ARCHIVE 2003-2013 Introduce yourself HERE if you are new. :)

[Nizer10]

I'm new and i know just about nothing and so i really need some help gettin started if anybody has a good idea on what to start with and stuff i can use at home to start picking easy locks please let me know. great site

[Sevenfoldfan55]

Hi, I'm new to this site and lockpicking. A friend was showing me how to pick a lock and he recomended this site to me.

[Chris31]

New to lockpicking, though I work for a locksmithing service, and just a Car door unlocking tech.

Havent met a car I havent been able to get into with the exception of a Range Rover with a deadlock setup, and im just making the progression to possibly and probably becoming a full-out locksmith. I got referred by another Tech.

Looks like a great community, I still have a ton to learn!

[wmalik]

I am really not sure of the standard nature of introduction so accept my apology if I make a mistake.

My name is Waheed and I live in Chicago. I do travel to UK and hold dual Nationality of UK and USA. I want to become a locksmith to do business in both countries. My aim is to save money for UK public and do business with honesty in both countries.

I would like to know everything that I will need to become a locksmith. First I need to get help in getting license in Illinois. therefore I will appreciate if anyone can help me in that process and give me information.

I will go through the posts here and may be I will find my answer but if you know this information, please send me a message.

Thanks
Waheed

[tdurden]

Hello,

I'm new to the site and the craft of lock picking. I live in California and love tools, mechanical gadgets and tinkering with them,so it's a match made in heaven. I'm so impressed with the design, and craftsmanship of the tools I've seen and can't wait to start making my own.

I have some experience repinning the locks in my home and changing some cylinders on various tool cabinets. But have basically learned everything up until now through trial an error. I look forward to soaking up some of the considerable knowledge from the other member here.

[drew5553]

Hello everybody,

This is quite an interesting board. I've always been fascinated with puzzles and such, and I guess the move to locks is a natural progression. Anyway good to be here.

-Drew

[schlossle]

Hi all,
I'm new to this site as well as to lockpicking. As I'm a german and usually visit the german site http://koksa.org/forumdisplay.php?f=46 (where I found a link to here, thank you, koksa ) you'll not see too much activity from me.
Thank you for the great site, however.

[ponyutd]

Hello. New to the site from London. Just getting into the art of locksmithing and picking in particular. Just amazed how much there is to it.
Wish I had started when I was a lot younger

[pur evil]

yeah im a newbie here too, came here a while back for some ideas, but now i have time on my hands and i have a few trophies on my desk (^.^). who knows maybe competition picking is in the future

[DefEddie]

Hi,my name's Eddie and i'm from Oklahoma.
Ran across a vid of some 14year old unlocking some padlocks rather impressively on youtube and got interested.
I've not really tried yet,still looking at tools.The one's I made didn't work out so far,lol.
I'm a Ford dealership tech by trade,and figure it could only help if I learned to pick the locks. I can already hotwire em(though it's pointless in most modern PCM controlled vehicles without the key or some carnal knowledge)
Not sure how deep i'll get into it,but i'm a mechanical guy and love a challenge. I'll mostly be a lurker I imagine,I notice alot of good research on here already.
Thanks in advance for any help.

[Steel_Pick]

Hello to everyone.I am new here.I am from Europe.In this pick locking zone I am green, but in the future I will try to correct this problem.

[Gross]

Hi everyone,
I've been lockpicking for fun for a little over two years or so.
Great site, quite informative.

[highlander]

Just found this cool site and wanted to say hello, Have been a locksmith for over 16yrs in the Bay Area

[sam.marsden]

Hi everyone - resident newbie!! currenty work for a locksmith/safe & vault engineer company in the UK and looking to get out on the road myself!!

[fvedl]

hello everyone