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what do you think

Postby heaslip » 17 Nov 2005 13:36

i was thinking of buying this picking set but i am not sure how good it is
what do you think

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Postby SFGOON » 17 Nov 2005 13:44

Your, ummm, picture's bad. :?

Kinda defeats the purpose of the post. Maybe you could post a link?
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Postby Keyring » 17 Nov 2005 13:55

I'm sure I've seen this post somewhere else...

Anyway that jackknife lock pick set, and similar things, (in my opinion) is really something to buy because you think it's cool, and not because you want the best tools to open locks. Separate picks are the best thing to learn on, because you get a much better feel feedback, and are not encumbered by the weight of the rest of the tool. I wouldn't advise this as your first pick set.

Buy it later when you want to impress people or feel cool. But again, you may not want to buy a pick tool whose main purpose is carrying around anyway. However innocent you may be, you will not want to have to explain this during a random police search.
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Postby Fah_Cue » 17 Nov 2005 23:33

SFGOON wrote:Your, ummm, picture's bad. :?

Kinda defeats the purpose of the post. Maybe you could post a link?

if u right clic kon it and say "view image" it will come up
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Postby Tattoo Guy » 18 Nov 2005 16:18

I have that very pick set it's alright for simple locks and getting out some broken keys but other than that i wouldn't recomend it for learning or practicing with as has been said before it is too heavy and cumbersome to get any real feeling from it.
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Postby heaslip » 19 Nov 2005 7:08

thanks.
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Postby heaslip » 19 Nov 2005 16:41

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Postby Varjeal » 20 Nov 2005 10:47

Much better choice.
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Postby biggar101 » 20 Nov 2005 11:00

both pictures dont work for me :cry:
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Postby heaslip » 20 Nov 2005 11:03

biggar101 wrote:both pictures dont work for me :cry:


here is a link to the first one http://www.devonlocks.com/html/media/bigpics/9/JPXS-6F-l.jpg

and the second one http://www.devonlocks.com/html/media/bigpics/2/C-500-l.jpg
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Postby illusion » 20 Nov 2005 11:12

heaslip: That pickset is fine to start with, but personaly I'd buy the set of 9, beacause it costs very little more, but gives you a deforest pick, a small hook, a sawtooth rake, which are fun to use... I like it most because it gives you a twist-flex tension wrench in addition which I find nice to use.

But that set will do you fine :P
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Postby heaslip » 20 Nov 2005 11:52

its too late anyway i orderd it yesterday and should be here wednsday or thursday
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Postby funky__monk » 21 Nov 2005 0:03

it looks pretty cool but im not realy a fan of things like that with big handels id reather have individual pics rather that one of those flip out things
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Postby biggar101 » 21 Nov 2005 9:30

hahahaha the pictures still dont work what ever
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Postby digital_blue » 21 Nov 2005 11:25

biggar: you have to copy the address and paste it directly into your address bar. This site does not allow hotlinks so it is blocking you every time.

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