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First Pick A Success?

THE starting place for new members. FAQ's, instructions on how to pick a lock, valuable information like product reviews, links to lock picking related sites, forum rules, lockpicking tool vendors, and more. START HERE.

First Lock I Picked Took Me.... (pick which best suits)

0-30 Seconds to pop. (leet)
47
18%
1-10 minutes
118
46%
20-40 minutes
44
17%
1-2 hours
16
6%
1 day
13
5%
2 days+ (time to retire and you haven't even got started!)
19
7%
 
Total votes : 257

My ffirst pick

Postby sugurfoot » 24 Jun 2007 19:39

My first three picks were less than 30 sec, then the next three we don't talk about. Number 4 was 1 min and that helped build myself back up but now I'm afarid to try the next one. Who knows how long it will take. I thought I was a natural. Now I feel just plain lucky.
sugurfoot
 
Posts: 56
Joined: 24 Jun 2007 15:57
Location: California

Postby Oppressor » 3 Jul 2007 10:00

2 minutes :D
Gerda padlock brutally rap.. eeee.. raked :D.
Now i must find out how did I made it :roll:
Oppressor
 
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Joined: 28 Jun 2007 11:28

Postby I Vallen I » 5 Jul 2007 10:34

I did mine in 1 min 30 secs today with ghetto picks i made
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took me about 2 hours to make those
I Vallen I
 
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Postby Charlie511 » 12 Jul 2007 12:01

I Vallen I wrote:http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k299/I_Vallen_I/07-05-07_1132.jpg
took me about 2 hours to make those

That's very sad man :roll:
Charlie511
 
Posts: 73
Joined: 14 Oct 2005 7:59
Location: Czech Rebublic

Postby Charlie511 » 12 Jul 2007 12:39

My first lock was totally shit, takes me 15 sec.
Second was padlock and it takes 2 hours :D
Charlie511
 
Posts: 73
Joined: 14 Oct 2005 7:59
Location: Czech Rebublic

Postby davou » 12 Jul 2007 13:45

Charlie511 wrote:
I Vallen I wrote:http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k299/I_Vallen_I/07-05-07_1132.jpg
took me about 2 hours to make those

That's very sad man :roll:


Thats rude... For all you know he did it with an emery board. Show some respect please.
davou
 
Posts: 72
Joined: 20 Jun 2007 5:06
Location: montreal canada

Postby Charlie511 » 13 Jul 2007 10:14

davou wrote:
Charlie511 wrote:
I Vallen I wrote:http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k299/I_Vallen_I/07-05-07_1132.jpg
took me about 2 hours to make those

That's very sad man :roll:


Thats rude... For all you know he did it with an emery board. Show some respect please.

I'm sorry, I don't have right language feeling for words.
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Charlie511
 
Posts: 73
Joined: 14 Oct 2005 7:59
Location: Czech Rebublic

Postby Nick51690 » 16 Jul 2007 19:55

my first time i picked a masterlock no.576 i took me about 4 mins then after that i kept doing it up until the point i did it in 5 secs or less and all of this happened in about 1 hour..i thought i was pretty fun but now im having trouble picking it now...wat could be the prblem beginners luck??? its a 5 pin lock btw
ROOKIE
Nick51690
 
Posts: 3
Joined: 16 Jul 2007 19:25
Location: Sacramento,Ca

Postby Proctor » 25 Jul 2007 7:21

took me 1 hour to open a very small no named lock :P i was so excited when it opened lol
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Posts: 158
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 4:53
Location: Uk, Liverpool.

Postby poppasmurfenfold » 8 Aug 2007 20:21

my first lock was the passenger door on a ford escort
poppasmurfenfold
 
Posts: 81
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Location: Richland, MS

Postby zagert » 24 Aug 2007 13:50

it took me 5 mins to pick my first.(cos it was a wilkos!!!)[/b]
zagert
 
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Postby Fev » 29 Aug 2007 8:56

Took me days :oops:. I was trying a padlock with spool pins and I had no idea what spool pins were at the time. I bought a new padlock without spool pins and was able to do that after a day of practicing. Now I can do the padlock with spool pins and am starting to attempt the door handle in my bed room, though no luck so far.
Fev
 
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first lock

Postby asbo04 » 26 Oct 2007 16:48

the first lock i picked was a 4 pin bike lock (no im not planning on being a bike theif its all i could find round the house and i was bored lol) it took me about 8 minutes with paperclips and about 3 minutes when i got my picks (now have that down to around 50 seconds) :)
asbo04
 
Posts: 4
Joined: 17 Oct 2007 6:12
Location: Seaham UK

Postby Kalooch » 4 Nov 2007 16:13

Took me 5-6 min. to pick my first lock... I can now get that lock in under 30 seconds :D
Kalooch
 
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Joined: 8 Jul 2007 19:51

Postby therealmuffinman » 4 Nov 2007 17:21

i have not picked my first lock yet because i had originally started on my front door with my coat hangar pick and then read the forums and realized i was breaking the most obvious rule (never pick a lock that is relied on especially with iffy tools), then i lost my pick/wrench when i finally found a lock so ill keep you guys updated
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