I know what a newbie pick set has but..

by **LeaKeD** » 18 Jan 2007 3:19

What should be in a set of someone more experienced? what are the most used picks of someone not a newbie?

by **lunchb0x** » 18 Jan 2007 4:10

the picks i normaly use are a hook, diamond, rake and a bubble, i find all the rest useless most of the time

by **JackNco** » 18 Jan 2007 11:12

i started out on a half diamond. and now use a couple of different hooks.

by **wmartinlsmith** » 18 Jan 2007 11:47

in my pick set i have 3 tension wrenches, a soft, med and firm with 2 ends one straight and one twisted, a few rakes -short and long, diamond pics, hooks, single and double ball, a few arrow extractors, a few screw type extractors, a old a-1 plug spinner, my favorite tool i have had it for years, all in a double fold leather puoch...

my next investment will be in thos computer generated picks, they look pretty good. have never used one but i want to try.. bill

by **JackNco** » 18 Jan 2007 13:17

I tihnk bumpit has a set of the computer generated picks, give him a shout n ask him

by **LockNewbie21** » 18 Jan 2007 16:10

I only use hooks anymore, I swere on it that if you have 5 or 6 differing hooks and a few tensioners, and skill :wink:

you can any locks that can be picked eventually.

Rakes are a waste of time, I only see knew rake designs coming out like those P.O.S's from HPC. Just buy hooks and practice. SPP'ing is more reliable and less damagaing then raking, Plus you look like a wank scrubbing a lock :lol:

by **freakparade3** » 18 Jan 2007 21:34

I guess it's safe to assume then that I'm not the only one who bought a huge pick set and only uses about 3 of them?

by **Deathadder** » 18 Jan 2007 21:43

What I did is bought the 14 pc set from southord, relatively cheap at like 24 bucks, and decided which ones I liked best, and which ones I could improve on. Then I just made my own to suit my picking style (i have 3 hooks, a diamond, and a triple snake on my feeler gauge set)

by **LockNewbie21** » 18 Jan 2007 21:53

I guess it's safe to assume then that I'm not the only one who bought a huge pick set and only uses about 3 of them?

I am with ya mate.

you can make the crudy SO key extractors into nice double hooks.

by **lockjaw** » 18 Jan 2007 22:10

LockNewbie21 wrote:I only use hooks anymore, I swere on it that if you have 5 or 6 differing hooks and a few tensioners, and skill you can any locks that can be picked eventually.

I agree. I don't think diamonds, circles and snowmen are particularly useful for pin-tumbler locks. The circles and snowmen are useful for wafer locks.

Rakes are a waste of time, I only see knew rake designs coming out like those P.O.S's from HPC. Just buy hooks and practice. SPP'ing is more reliable and less damagaing then raking, Plus you look like a wank scrubbing a lock

If you want to pick locks competitively then you'll probably need to rake to get your times down. A combination of SPP and raking is usually quicker than SPP alone. Scrubbing -- moving the rake in and out of the cylinder in a sawing motion -- is damaging to the lock and it does look silly. Rippping -- especially with a snake rake -- is gentler on the lock because the motion is performed only once or twice and it doesn't look like you are are wanking a rodent using a pair of tweezers. Setting the last few pins on the way in (rather than on the rip out) can make for very fast opening times and it minimizes the wear on the cylinder.

by **docdredd** » 20 Jan 2007 0:00

hahaha wanking a rodent :lol:

roflmao very descriptive!

by **d_goldsmith** » 23 Jan 2007 8:30

I have a 2 different size southord hooks two southord diamonds and then a slim line hook and slim line diamond. Then a bunch of tension wrenchs.

by **m3ph15t0** » 24 Jan 2007 1:40

I only have hooks. And I'd say I'm progressing quite nicely.

I know what a newbie pick set has but..

I know what a newbie pick set has but..

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