How old were you all when you started?

by **drunk.with.love** » 11 Dec 2006 21:04

Just out of curiosity... age shouldn't really affect learning how to pick right?

by **unbreakable** » 11 Dec 2006 21:20

don't think so...

I started when I was 13 or 14 (does picking wafers really count?)

I know Zeke had his young kid of 4 or so picking some simple Pin tumblers I believe.

by **zeke79** » 11 Dec 2006 23:42

Nope, my son is 3 and and tries to bump and pick with me all of the time. We make a good pair. I kid you not, my 18 month old daughter runs around the house right now saying "bumpkey" "bumpkey" "bumpkey". My wife can prove it. We both just crack up at that. My son is now almost able to cut his own bumpkeys for master M1 large pin on my 1200 blitz hpc machine. We have not tried on my framon 2D machine yet though.

by **Deathadder** » 12 Dec 2006 0:00

I started a year ago, so that makes 15 for me =O

also i believe krypos is around the same age...

I want to start an apprenticeship to a locksmith or something like that around here, (would make for a good summer job) but im not sure if anyone will take me in because of my age.

by **Father Time** » 12 Dec 2006 0:03

I started making picks for warded locks when I was about 12.

I'd hammer flat a piece of coathanger wire, then get busy with a file file to make the "magic T" shape I wanted.

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by **mjwhit** » 12 Dec 2006 0:21

started 6 months ago...
i was 16 then and still are now.

by **Kaotik** » 12 Dec 2006 1:30

I got my first pick set and started practicing when I was around 15, i'm 28 now. It was a SouthOrd 14 pc set but only had 7 picks and 3 tension wrenches in it that I paid $10 for from a buddy long ago.

by **devildog** » 12 Dec 2006 1:43

About when I registered on here, so about a year and a half now--I've been WANTING to know how to do this stuff since I was about 6 though, ever since I saw my first James Bond movie

by **Romstar** » 12 Dec 2006 1:45

I started when I was really young, like 6 or maybe earlier.

My grandfather was a locksmith among other things, so I had an inside track.

I don't think you are ever too old to learn any of this.

Romstar

by **iNtago** » 12 Dec 2006 2:24

i picked my first lock at around the age of 8 but i got into the hobby of picking a month before my 14 birthday (thats 13

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by **lunchb0x** » 12 Dec 2006 4:09

i started my trade when i was 15 snd hsve now been doing it for just over 5 years

by **jordyh** » 12 Dec 2006 4:30

I started picking one year ago, when I was 17.
I started reading on picking two years ago, when I was 16.

by **JackNco** » 12 Dec 2006 6:56

*sigh*

Started a few months ago and im 22..... now i feel old

John

by **illusion** » 12 Dec 2006 7:42

Started a bit before I joined this forum; I was 17 at the time.

by **UNFORGIVEN** » 12 Dec 2006 9:32

i got 2 nephews one is 5 years old and im glong to teach him to pick a padlock i have and if i can and have the patients i also have a 2 year old nephew and i want to see if he can do it aswell if i have sucsess i would like to post videos of them picking a padlock i have lol

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