ARCHIVE 2003-2013 Introduce yourself HERE if you are new. :)

[Hapatchi]

hey! i have just always had an interest in lock picking and now that i have a job, i decided i should look into it more and see if i am any good at it. this looks like a big community and i am happy to be a part of it!

[clayton56]

Hi all. New to lockpicking, but I've been lurking here for quite a while, and I love the site. Such a wealth of information!

[Stylefree83]

hi i'm new to the site and to lockpicking.
though i did work with a locksmith when i worked with Ringling Bros...we had to rekey the whole train because someone got ahold of our masterlock for every door. i.e. there are about 200 rooms on the train. i.e. the circus still travels on train LOL.
Just ordered a 12 piece SouthOrd pick set, now in the market for a grinder/dremmel to homebrew my own picks
and send a request to apprentice for a chicagoland locksmith. wish me luck.
this site is so intrigueing to me i just cant leave it alone

[Char]

hello i am new here
i am from estonia
it is a little country in europe
i dont have any picking tools yet
but i try to get some...

[sublime progie]

welcome char

[Jay J. McCool]

I'm JJ, live in the Minneapolis area, and I'm enamored with the art of lockpicking. Just got my first pickset from Omikron and I successfully opened a lock several times in under a minute via the "scrubbing" technique as described in the MIT guide. Next on the list is actually picking a lock pin by pin, and doing all the REST of the stuff that's actually important, like learning to visualize and use my senses!

At any rate, it seems like a wonderful hobby, and the community here simply rocks. Glad to be a part of it.

[shureLock]

Hello all, on my weekly binge of the internet i happened to come along the hobby of "lockpicking". Not that i have no friends or a low selfeasteam but this looks like somthing realy cool to master. I am a first year student at a local university and have no criminal record, and plan to use these skills on a recreational bases. This means that i am in no way affiliated with locksmithing or a company. As of yesterday i knew locksmithing to be verry difficult, and for pros or Macgiver, but as i read on i got little tips and tricks to pick my front door (so far unsuccessfull). Anywho i just want to check if this is ok because i see people get flamed for "illigal " sounding questions, thanks for the read, and a wonderfull site i might add.

Matt

[Jason13]

Hi shurelock Only thing you will need to know is dont use picking tools or any type of homemade tools and go use them on a another persons door, car lock etc... and even to have picks on you while outside is a big No No! so try to remind your self to leave them at home and happy Picking!

[Jason13]

i mean to say Dont use them on anothers person door Opps i most of deleted it while edited my mistakes

[jgencinc]

I am very new to picking, but have always been curious. I've always been able to open wafer locks, but never put any serious effort into pin tumblers. I watched Pyro's video on making picks. When I saw how easy it was to make some picks, I got the bug. Fortunately I live directly across from a Strauss auto parts store. I am not too proud to garbage pick. They had a crapload of used wipers sitting in their outside trashcans. I made tension wrenches out of wiper blades, and made 3 picks from a hacksaw blade. After much reading, and a little patience, I can succesfully open a master No. 140, a master No. 3, and all the kwiksets on my front and back doors. I will indeed be investing in some better hardware for my doors. Maybe even invest in some real tools, although with a little practise and some measured drawings, I'm sure I can fabricate picks just as good as store bought.

Anyway, thanks for all the info, and thank you to Pyro for making the video. I hope I can learn more, and contribute to an awesome forum.

[Dewey1384]

I've been interested in the mystique of locks for as long as I can remember. Finally was able to afford a lock pick set and have help several people with "issues" and it's a great feeling to help! I like to play around with locks I have (picking) like an old woman making a quilts
Still learning but have a strong background in technology which helps. Thanks for having me!

[illusion]

Welcome to the site.

Enjoy your stay.

Read the FAQs.

Click my sig.

And........ Have fun.

[digilock]

Hello all of you, Netherlands says Hallo!

As a child i picked lockes with a worn out Lips key, didn't do it for years but i am picking it up again. Can't wait till my 14pc set is comming in by postal order.

Greets, (like we say: groeten )

digilock

[weldman]

Hi everyone im new here.....duh lol

anyways im a welder and electrician and want to learn lock picking to waste spare time so i looked up this #1 site

happy to be here and hope to learn allot

thanks for making it all possable

[Einzee]

Hello. My name is Einzee. (Einstein) My Brother gave me that name many years ago. I have a tendency to study everything that I do. I wouldn't call it an OCD but I study to become more efficient. My intrest in locks started at a fairly young age of around 13. My first lock I took apart was a Kwikset single cyl. deadbolt. I studied the action and even rearranged the pins to fit other keys I had laying around. All of this I did entirely on my own. The intrest in locks went dormant for awhile until I landed my first job as a "Maintenance Man." That really opened me up to the world of simple residential locks. The rekeying kit was purchased for me and I was in charge of changing the locks in an 80 unit apt. community, all of which were keyed to a master key. During my employment for this community, I enrolled into a "mailorder" Locksmithing course. Very enlightening is all I can say to that. Although I never completed the course, I still to this day use the knowledge that was learned from that course.

I am still very fascinated with locks. I have experience with Abloy, Medeco, and Mosler, just to name a few. I am fairly proficient at making keys from plain stock. I have never owned a key machine so all of my keys were cut by hand. Sure its a slow process, but it added to my understanding of how locks worked.

I joined this forum in the hopes of maybe shedding some light and to learn some things too about the concepts of locks. I have yet to browse the forums but am anticipating a wealth of info.

Thank you for allowing this space to introduce myself. I shall commence the browsing.