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

[Jackrabbit-Slims]

Seasons greetings everyone. I have always been interested in mechanics/engineering and when it comes to the 'hands-on' stuff I couldn't resist this site. I go to school in Israel (thats as much as i will tell ya') but am 100% american.

From the vids, pics and texts on this site i have already learned alot (read over the MIT guide - very helpful) and i have about 5 different masterlocks of different sizes and shapes that i plan to have a go at soon (and dont worry i dont rely on them in any way ).

hope i can help this community in any way possible

[UWSDWF]

Welcome everybody,
For all thoes new to the site and lockpicking, LP101 is a great place to start.
Take a look at the new users section, first and don't be afraid to ask any questions just remember to try a search before posting.

If you're looking for locks to pick, buy some but, DO NOT PICK LOCKS YOU RELY ON
I repeat DO NOT PICK LOCKS YOU RELY ON, they can and will break, then your house/car/safe/chasity belt is vulnerable or unable to be opened (think: emergency situation).

Cheers,
UWSDWF

[kkowalchuk]

Hello to All,

I just joined Lock Picking 101 and have never picked a lock.

I was listening to CBC radio a while ago and heard Josh Nekrep being interviewed about Locksport. It all sounded quite interesting and challenging.

Cheers!
Ken

[jackbeef]

Hello,

I've been reading about lockpicking for a few days now and I've bought some locks to practice on. I made a couple tools and bought a few locks. The tools I made were a curved pick and a half diamond pick out of a hacksaw blade and a pen clip for a tension wrench. The locks I've already picked are the Master No. 3, Master No. 5, Master No. 140, and an American Lock Co. Series 700. I also like doing the cracking combination locks with the black dial Master locks and I've found that the system doesn't work on the Extreme (colorful) Master locks. Well that's me.

Jackbeef

[jmeeling]

I'M used started with lock-picking.

[nobby5628]

Hi Everyone,

Just to introduce myself on the forum.
I'm new to Lick Picking and everyone has to start somewhere so here i am.

Regards

Steve

[jordyh]

Welcome, new members.

I've got a couple of things to say to you guys:
- Read the guides.
- Read the rules.
- Read a lot.
- If you have a question, use the search function first.
- If you can't find your answer, don't hesitate to ask.
- Don't pick locks you don't own.
- Don't pick locks you rely on.
- Don't do as the priest does, do as he tells you to do.
- Hang around and teach the regular crowd something new, it happens.

Most of all though, and bear with me, because this is important:
HAVE FUN AND HAPPY PICKING.

Yours,
Jordy

[blademaster222]

Hello my name is Brian and have much interest in lockpicking so i plan to stay and hopefully become satisifed with my efforts to lockpicking

[shahzad999]

Hello, i have become interested in lock picking since a few days ago where I managed to lock myself out of my car and decided to find a lock smith.

There were a few in the yellow pages and the cheapest was £100!!


I am always taking up new trades and hope to become successful in this new venture

[Moto42]

Hello, I am Moto42, a security guard in East Texas.
I originally learned to pick locks in high-school, (from the MIT guide), because the administration had a habit of locking the bathrooms for about 2 weeks at a time whenever they thought they smelled cigarette smoke in there. After escaping high-school, I set my picks aside and forgot about them.

A few days ago I saw a set of picks for sale and snapped them up and now I'm re-learning this skill. So far the only things I can reliably pop are cheap Masterlocks.

[jordyh]

Welcome everyone.

Moto42: I regret to hear that you used your skills to open something that isn't yours.

Apart from that: welcome to the site.

[jayray]

Hi All; Green, green, GREEN newbie here. I've been lurking, reading, printing and doing more reading on this board. Tomorrow I'll get my picking kit ... don't ask me what it is but it's one of the popular ones.

I've got a sack full of different locks to give me fits over the next couple of weeks ... months?

I'm a real estate broker and a property manager who uses locksmiths quite a bit when my tenants move out in the middle of the night. Why do they lock the doors and then throw away the keys?!

In any case, I've befriended my locksmith (I should after spending all that money with him) and he suggested that I pick for fun.

Anyway, from what I've read you guys are top drawer; good advice, great sense of humor and an untiring desire to share what you know.

I'm awestruck!

jayray

[Moto42]

jordyh: You should not have to put nature's call on hold for 5 hours because one random guy needed his nicotine fix a week and a half ago.
If it hadn't been a near-constant thing I would not have resorted to the lock-picking solution, but the schedule was "locked bathrooms for 14 days, unlocked from 3 to 6 days, locked for another 14 days" repeat for rest of school year. The administration didn't care because; A: they had staff-only restroom facilities; B: it's the fault of the entire student body that a few of them can't go 8 hours without a cigarette (that's the impression I took from the conversation, at least).
Whether or not what I did was right is debatable, but I'm glad I did. It was a major relief for quite a few people when word got around that random bathroom X had been unlocked.

[jordyh]

Yeah, I understand what you mean.
As long as you know what picking is and isn't for.

Then again, when nature calls...

[TruShinobi]

I'm new too. couple of weeks but i finally posted a few. =D