If you could only have 5 manual picks on you..

[Festus]

..For general purpose picking, which ones would you choose?

[zsoutendijk]

picks including tension wrenches?

picks

-hook
-diamond
-bogota
-snake
-falle hook #3

good idea!

-Zack

[melvin2001]

1 hook from locknewbie21 and 4 tension wrenches of various sizes.... thats all i need to be killer. but if were talking just picks, then 5 different hooks from LN

[FFVison]

Short hook, snake rake, and umm... 3 more short hooks in case the others break, I guess .

I know, it's not really good for those locks with tricky high low pin combos, but it's what I know so far.

[freakparade3]

Bogota Rake

Newbie Short Hook

Ramped Rake

Well, I guess I only need 3

[JackNco]

Bogota 3 hump
Peterson short hook
Southord slimline short hook
Southord slimline long hook
Double sided Lockmasters tensioner without the twist. (I love that thing)

[Anero]

Bogota Rake
Peterson reach
Peterson slender gem
Peterson short hook
Snake rake

[delocking]

Southord slimline short hook
Southord slimline small diamond
Southord slimline offset diamond

Yep 3 picks is enough

[run4yourlife24x]

1. Short hook
2. Very thin wrench
3. Medium thickness wrench
4. Standard Wrench
5. Off-set Diamond

[Festus]

Perhaps I should I told you sooner, but your answers are being used to help me decide which templates to put in a template compilation Im doing. Rather than having a compilation of a standard/traditional set, it seems much more practical to have a favorites set, as they are people's favorites for a reason.

Here it is.

[Festus]

Actually, I think the templates above might be a tad bit too big. At least the ones on the left.



Either should be very close, but meh.

[Afisch]

I feel your missing the long hook, less the falle progresive hooks have that covered

[LockNewbie21]

3 hooks and a vertical tensioner for any pin tumbler are no prob at all

For abloys.... A BIG BOX OF TISSUES

Jackko will aggree with me on the abloys, we really have to kidnap Falle' sometime.

LN21

[dboeren]

Did we ever find out if this includes tension wrenches or not?

Two hooks of different curvatures
Half-diamond
Bogota
Snake

[Festus]

Nah, not really, but you can include your favorite tension tools if you'd like.



Ok, so I've reworked the templates. I've managed to squeeze it unto a 3x5 package, so you can print it on a standard index card. Less waste, and heavier paper.



It's a shame you can't edit posts on here.