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[!*AMP*!]

Hey Everyone,
I decided to take up lockpicking as a hobby to take some time learning something useful. Hopefully, if I apply myself I'll be able to get a decent skill at it. Sounds like some people go into it thinking theres "magic" to it, hehe. I'm actually a graphic designer (http://www.amperagedesign.com) so it's a slightly wierd thing for me to take up, but hey, it's a free country, huh? (At least here in USA, ). Cheers, and thanks for having this great resource.

-Kevin

[eazy_t]

Hi everyone. My name it Tam Hare I live near Glasgow in Scotland. I’ve been working in the security industry for 10 years now mostly CCTV, alarms and electric locks I locked my self out of the house the other week and called for an engineer he came out and with in 5mins and with what looked like an electric toothbrush had the door open. I was shocked at how easy it was and wanted to know how it worked. After hours on the internet I’ve made up my mind That lock picking would be a good skill to learn and fun to try and master (as if), so I’m going to book some training courses for the summer first to pick as a hobby and secondly to expand my company a little (I hope).

Anyway thanks for taking the time to read this

Tam.

[Boycey]

Howdy all,

My name's Will, i'm 15 and i live in England. When i'm old enough i want to live in America. I joined lockpicking101 because when i'm older i want to be an auto-repo man. Everyone at school thinks this is weird but it's what i've wanted to do for a long time and recently i've been thinking about taking up lock picking as a hobby as it's a big part of the auto-repo business. Hope i learn a bit here, can't wait to start posting.

Boycey

[Shrub]

Hey boycey, hows marleene? lol only kidding bet youve not heard that one before lol

Welcome to the site everyone, have a good read of the rules then the FAQ's on site then make your way throu the stickies on each section youll get most of your questions answered before even posting, have fun every one

[Boycey]

Hey boycey, hows marleene? lol only kidding bet youve not heard that one before lol

Welcome to the site everyone, have a good read of the rules then the FAQ's on site then make your way throu the stickies on each section youll get most of your questions answered before even posting, have fun every one

Lol, never.

[SFGOON]

Welcome all to the forums. Boyce, go ahead and take a close look at the advaced section rules as well as the site rules. Repo is an honorable trade, but the lads here will get thier knickers in a twist if you ask about automotive bypass in the public forums.

[gwil]

hay peoples how is it going? i signed up to this forum because i am a medical student who is hoping to go into surgery and i currently have a slight tremmour so i thought i needed a dextrious hobby to get rid of this said imparement and improve my visual/spacial skills. then one of my mates suggested i should pick locks and i thought why the hell not. so i came on here signed up and here i am .

[gcon]

Hi everybody. I got interested in lockpicking a few days ago. My parents complained that i didn't have a hobby, but i didn't want to just go with some crappy cliche sort of hobby. So i turned to lockpicking because it seems interesting and could be a useful skill. Plus if i get good enough I can brag to my friends.

[eazy_t]

hi gwil lockpicking will be a great skill to have if you start doing key hole surgery lol bad joke i know

im new to the site to and have to say its realy well put together and if your like me after reading a few posts you'll be dieing to go try some locks.

[Chris B]

[ComTech]

I just wanted to introduce myself, I've been interested in lock picking for some time, but never made an serious effort to learn it until a few weeks ago.
I'm making slow but steady progress. I hope to get a locksmith license within the next year. In NC you have to pass a test and background check by the NC Locksmith licensing board.
I look forward to learning much from people who know how to pick.

[Makesstuff]

Hey...Just thought I'd intro me.
I do gas welding and screw around with all sorts of stuff.
I made my first picks 25 years ago and you can guess how far I've come from there.
A true jack of all trades and master of none.
I consider myself "White hat" as far as lock work goes and consider it a pastime...not a way to rip people off.I may apply for supervillan status someday but I think the world is safe....for now anyway.Keep an eye out for my posts...I will start today with an easy and interesting variant on an older post.

MS

[sidewayz6.6]

Hey, I'm new here. I consider locksmithing a hobby of mine, and have been practicing the trade for a little over three years now. I ordered my first SouthOrd lock picking set about three years ago, and have been constantly trying to improve my skills.

[wadelinquist]

Im brand new to lockpicking hehe. I thougt it would be cool to never be locked out again so i decided to learn how, my set is in the mail right now

[kheldar]

Yo. I can't say I'm new to lockpicking 'cause I haven't even started yet, but at least I'm new to this site. With me I'm bringing a question that might have been answered several times before, but I've been lookin' around at this website searching for an answer to my question, but I still haven't really found it, so I thought that if I wrote it here maybe someone will have an answer for me. So, what I'm wondering is if it is legal to have your own lockpick set and you're living in Sweden? Quite simple I guess, but... Yeah.

Thanks for your time.