What did you pick today?

[femurat]

Hey Gordon, it's difficult to be consistent with those crappy locks. Sometimes one is easy, then it become a little more difficult... congrats anyway



I got this small Elzett padlock from a friend here on the forum... a nice little padlock.
Reminds me the Titan padlock I bought as souvenir when I was in Croatia.

Cheers

[daniel22747]

Today I am a man...

I picked my American brand padlock. This is one of the good core kinds with spooled and serrated pins, not the crappy master lock kind.

...and I owe it all to the books at my local library.

No, really I owe it to Lock Picking Over Kill!

[femurat]

Congrats daniel, american locks are my favorite padlocks to pick!

Cheers

[GWiens2001]

@femurat - I have one of those Elzett padlocks, also from a forum member. I like the body style. A fun pick, too.

I still have no consistency at all on that disc detainer. You must be right. It will fight and take five or more minutes, then pop right open smooth as glass twice in a row, then be tough as nails again. Still, it is fun to know I can get these without a dedicated pick.

@daniel - good job with the American padlock. It takes a while to learn them with the serrated key and driver pins, and I like the spoorated pins they use, too. Lockpicking Overkill is such a well written guide!

Gordon

[seb0704]

Hello

I have picked today :
- Vachette V5
- Noname cylinder
- Mottura pump
- Abus EC750-850
- Iseo R6
That was for fun but the job too.

regards

[phrygianradar]

@Daniel: Good job man, it feels good to make progress, and those American Padlocks are tough! Like we all do; pick it, click it and pick it agian!

@Gordon: I just got a cheesy little disc detainer lock from China. Cost me like 8 bucks (after shipping!) and I have been messing around with it after seeing your amazing skills! I am not sure that I will be able to pick it, but I was thinking about trying anyway. It is that or try to make a cut-away lock out of it, which will probably destroy it! Still very impressed by your lock picking prowess; you rock man!

[GWiens2001]

I am only a lower intermediate level picker. There are many pickers here better than me. Some day I will hit what I deem 'full fledged intermediate picker', but I will never approach the skills of some of the pickers here. But thanks anyway!

Gordon

[alockguru]

Not much today, just a cheapo KW1 keway, then the spare SC1 cylinder that I had laying around with no key that I replaced it with. Also the trunk on a 02 honda 2000. Keys where locked inside trunk. Car was locked and release was locked in the glove box. I was originally planning on just picking glove box since is less wafers but since car was locked and GB was locked I figured might as well give the trunk a try first.

[GWiens2001]

Nice thing about those S2000 cars is they are pretty easy to pick. Won't go into detail on the open forum, but they actually would make a good starter automotive lock for picking practice.

Gordon

[alockguru]

Nice thing about those S2000 cars is they are pretty easy to pick. Won't go into detail on the open forum, but they actually would make a good starter automotive lock for picking practice.
Gordon

I don't know any special trick with them but I do know a lot of honda 5xxx-8xxx codes series are loaded with 1 depths , after glancing at his key this one was four no cuts in a row. Definitely makes it easier

[fgarci03]

I am only a lower intermediate level picker. There are many pickers here better than me. Some day I will hit what I deem 'full fledged intermediate picker', but I will never approach the skills of some of the pickers here. But thanks anyway!

Gordon

Gordon, we have talked about this!

[Hachronn]

Today I am a man...

I picked my American brand padlock. This is one of the good core kinds with spooled and serrated pins, not the crappy master lock kind.

Grats Daniel. My twenty-five year old American Series 1305 only has serrated. I'm looking forward to picking one up with both serrated and spools.

[Hachronn]

It took me all day, but I finally managed to pick my American Series 5200. All serrated key pins, a serrated driver in stack five, and the rest of the drivers were all sporated... fun... fun... fun...

[fgarci03]

Haha that's great! I love my American Palocks!
Do you have pins for it? Try other combinations to get consistent!

[Hachronn]

Haha that's great! I love my American Palocks!
Do you have pins for it? Try other combinations to get consistent!

I think I have a long way to go before I'm consistent with the current configuration, but I suppose I could eventually mix and match some of the pins from my other American Padlock.

I agree about loving American Padlocks. They've taught more than any of my other practice locks.