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[Cephalic]

Time to add yet another hobby to my endless list.
My grandfather was a locksmith and my uncle picked it up eventually.
I've watched them work with locksmithing since I was quite young and those memories sparked a recent interest.

I'm working to get my uncle's and grandfather's tools from my uncle and have been reading. I never realized there would be so much info on such a simple subject.

Time to start reading.

[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. Cause everyone should HYSF as well as there Pick-fu.

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

[Herman_Toothrot]

Hi!
New to the site.

[Solid Snake]

Hello, I'm new to this site and I am VERY new to lockpicking. I've always in a way wanted to do it because it looks like a big challenge.

[Iron Man]

Hi everyone.

I am intending on starting up on my own and was sent to this forum to help with my quest.
I am amazed at the amount of information contained here and cant wait to get started.

Anyway, thanks for having me.

[locksmithliverpool]

Brand new to the site but not to locksmithing, I've been running my own business for just over 12 months now. Its been hard but rewarding I have to say. When I first started all I had was a small pick set so the pressure was on lol. Luckily I managed and didn't make a fool of myself. Then began major investment. I've spent over £20,000 and loving every minute. Well not so much in the early hours. Have to say manual picking has took a back seat but after checking out this site I'm keen to get back on track. Also keen to pick mortice locks more often.
Anyways this is me the site is great and I hope to get to know everyone very soon.
Happy New Year
Chi
Locksmith Liverpool

[aayore]

Hi, I'm new here.

[rohlex]

New here too, stumbled across a lockpicking video the other day and decided to start...got me a couple of padlocks and some DIY picks done already

Thanks for a great forum!

[1Alan2]

Just checking I can post OK. Looks like a very well organised and professional forum.
1Alan2

[Mithlug]

Well here I am. Lets just hope I can stay here.

[eViLZuG]

Hey guys! I'm new to this forum! I've ben picking for a while, mainly as a hobby, but sometimes out of shear neccessity... I've got a SouthOrd PXS-17 with the set of Auto Jigglers and Warded picks.

I've also experimented with various materials, since my father owns a machine shop up north where I grew up. Many neat little gadgets made

[junior789]

hey my name is craig but every1 calls me junior longstory lol if ya wanna know the ill tell ya otherwise like most im new to this skill jus wanted to say hi since im here i may aswell say tht im training to be a mechanic more than halfway through my course and the end should me on a foundation degree so if you have any car troubles dont hesitate to PM me and illl do my best to help you out thanks

junior

[falkman]

Heya, im new here Hope to have fun on this site.

[Tube]

Hello everyone, I'm Tube from Seattle WA.

I bought my first set of lockpicks when I was about 14 from a supplier in Great Falls Montana called, I kid you not, "Prince E. Wheeler", which later became Wheeler-Tanner Escapes, out of Spokane WA. This was the basic HPC set, and I learned a lot. This would have been about 1975 or so.

For many years I thought I was the only person on the planet who liked to pick locks for fun. Obviously I'm wrong! When I moved to Seattle in 1987 I became friends with Mike Hoy from Loompanics books, who sold books by "Eddie the Wire" all about making lockpicks. I found his material interesting, but unnecessarily technical. By that time I had enough tools to be able to begin making lockpicks by myself. As most of you know by now, homemade picks are usually better than commercial picks, just like apple pie.

I can't be the first person to have thought of this, but I like to weld on the working ends of picks or tension wrenches to other rods. This avoids having to do a tricky temper to the whole thing. But I can see I have many years of "catching up" to do, so I want to act like a n00b, not some kind of expert.

Here is a photo of some of the picks I've made so far.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m96/ ... G_4856.jpg

[kn3x]

hey all, say hello to yet another newb (yours truly). i'm really psyched to learn as much as i can. later!