PXS-14 from SouthOrd
Here is a photo of the entire set:
A photo of the picks themselves:
And a photo of the tension wrenches:
When I first opened them up, the picks and wrenches were in a plastic pouch and the grips were in a small yellow envelope. I had to put them on myself, and they didn't quite slip on as easily as I wanted. Feel somewhat cheap, but the picks were inexpensive so I can't complain.
The metal that they were made up was somewhat thin, and since I am new to lockpicking I couldn't say that they were cheap, but i feel that I could bend them with ease. The grips are made of a foam, and make picking much more comfortable in my opinion. I raked open my first lock with these in under 30 seconds, which made me feel pretty good about them, especially since it was my first lockpick attempt ever.
The pouch is made of pretty nice material. There is one pocket on the left side. I put the tension wrenches in there and the rest of the stuff on the other side. There is a bit of room left over, so I put the warded picks in there too, which I'll get to in a second. The pickset fits nicely into a suit jacket pocket (exactly 6").
As a beginner, I would recommend this set to any other beginner. The variety of picks as well as the nice case and small size makes these good to start out with, and I feel like I haven't even skimmed the surface of picking yet as there is so much about each tool that I don't know. It should keep me busy for a while, so I would recommend this to anyone else starting out.
Warded Pickset from SouthOrd
As stated above, I am new, but when I tried these out on some warded locks around my house, the pickset opened those locks almost as well as the key would. The metal is thicker than the pickset mentioned above, so they are pretty durable.
The get the job done. Highly recommended.
