How old were you all when you started?

[monocultured]

i'm 28.

read about picking when i was twelve and hung around computer folk (MIT guide?) but didn't start until last spring when i began to read up on the subject and grinding picks.

have been practicing occasionaly the past six months, but bought my first proper 7-pin crappo just two days ago.

[Deathadder]

My cousins would lock me out of the wreck room Were all the adults would play pool.

lol, it seems like everyone i know calls it a "wreck room", is it just me or does rec (recreation) make more sense...

my buddy started to teach me for me teaching him to solve a rubiks cube

i hate those things, especially the ones where the colors arent stickers

they're easy if you know how to solve them

[cjames73]

they're easy if you know how to solve them

yeah, pop out a corner then twist. the whole thing falls apart ready for the 'correct' assembly.

[jonj]

I was 15 when i started my apprenticeship back in 1985

[scoozie]

I was 8 but that was just using my uncles set and picking a round master lock but didn't pick for a while after that till i was 20 and my mom got me my own set now 24 and starting to pick again and getting some guys at work to join and and try to learn from each other and here

[poky13]

I thought about picking when I was 15 or 16 I started at 68. I joined LP101 in feb. Gives me something to do

[totsie]

I am 26 and I started lockpicking to help prevent theft at my job.I never knew how fun it was and what lock picking entailed.This trade is very exciting.I never knew a lock could even be picked until a couple of weeks ago.no lie.so you can see why I sound like a kid with a key to any candy store.

[freakparade3]

I am 26 and I started lockpicking to help prevent theft at my job.I never knew how fun it was and what lock picking entailed.This trade is very exciting.I never knew a lock could even be picked until a couple of weeks ago.no lie.so you can see why I sound like a kid with a key to any candy store.

Can I ask how you learning lockpicking helps prevent theft at your job? I'm curious.

[totsie]

It helps me to understand locks.Our company has alot of locks on storage areas,fences,file cabinets,offices and so on.I can pick most of them and I have been lockpicking for 1 month now.My company is the biggest container yard in the united states.We have over 200 acres of company property that me and the other security staff have to secure 24/7/365.Our security consists of 16 people and one or more know how to pick locks.We have not seen them in the act but it is the only reasonable explanation for what has happened.We have not changed the locks yet.we have set up survailence.So the answer to the question is I am learning to find the best way to secure our company.

[Jaakko]

So the answer to the question is I am learning to find the best way to secure our company.

Little offtopic, but get Abloy locks there and you don't have to worry about someone picking them open

[PickPick]

We have not seen them in the act but it is the only reasonable explanation for what has happened.We have not changed the locks yet.we have set up survailence.

You might want to get a forensic examination at some point. While it won't show who did (you've got the surveillance for that) it can prove whether locks were picked or not and how many locks were picked. Which is good to know in case someone is caught but only admits to one or two incidents.
Contrary to popular opinion picking is not done without a trace.

[sunfm]

got some picks from my grandpa from when he was a locksmith

when i found out more info i started making my own

in high school the metal work shop uses alot of hacksaw blades so i had an unlimited supply of them and of course being metal work i had the tools ( bench grinder, dremel , forgde etc etc to do the work i needed to make picks and tention wrenches

so i got heavly into in when i was 15 but really had my first picks when i was 12 or 13

so i dont know i hope when im older ill get better at picking locks from all the years of doing it . i am now 16

[samfishers]

héhé learned more aout the subject when i started to search for info

then started making picks at 14 and opend my first cheap'o lock at 14 still

but picked my first master at 15, just a few minuest ago! A master #1

[iqarus]

picked my first lock when i was 16, now working as a lockie at 17

[raimundo]

I wasn't old, I was young then.