No. 1 Masterlocks

[NoobInTraining]

Around my neighborhood there are tons of No. 1 Masterlocks just laying around for no apparent reason. I was just wondering how many pins are in one of them and if they would be easy for a novice lockpicker to pick one of these. I tried couple times than gave up--because i didnt know about them too much.

[Darek84CJ]

How can locks be laying around for no apparent reason?

[yungning]

u can probably go to store buy a No. 1 master lock and practice

[UnLock]

Hey Noob,

To you, it may seem the locks are there for no reason however only the person that put them there could say for sure. I wouldn't mess with those locks at all simply because they're not yours. Take yungning's advice and go buy yourself a #3 Master or whatever number you want. At least this way you can practice from the comfort of your home.

Good luck with your picking.

[David_Parker]

Yeah, I agree with buying one.

Stealing and taking padlocks is never good. You can get into a heap of trouble. Anyone catches you, it never looks good.

Neighbors might understand you and your friends smoking pot in an ally or something, but if they ever catch you attempting to pick a padlock on someones gate or other, you've got trouble coming.


-Dave. (I'm not condoning drug use either, but lockpicking still isn't exactly an accepted thing. Its like making bombs)

[plot]

but lockpicking still isn't exactly an accepted thing. Its like making bombs)

very true. people put all there trust and confidence in locks. they feel safe when it's locked...

when you violate that lock and open it without that special key that that person has, you shatter there confidence and feeling of safety. they want that feeling of being 'secure' back, so they will go after you like no other...

[UnLock]

I don't mean to keep dragging this issue but I also thought of another scenerio. If someone does see you picking a lock in public and if something of theirs ever goes missing like a bike chained up or whatever, guess who'll be their prime suspect?! I would hate to have to explain to a cop that you only 'practice' lockpickping and would never use it to steal anything. I really don't believe that would go over too well with him. Not to mention you're in posession of B&E tools without being an actual locksmith. Definitely not worth the risk!

[NoobInTraining]

i should've added the fact that i live in the middle of nowhere and the closest house near me is about 2 miles away, and the locks were here when we moved into the house

[David_Parker]

NoobInTraining Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 11:49 pm Post subject:

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i should've added the fact that i live in the middle of nowhere and the closest house near me is about 2 miles away, and the locks were here when we moved into the house

...well then. That sort of changes the situation doesn't it.

-Dave

[horntail]

bah, locks can be lying around! Before I got into picking, I found on lock open on the road (we used it to flip off someones power box and lock it closed... They TP'd my house so it was all in good fun:) and again, I have a No. 1 Masterlock that I found at a taco bell, it had been ran over a couple times... But it was open and working! So I closed it up, and now it's like a personal goal to pick it open

[CitySpider]

The occasional lock, yes. I've found probably a half dozen, and not bothered to stop and pick up about a dozen more. But "tons of locks" just randomly around?

[Chucklz]

If I ever just found a ton , or tonne, of padlocks, just laying in a heap, I would try and find out if I was dreaming, or dead and gone to heaven. I most often see locks placed thoughtfully somewhere to secure something; something important to the owner. No reason to mess with that.