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what is better

Having read the FAQ's you are still unfulfilled and seek more enlightenment, so post your general lock picking questions here.
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what is better

Postby Avenger » 17 May 2007 9:45

what technique do you think is better...i dont care about skill of the lockpicker, time is of essence here. what is quicker is better.

i dont really know the terminology so i will try to explain

first tech: something like "brute forcing" your lock with a pick...i mean that you put your pick in, and then pull it out hoping that all pins will allign on a shear line in 5,6,10 or 4856235986 pull outs

and second:classical, putting pins one at the time on the shear position


personally in my 1 week lockpick career i think that first method is beginner only, and that it kinda sucks, and you do it if you dont know other
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Postby Avenger » 17 May 2007 9:47

of course, im talking about lock that has pins :roll:
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Postby UWSDWF » 17 May 2007 10:14

huh? what?

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Re: what is better

Postby freakparade3 » 17 May 2007 10:20

Avenger wrote:what technique do you think is better...i dont care about skill of the lockpicker, time is of essence here. what is quicker is better


If you don't care about skill and only want to open locks quickly you are in the wrong place to get lessons. Why do you need to open locks so quickly?
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Postby Eyes_Only » 17 May 2007 11:12

I hope this isn't the same guy who asked "which lockpick is the fastest?" question a few weeks ago. And yes, why do you need to open locks so very quickly?
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Postby digital_blue » 17 May 2007 11:52

Let's just say the question isn't in "the spirit" of what we do here. Move along son. You've got reading to do.

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