What did you pick today?

[C-Horse]

Picked this old WB a few days ago:


Also picked this Craftsman padlock, made by Elgin I believe (the blank in there was just to check keyway)

I like that old WB

[Hachronn]

What two picks are those pictured?

Slender Gem & Slender Reach.

When I first started picking I was using those .015 slender picks. I was chatting with Ken and he suggested the .018 Euro picks as a happy medium. I ordered the Euros in my favorite profiles, I will report back when they come in. I tell you one thing I sure love the Peterson products. They feel great almost natural when picking.

Those two picks came with my SFIC set; otherwise, I may only have a couple of other slender that I bought for comparison. I am beginning to run into tighter keyways, so I'll probabably try the euros out soon.

[Robotnik]

Picked this five pin Best SFIC padlock to control utilizing a homemade I-core tensioner. Went surprisingly quick once that tensioner locked in.

[Hachronn]

I successfully decoded my Master 175 this morning. That was a good thing because a I changed the combination a couple of days ago and failed to record the new one.

[Divinorum]

Picked this American 5300 at work today. Getting paid to pick is a dream come true

[teamstarlet]

Got my first Medeco today at the Boston TOOOL meeting. It's only a 3pin progressive but gave me a really good feel for the lock in general.

Now for some more practice!

[GWiens2001]

Very nice picking, teamstarlet. You will be up to a fully loaded lock soon!

Gordon

[Robotnik]

Got my first Medeco today at the Boston TOOOL meeting. It's only a 3pin progressive but gave me a really good feel for the lock in general.

Now for some more practice!

Nice, that's what I picked today too! Mine was only two pins, though; got to where I was picking it consistently and will add another stack in this weekend.

[teamstarlet]

Nice, that's what I picked today too! Mine was only two pins, though; got to where I was picking it consistently and will add another stack in this weekend.

The Medeco's are falling!

[Squelchtone]

Picked this old WB a few days ago:

haha, I see the KP chat window, that's funny =)

[serrurier]

Good day,

Just a lock I like to get better and faster at picking. I saw this lock in the middle of the street stopping at a street light. I quickly jumped out of my car in the middle of the road to pick it up. No key but opening it is not really a big problem anymore

[mseifert]

Picked these 2 up on Ebay a few days ago .. Master 6835KA

[Divinorum]

Nice picking mseifert. I find American locks so much fun to pick. Today I picked a very worn American 700 stamped REL (9/03).

[Hachronn]

When I got to my storage unit at my local Public Storage location today, I discovered that they had recently swapped out the doors on all the outdoor units. The old doors were of the "bring your own lock" variety. The new doors feature "cylinder locks" which according to the location's management are "far more secure" than padlocks. Not to put too fine a point on the thing, but the plug on this thing turned about as fast as I could insert my Bogotas. Fortunately, I can also add my own lock to the mechanism.

[buddykiller]

Picked these 2 up on Ebay a few days ago .. Master 6835KA

the 6835 has been my introduction to 5 pin locks. it took me a week to figure out, but you know how once you figure it out the first couple times it becomes like clockwork? well yea, i haven't had the funds to buy a new lock yet and i was looking at the bitting and noticed that if it was rearranged it would make for a much more challenging pick so i went ahead and rekeyed it. after i closed the shackle and reached for the picks i realized that i broke my slim profile medium hook and the only other pick i have with a slim profile is a shallow hook. that was 2 weeks ago. i popped it once the night after i rekeyed it but i was so tired that it had to be a fluke because i hadn't been able to get it again until tonight. i was so excited that when i turned to my wife to share the good news i locked it back up by reflex -_- after failing to shim the core i spent a further 6 hours setting, unsetting, then resetting pins until it popped again. needless to say i quickly rekeyed it back to the original bitting. i rearranged the drivers and it's a little bit more difficult, but not much.

When I got to my storage unit at my local Public Storage location today, I discovered that they had recently swapped out the doors on all the outdoor units. The old doors were of the "bring your own lock" variety. The new doors feature "cylinder locks" which according to the location's management are "far more secure" than padlocks. Not to put too fine a point on the thing, but the plug on this thing turned about as fast as I could insert my Bogotas. Fortunately, I can also add my own lock to the mechanism.

blah, they just say that so they because "there isn't any shackle to cut and that's the most common method". i'd be willing to bet money that the only reason they did that is so that they don't have to get the angle grinder out when people don't pay up, and most people are going to use it because "hey i don't have to buy a lock!" (which would also be the type that would be more probable to not pay their rent). i've yet to give bumping a try, but i'd imagine it'd be easier to bump than a padlock. not to mention that i'm sure even low level street thugs know about raking.

did they let you keep the cylinder or is the customer's lock added to the door in addition to the storage place's lock?