Hi there everybody!
I'm still a beginner with lock picking, typing my message from Hungary, Europe. Well, I could't get my hands on a set of lock picks so far(I guess I'll make a couple...), since I don't own a MasterCard or anything alike, I had to mess around with a safety pin for a start(I'm really young and still in High School). I knew it was waaay harder, and according to most, if not all, professional sources, picking a lock with one tool is impossible on most occassions. Well, interestingly, I succeeded, opened a padlock (40mm Topex Hardened or whatsis) with a bent safety pin. Even more interesting, my first try was appr. 20 seconds, but the second try(which I recorded) consumed a nasty 1-1.5 second to pick open.
This doesn'T prove that I'm a lockpicking phenomen, or anything about unnecessity of torque wrenches. It makes it clear, that a cheap lock DOES NOT lock AT ALL. Way to go. Topex.
Here is the video:
http://users.atw.hu/gangerli/MyMovie.wmv
is there somebody who could tell me about european lockpick distributors, or any professionals? I'd really appreciate it. Thx!
keep up, everybody!
happy picking!
