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133t hAxOr 5ki11z?

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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Postby devnill » 15 Nov 2005 20:43

NKT wrote:I thought we all started with paperclips? They are perfect for cheap wafer locks.

I've improv'd a pick out of many things. Paperclips, safety pins, wire, plastic coffee stirrers, shims, in fact, pretty much anything vaguely useable.

Of course, now I take a set of proper picks everywhere, letting me deal with most lock-out calls from my belt and jacket!


I used a sewing needle, and a pocket knife for torque..stupid tubular locks.
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Postby NKT » 16 Nov 2005 5:53

Starting with a tubular seems odd. Was it a bike lock or something? Or were you seriously crashing from your caffiene high, and didn't have a pound for the Coke machine?

I started with a few cheap padlocks, and then went on to wafer locks in lockers and filing cabinets, using what I now know to be an overlifting technique. But that was about 20 years ago!
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Postby SFGOON » 16 Nov 2005 10:34

Coke in the UK costs a POUND?! :shock:
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Postby digital_blue » 16 Nov 2005 11:55

SFGOON wrote:Coke in the UK costs a POUND?! :shock:


That only sound odd because in the US they buy their coke by the pound. ;)

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Postby Chrispy » 16 Nov 2005 20:50

:lol: :o :lol:
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