Hi! This is my very first time lockpicking so please help

[KingsJoker14]

I looked at the MIT guide but I have a short atenntion span to read all of it.

so is there a guide that is short and to a point or videos?

anything will help! Thankyou for your time

[Gordon Airporte]

Lockpicking by its very nature requires some patience, so I hope you're okay with that.
This guide is very good:
http://www.crypto.com/papers/notes/picking/

[kepiblanc]

Check youtube for videos. They are numerous.

[Lucky1406]

You can actually buy many books on lock picking that are concise and very imformative from your local book stores. I know that barnes and Noble will order most any for you, as well as Borders. Having a book with pictures can really help. Also, you can order most from Amazon.com. Have a look throught the past posts with the search feature on this website, and see what other people have said about the different lockpicking books and decide for yourself what would be the best for you. But as for a quick guide to lockpicking, I would have to say, some of the videos on this site are really good to get you started:
http://connect.waag.org/toool/
Check there, and tell us what you think. We will be happy to answer any specific questions that you might have.

[Bud Wiser]

Read MIT and Matt Blaze's Guide before you buy books. Any book I've seen has nothing these two free guides cover. You must start here with the basics. Once you understand the basics, you practice on feel and technique. This will help you more when you watch videos. You will notice the different techniques, the hand movements with the pick and slight jerking of the tension, the timing, etc. But if you don't understand the basics, the videos are of lttle value, accpet for learning how to rake.

Good luck and have some fun!

[linty]

if you don't have patience this is not a good hobby for you eh?

[LockNewbie21]

Thue you will need patience.
But you could buy a cutaway and see whats happening based what your doing and feeling.

Thats all i can say becuase ou going to end up reading it. If not just play video games or watch movies.

[kepiblanc]

linty,

As my post about the "S" rake suggests, in addition to broken picks, a lack of patience can lead to severe impediments toward attaining any sort of proficiency in lock picking.

[Schuyler]

heh, I think linty was likely backing that point up, not actually asking a question for himself

(as he's a lockie )

[Unholy Ham]

The first ever resource (as well as where I found lp101) was howstuffworks.com. They have great visuals, and can help you get on your way.

Plus, they have lots of links to good sites.

Good luck!

[illusion]

The slides done by Deviant Ollam are very nice:
http://deviating.net/lockpicking/topics.html

I like the way they've been done, but consider it mainly useful to accompany the MIT and Crypto papers.