere]

Chrispy: On LP101, I am just vavere!

[Chrispy]

Fair enough. No offense. Welcome.

[sivlogkart]

It seems that vavere has tracked me down.

[Chrispy]

Ha!

[Gambolpuddy]

Dude, go get yourself some practice locks.
Don't pick locks that you rely on.
If you break a pick in there, you could bugger the lock.

i know, sorry, i meant the type of lock like the ones used in doors. I have a couple of training locks i found around... BTW, when i have my camera fixed i'll send some pics of my homemade picks -in the apropriate thread, of course-

[Nose-Picker]

My name is Richard and I am new, hence I am writing this to say My name is Richard and I am new, hence I am writing this to say My name is Richard and I am new, hence I am writing this to say My name is Richard and I am new, hence I am writing this to say You get the idea, lol.
Up to now I have only been messing with picking from time to time but I have just got a decent set of picks and intend to spend more of my free time learning this art. The prison officers dont seem too keen on me doing this but live and let live I say.
I love what you guys have done with this site and hope to spend many hours here learning how little I know about picking.

[kinoo]

Hi Guys I'm new to Picking and have yet to get a set of picks but hopefully well soon enough. I love puzzles and I've been reading alot since I signed up last night and lock picking seems like its gonna be the challenge I'm looking for. Nice to meet you all

[Greyflex]

Hi. I am new to lock-picking AND to forums. This is my first attempt to post, so I hope I am doing this correctly.

Kudos to the people who built and maintain this site. Just happened across it a week or two ago, totally by accident. I clicked on the "lockpicks - manual" forum, and I was totally engrossed. I was so inspired, the next day I bought a Kwikset deadbolt and a couple of hacksaw blades - Greyflex is the brandname of them - and free-handed a pretty kewel-looking, Falle-deep curve-inspired pick with my Dremel. I made a torque wrench by bending a nail, and grinding the end square.

Well. I started with just two pins. I practised less than an hour a night, and by the third night I could pick all five pins quite easily. I changed the order of the pins to make 4 and 5 the worst hi/lo combination possible, and found I could only pick it in one direction. So I made a few more picks. I have five picks, now.

I was stumped at first by a brass padlock I have, stamped "U-Haul." I picked it a couple times, seemingly by accident. But after reading about security pins, I quickly figured this one out. Pins 4 and 5 are security pins, and I am pretty sure they are spools. Now that I know, I can pick this lock in about 15 seconds.

Well, I picked my backdoor, and a Schage deadbolt, too, in just a few minutes. I feel like I could open most any low-security pin lock, now. And it feels pretty neat.

I even made a compact carrying case that I would like to show-off, almost as much as my picks, themselves. As soon as I get a digital camera I will try to figure out how to post pics.

well... I just really wanted to say "hi." I guess I have done that, and then some.

Oh. Any tips on raking? I picked up single-pin picking pretty easily, but I am retarded when it comes to raking . Probably doesnt help that all my picks are Falle-curvsy, probes, and hooks. I would go back to two pins and try to learn, but I already returned the Kwikset, lol. Oh, I also "lever" my pick, when I single-pin pick. Maybe I need to learn to lift to get the feel for raking??

Thanks for reading my post!

[Andydrew567]

im new to lockpicking and this website, one day i was bored and randomly thought about lock picking the first day i learned how to crack my friends padlock the next i learned how to pick it Im pretty excited to learn more thanks..

[Slav]

Hey guys,
I've always been interested in learning lock picking, just for the sake of knowing how! I've decided to register on here and join your community. I'm from Ontario, Canada, and I just purchased a 14 piece stainless steel lock pick kit from www.lockpickshop.com. Hopefully it makes it thru customs okay...

So.. anyways, hi!

[Mortal_Madness]

Hello people,
Im from Croatia and I just odered 15 pick set,i hope you can help me get started...