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First Pick A Success?

THE starting place for newcomers. FAQ's, valuable information like product reviews, links to lockpicking related sites, lockpick tool vendors, and more. START HERE.

Moderators: digital_blue, zeke79

First Lock I Picked Took Me.... (pick which best suits)

0-30 Seconds to pop. (leet)
35
18%
1-10 minutes
88
45%
20-40 minutes
33
17%
1-2 hours
13
7%
1 day
11
6%
2 days+ (time to retire and you haven't even got started!)
17
9%
 
Total votes : 197

My ffirst pick

Postby sugurfoot » Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:39 am

My first three picks were less than 30 sec, then the next three we don't talk about. Number 4 was 1 min and that helped build myself back up but now I'm afarid to try the next one. Who knows how long it will take. I thought I was a natural. Now I feel just plain lucky.
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Postby Oppressor » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:00 pm

2 minutes :D
Gerda padlock brutally rap.. eeee.. raked :D.
Now i must find out how did I made it :roll:
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Postby I Vallen I » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:34 pm

I did mine in 1 min 30 secs today with ghetto picks i made
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took me about 2 hours to make those
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Postby Charlie511 » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:01 am

I Vallen I wrote:http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k299/I_Vallen_I/07-05-07_1132.jpg
took me about 2 hours to make those

That's very sad man :roll:
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Postby Charlie511 » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:39 am

My first lock was totally road apples, takes me 15 sec.
Second was padlock and it takes 2 hours :D
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Postby davou » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:45 am

Charlie511 wrote:
I Vallen I wrote:http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k299/I_Vallen_I/07-05-07_1132.jpg
took me about 2 hours to make those

That's very sad man :roll:


Thats rude... For all you know he did it with an emery board. Show some respect please.
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Postby Charlie511 » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:14 pm

davou wrote:
Charlie511 wrote:
I Vallen I wrote:http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k299/I_Vallen_I/07-05-07_1132.jpg
took me about 2 hours to make those

That's very sad man :roll:


Thats rude... For all you know he did it with an emery board. Show some respect please.

I'm sorry, I don't have right language feeling for words.
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Postby Nick51690 » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:55 am

my first time i picked a masterlock no.576 i took me about 4 mins then after that i kept doing it up until the point i did it in 5 secs or less and all of this happened in about 1 hour..i thought i was pretty fun but now im having trouble picking it now...wat could be the prblem beginners luck??? its a 5 pin lock btw
ROOKIE
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Postby Proctor » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:21 pm

took me 1 hour to open a very small no named lock :P i was so excited when it opened lol
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Postby poppasmurfenfold » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:21 am

my first lock was the passenger door on a ford escort
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Postby zagert » Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:50 am

it took me 5 mins to pick my first.(cos it was a wilkos!!!)[/b]
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Postby Fev » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:56 pm

Took me days :oops:. I was trying a padlock with spool pins and I had no idea what spool pins were at the time. I bought a new padlock without spool pins and was able to do that after a day of practicing. Now I can do the padlock with spool pins and am starting to attempt the door handle in my bed room, though no luck so far.
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first lock

Postby asbo04 » Sat Oct 27, 2007 5:48 am

the first lock i picked was a 4 pin bike lock (no im not planning on being a bike theif its all i could find round the house and i was bored lol) it took me about 8 minutes with paperclips and about 3 minutes when i got my picks (now have that down to around 50 seconds) :)
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Postby Kalooch » Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:13 am

Took me 5-6 min. to pick my first lock... I can now get that lock in under 30 seconds :D
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Postby therealmuffinman » Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:21 am

i have not picked my first lock yet because i had originally started on my front door with my coat hangar pick and then read the forums and realized i was breaking the most obvious rule (never pick a lock that is relied on especially with iffy tools), then i lost my pick/wrench when i finally found a lock so ill keep you guys updated
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