Ted2016 wrote:Is metal handle better than plastic? I would think that the metal would give better feel of what the tip is doing.
Experience will give you better feel of what the tip is doing, or more importantly what state the pins inside the lock are in. I like plastic dipped or rubber handles personally, but I don't mind metal handles either. I can pick the same lock with 5 different handled hook picks or s rakes pick, so it's not a matter of handle material. Thickness of the pick material can be important depending on how crazy the keyway profile is.
Try not to over think it either, when it comes to the physics of metals or rubber or plastic when it comes to feedback. Also, that generic GOSO pick set you got. yeah, I got it too once, perhaps someone gave me theirs, it's such an odd duck of weird pick shapes, many meant for car doors, often too thick to insert into a padlock or deadbolt. I have it in a box in the basement, where it belongs.
Practice every day and if picks are bending or breaking, then reduce how much pressure you use on the turning tools, so that the pick can move a pin inside the lock without feeling like you are prying the lid off a paint can with a screw driver.
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