FFVison wrote:My second lock that I tried, I don't remember even what it was (I lost it a while back) but I popped it in like 30 seconds... It took me longer to get it out of the packaging than it did for me to pick it. To be quite frank, I felt a little ripped off and cheated that it wasn't challenging.
LOL! That is exactly what happened to me
My first lock was a discarded Master #21 (it was hammered off the cable TV junction box in my apartment complex and was still lying next to the junction box after the maintenance people replaced the hasp and put on a new lock). I thought maybe the lock was broken and that is why they didn't just re-use the lock when they put on the new hasp (the lock wasn't compromised, the hasp snapped right off and was still attached to the lock).
I must have worked on that lock for hours. The frustrating thing was that I was never sure that the lock still worked. I felt sure that it did because each pin felt good and I could feel them lifting and snapping back down.
Anyways, after a couple nights of not being able to open it, I went to Target and bought a cheapo ($4) brass padlock and was able to open that in only 20 seconds or so. Feeling stoked, I bought 3 more locks the next day (a Master #3, Master #141 and one of those small front-opening padlocks with a shim-protected hasp). The #3 popped right away. The 141 has a wicked keying that I haven't been able to get past with my picks (I need to get a very thin hook and SPP it). Forget the front-opening lock, that keyway is tiny.
After being able to open the brass lock and the #3 consistently in only 3-5 seconds most times I turned my attention back to my #21 and got it open after about a minute! I WAS SO STOKED! I was finally able to get the remnants of the hasp off that lock!
OK, so I ordered a Shlage Kryptonite KS22 from eBay and I was hoping it would arrive last night. It didn't and I wanted a "real" challenge now that I had beaten my other locks so I went and bought a big beefy Masterlock #5 and couldn't wait to try it out. I struggled with that *&(#$@(&*#() plastic covering and it must have taken me a good 30-40 seconds to get the lock out of the packaging without damaging the cardboard insert that contains the lock info (I keep those as a sort of list of locks I have opened).
So I get it out of the packaging, unlock it a few times and notice the key opens in either direction. SInce the #3 opens better CCW than CW, I tensioned it to open CCW and slowly inserted my rake while applying very light but bouncy tension on the wrench while I worked the rake in and it popped before I even had to pull the rake back towards me!!! It was as if the rake WAS the key!
I was surprised. I relocked it and was able to do it consistently.
I felt sort of ripped-off too
Here I buy an $11 padlock and it opens so easy.
Well, my Schlage KS22 did arrive today and just holding it in my hands feels different. This lock feels well made. When I tension the plug and softly rake, I feel a finely-tuned machine instead of a jangly pile of nuts and bolts
I want to get this thing open at least once before I re-pin it prior to beginning dimension blue's single pin picking tutorial.
i am happy to hear any response
and she still puts up with my obsessions.
