Keyring picksets, Which do you prefer

by **GutterClown** » 19 Jul 2007 7:51

I've noticed a few types of jackknife picksets around, such as:

Southern Specialties "Folding Pocket Pickset"
http://www.lockpicktools.com/images/352-01open-600.jpg

SouthOrd "Jackknife"
http://www.spook-tech.com/images/products/JPXS-6.jpg

HPC "Jackknife pickset"
http://www.hpcworld.com/Picks/images/p_jkp5.jpg

Any preferance? I'm just wondering if they're useful on the job, or mainly a gimmick \ novelty.

Personally, I'm looking at the southern specialties one, as they're releasing bogota picks for it via phone order.

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by **Shrub** » 19 Jul 2007 7:58

Your easy answer is non of the above, they are all crap and useless unless you can already pick well they are just a gimmick and if you can pick well they are even more of a gimick,

Youve missed an important option from the poll and thats an option to vote for none of the above by means of either none of them or you wish not to vote, either way you have to vote for one of your choices if you want to vote and thats not right

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by **GutterClown** » 19 Jul 2007 8:13

I'm personally a fan of standard laminated HPC short hooks, so you're preaching to the converted.

But I notice that you claim they are all novelties and crap, yet you didn't actually vote that you'd used any.

Speculation?

by **UWSDWF** » 19 Jul 2007 10:10

GutterClown wrote:Which keyring pickset have you used \ like the most

Beyond this being a waste of time and space... as there are litterally dozens of threads on the subject of these novelty junk wads....

well i've used the southord one and it was a rattly piece of shite with poor feed back and no real use....

and so I cannot vote as it would also imply that I liked any of them the most.

but hey maybe there the thing made just for you as well I really dislike HPC picks.

by **Shrub** » 19 Jul 2007 12:39

I have used all of those or rather tried them and many more including home made ones and none of them are a touch on separate individual picks,

Im not picking bits at you here dont get me wrong but i have to ask why the interest to the point of making a poll if your converted? not that a conversion needs to be done unless you started on them :wink:

by **jamesphilhulk2** » 19 Jul 2007 15:38

well i had the southord one but i didnt select any of the options because they are rubbish, they let me down really bad so i decided im going to design and make my own

by **Kaotik** » 19 Jul 2007 15:42

Well I have tried others, but I will not comment or vote on the choices you have given. I made my own as well so i'll stick to that one.

by **scorpiac** » 19 Jul 2007 15:52

I own the "Southern Specialties" one and I hold a very high opinion of it as far as jackknives go. Shrub is entirely correct that none of them are of any use if you are not already an experienced picker.

by **LockNewbie21** » 19 Jul 2007 16:03

well I will not vote yet add my 2 cents.

I belive thatif you have it on your keyring, and need something it's okay.

However, they are junk. I have personally not tried, but since i never rake and only ever use hook unless a rake is manditory.

There okay jsut to have i suppose but nothing i would pay for.

by **GutterClown** » 19 Jul 2007 16:17

Shrub wrote:but i have to ask why the interest to the point of making a poll if your converted?

Curiosity. who better to ask about a certain type of pick, than a community devoted to nothing else but lockpicking.

I figured they wouldn't be overly good, definatly not good enough as a main go-to pickset. I'm just curious as to weither they're worth just having as an emergancy kit. I'd load it out with the standard kit (short hook, double ball, extractor, bogota, saw and an old broken pick just as a feeler \ spike)

by **n00bking** » 19 Jul 2007 22:10

Buddy I hate to break it to you...but double balls are generally standard issue.

Standard issue is

hook
snake
small diamond
extractor
ball

why? I don't know, I would have

hook
snake
small diamond
w rake
L rake

by **Eyes_Only** » 19 Jul 2007 22:40

I've used a Dyno Kwik Pick and didn't really like it. I got a normal Majestic pick set soon afterwards and since then I have not once touched my Dyno pick.

The handle is just way too big, kind of like using a screwdriver with a handle the size of a basketball so I assume it's the same way with other similar pick tools.

So yeah, I vote none if thats ok.

by **freakparade3** » 19 Jul 2007 22:44

I'll buy a jackknife set when Raimundo starts making them with his bogata rakes.

by **RangerF150** » 20 Jul 2007 2:12

Eyes_Only wrote:I've used a Dyno Kwik Pick and didn't really like it. I got a normal Majestic pick set soon afterwards and since then I have not once touched my Dyno pick.

The handle is just way too big, kind of like using a screwdriver with a handle the size of a basketball so I assume it's the same way with other similar pick tools.

So yeah, I vote none if thats ok.

Yeah I got a Dyno Kwik Pick, total rubbish!
And I vote none also :-)

by **GutterClown** » 20 Jul 2007 3:55

n00bking wrote:Buddy I hate to break it to you...but double balls are generally standard issue.

What? er... sorry, I ment my standard kit.

None of those pictured jackknives have double balls.

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