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Whats your easiest lock?

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Whats your easiest lock?

Postby ReinaSM » 13 Jan 2007 2:07

The first lock I picked was a small ACE lock. It was super easy. You just hit the back pin and the shackle snaps up.
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Postby hurri » 13 Jan 2007 2:30

Mine was a tri-cycle 264 i think...usually tri-cycles are very easy to pick...
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Postby mjwhit » 13 Jan 2007 3:14

i have already posted pics in the "worst lock" thread but this is a very special lock indeed.
This "zenith" i have opened it using a bussiness card cut up with scissors.
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You can use this bumpkey(top) to open it using it like a normal key. no bump needed, just insert and turn. but the bitings are way off, look at this pic.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p251 ... 010007.jpg
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Postby Schuyler » 13 Jan 2007 3:41

heh, he actually opened it up tonight at the fervent requests of the IRC crew and found
1
2
3 pinstacks hahaha

that's it :P
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Postby Sl0th » 13 Jan 2007 8:09

Cheap $2 padlock, no picking required, just shove what ever you can in the key way and turn... I threw that one away.
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Postby udanis » 13 Jan 2007 9:12

Mine was a master lock #22, I was able to pick it with a paper-clip.
http://udanis.host.googlepages.com/CIMG1256.JPG


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Postby unbreakable » 13 Jan 2007 10:33

For me, wafer locks come first, then prolly a cheap no name padlock. Insert pick and wrench, wiggle a bit, and pop!

I dunno if I even kept that one. :roll: :roll:
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Postby scorpiac » 13 Jan 2007 18:00

For me it's a master NO.3

Phil
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Postby Stash » 14 Jan 2007 0:19

Hmm...I'm divided here. I would say a wafer tumbler from our filing cabinet...but that doesn't even count IMHO. The first lock I picked was a kwikset, and the easiest padlock I have is a master no 3 so it's one of those, both are equally difficult.
~Stash
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Postby JackNco » 14 Jan 2007 4:57

i can get both my number 140s in less than 15 seconds. there about my easiest right now. except for a black spur padlock that will sometimes open with one swipe of a rake and sometimes wont open at all
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Postby jabial » 14 Jan 2007 5:29

An unbranded euro-profile cylinder. With very little tension, it opens nearly as soon as a half-diamond goes in. I use it to introduce people to picking. It's good in two ways : it shows them they /can/ do it, and it teaches them to use little tension.
Non Serviam!
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Postby UNFORGIVEN » 14 Jan 2007 7:03

i have a couple of ERA padlocks witch i can pick with a very quick stab with a small dimond pick even with the dimonod faceing way from the pins lol also a handerson garage door lock witch i picked with my tention tool only ( ha hah cheep wafer locks lol )
Regards

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Life is Dark and so is the keyway :twisted:
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Postby Deathadder » 14 Jan 2007 16:17

I can get my #40 master with one swipe with any pick i have (besides hooks)






But thats just skill 8)
It's ok guys, i have a really bad attention sp-wow look, a beach!
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Postby VashTSPD » 14 Jan 2007 17:26

Mine would have to be a warded lock i got at the dollar store.

I bought two, took one apart, saw how it worked, and used a tension wrench to pop open the other one. Funny story, the gas station down the road uses a warded lock to lock up it's propane take cage outside of its store.

Hey, I have a great advertising scheme for the warded padlock makers:


BUMP-PROOF!
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Postby quickpicks » 14 Jan 2007 17:31

Im going to say a lock called Saf-T-Loc... I could pick it with anything.
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