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[ThanatosDrive]

Hey guys, NorCal here, just about to get my own set (MPXS-14) and start lockpicking.

[TimQPublic]

Great site!

[josh0094]

welcome to everyone above!! always nice to see people that are new. have any questons, feel free to ask.



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[marinehagen]

Hey everybody im in the marines but you can't learn lockpicking unless you are in recon. Forget that! I'm learning anyway Nice Site!

[FireHawk64]

i'm totally new to lock picking, but have always been interested.ill love to learn it, and just wanted to say hello!

[Biggermens]

Hi i am bob and i am pretty new to this stuff just chking things out and looking for pretty simple stuff to start

[mrnico]

Hello,

I just found this forum last week. Started playing with locks as a kid, made my own picks in high school, got some pro picks in college, etc. I have repaired my own locks, but mostly I have opened vehicles for people who locked their keys in them! I am now a professional engineer working in consulting.

Nick A

[LeFox]

Ello.

Just another newbie interested in the sport.

I moved into a house some time ago and found a safe embedded in the floor in one of the bedrooms. It was open, so I opened up the lock and discovered the combo, I guess thats where it started

~Fox

[rgeneral01]

Awesome site! I am new to lockpicking. I have a set of picks ordered and I have a set of bump keys that have worked good. I just do this for a hobby and knowing that I can do it. I am a production manager for "Ace Hardware Paint Division", so if you have any questions about household paints, I can help you!

[stran9er]

This site is awesome!

[Lucifer2007]

Not my first time here but first time as a member! A sincere thank to our admins and moderators for keeping such an awesome forum.

[Tfinklea]

Great site, I am lookin g forward to learnin g new stuff here

[the3rdhell]

hey all im completely new here and to lockpicking.

im just one of thoses quiet ppl that has nothing better to do so i have decided to start picking, i havent bought any picks yet but i have my eye on a nice little 9 piece set. (now i know why its the quiet ppl that you want to watch out for lol)

i just decided to start in this art probably cause ive seen too many movies and have played too many games.

i made my own tension wrench and pick from paperclips but no luck so far but that might be cause i think i bought the wrong lock to start with blackspur (50mm heavy duty brass padlock and double locking whatever that is, and i think it might be a bit out of my league with just paperclips)

[GJarrett]

Heys guys I lurked and read on this site for a month or so and then registered not too long ago. I originally got interested in lockpicking because I need to know how to do it (explained below). But now I am getting hooked: because now that I've actually picked a couple of locks, I can see I am going to get addicted to it just for fun, LOL.

I'm a house rehabber/flipper. Nowadays there's a few TV cable shows that seem to have generated interest in "flipping" but as in other things in life, it ain't nearly as easy as it looks on the TV shows. But I am making a living doing it, and it gives me time to volunteer to help my church and participate in mission tours and other stuff since I don't have to sit in a cubicle and beg a boss for vacation time anymore.... working for oneself does have its advantages.

In the past year I've started focusing on foreclosure sales at my county's courthouse to try to find some properties to buy and then fix up to resale. The average number of foreclosures in my county hovers around the 160~180 mark every month and that's a lot of houses to look at. Just driving around the county using the shortest route possible as calculated by "Streets and Trips" still ends up with a path several hundred miles long and enough hours to take multiple days... and that's just to drive by and look, never mind actually inspecting the properties.

I'm sure most people can understand that we'd not want to buy a house without looking at it, and I've contacted several of the plaintiff's attorneys (read: bank/mortgage company lawyers) and they have no problem with us looking inside the empty houses. I cannot count the number of homes I've crawled through second-story unlocked windows to gain access; or on the other hand, the number of other homes I could not get in and so didn't bid on the property only to find out later that it really was a great deal. If I had been able to get in them and see the condition of the interior I would have joined the bidding process and made more money for the plaintiffs by buying the property. As it stands though, I won't buy a house if I can't see it. I think that makes sense to most people.

This is what originally brought me here, but now that I am here I am having a blast just playing with locks. I do hope to learn much more on this site and plan to read many more threads in this forum. I already wasted a few bucks buying a course but I can see that you have all the info needed right here.

I am a moderator on another site that has over 74,000 members and know the work it takes behind the scenes to administrate a website. I appreciate your devotion and the effort you make to run this one. I hope one day to be able to contribute by helping, but at this stage I'm just a newbie with nothing knowledgeable to offer.

[prismfreak]

Hi, guess what? this site has been chosen by prismfreak for all the great features and information in these forums. Hopefully this site will help me in all my lock picking needs. I'd like to thank the lockpicking101 staff for providing this service. Good luck to everybody in their advances.
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