Lock Picking 101 Forum

by **P1mpF0x** » 12 Dec 2004 3:22

How old were you guys when you first got interested in lock picking? I think that i am to young. So for now im just studying the types of locks and how they lock and unlock.

by **PickPick** » 12 Dec 2004 4:07

Around 18 I guess, I'm not sure. But I have a little cousin and as soons as you can give her tools without having to worry about her swallowing them I'm going to teach her. I know people who've started when they were 8 and peeople who've started when they were 80. It doesn't depend on the age IMHO.

Also check out this:

Came from www.ssdev.org

by **peterrastall** » 12 Dec 2004 14:00

well this is my first post ever! Feel honoured! Anyway, im interested, and im 14! However, I dont have any picks or anything like that... and I dont have a clue where to start! Im going to buy a lock, but what can i use as a pick and a tension thingy??? I really need a begginers advice, and people keep saying look at the FAQ but where are the FAQ? Please help!!!! Thanks!!!!

<--- Me (CONFUSED)

by **PickPick** » 12 Dec 2004 14:16

You might want to try this section:
viewforum.php?f=2
It's called "FAQs, and General Information" :roll:

If you're finished with the FAQ and stickies you'll just need to get used to the search engine and then you should be sorted for quite a while.
Btw, check this out:
http://www.ssdev.org/camp2003/kc/index.htm
From a children workshop at Chaos Communication Camp 03

by **P1mpF0x** » 12 Dec 2004 15:10

Yeah im about 14 to but i dont think that my parents will allow me to get lock picks... just a guess though. They will think that im doing something bad with them. :lol:

by **Lockpick Dan** » 12 Dec 2004 15:15

I was 14 when i started picking, and when I started the Foley Belsaw course. It's never too early to start

(or too late for that matter)

by **Romstar** » 12 Dec 2004 15:20

This is one of those things that you pretty much have to talk to your parents about.

Try getting one of them interested in the hobby as well.

Promise to keep your picks at home, and STICK to that promise. There isn't a lot of good reasons to carry them around anyway, and a whole lot of reasons not to.

At any rate, get one of your parents to check out the forums. Let them see how many people are picking locks as a hobby.

We have kids, adults, seniors. Doctors, lab technicians, construction workers, police officers, fire fighters, lawyers and just about anything else you can think of.

It's a growing hobby that interests a large variety of people from all ages and walks of life.

You might be surprised.
Romstar

by **silent** » 12 Dec 2004 15:24

But the best thing is to get them to pick with you. Then they know picks arent a "magic key".

by **SFGOON** » 12 Dec 2004 16:05

Am I the only one who noticed that the little girl isn't picking the lock right?! These noobs make me SO MAD!!! :evil:

by **peterrastall** » 12 Dec 2004 17:00

PickPick wrote:You might want to try this section:
viewforum.php?f=2
It's called "FAQs, and General Information"
If you're finished with the FAQ and stickies you'll just need to get used to the search engine and then you should be sorted for quite a while.
Btw, check this out:
http://www.ssdev.org/camp2003/kc/index.htm
From a children workshop at Chaos Communication Camp 03

Thanks, tis a great help! Wasnt so sure on the German website though, you cant exactly see what they are doing can you! If just like to say all the people in here are great! And Romstar... take a break! Man... I've been reading posts and its Romstar here.. Romstar there... blimey. Do you sleep?!?! Thanks everyone, will try and make some picks and get a lock now! Byeeee Peter

by **GA_LockIt** » 12 Dec 2004 20:04

I'll give the other extreme on the age spread... I'm 45 and waiting for my picks to be delivered this week.

As a kid I collected quite a few keys and a bunch of old padlocks. I'll be going to my parents home during Christmas and picking them up from where ever Mom has put them away. Hopefully, she has not thrown them out.....

I actually started thinking about what I wanted to do when I retired (or got fed up with this job). I read an article on the /. website one day about lockpicking and eventually googled this site. Working with computers for 20 years has gotten a little bit old.

Ben

by **P1mpF0x** » 12 Dec 2004 20:36

Yeah but i still think that my parents wont trust me with some picks. Even if i did promise them they would think that im up to something.

by **mcm757207** » 12 Dec 2004 20:40

I think I was 13... maybe 12 when I started to get interested in locks.

by **Buggs41** » 12 Dec 2004 20:53

PimpFox, even at your young age, you still need to learn new things.

When I was your age, I took up flying lessons. Too this day, my parent's are still amazed that I was able to accomplish that without thier help.

The funniest part is that I was not old enough to drive a car to the airport. I had to ride my bicycle there, in order to fly a plane through the sky. Yet this was my goal, and I did it!

Be honest with your parents, and show them that you have a desire to excell in all that you attempt. I think they will be very proud of you.

by **P1mpF0x** » 12 Dec 2004 21:42

hmm maybe i could just make some of my own picks with some homade things. I read somewhere that someone made picks out of bicycle spokes. I could be able to do that. If it works...

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