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

[Tuxtey]

Hey, just started lock picking, mainly because I was bored, and it is really fun. And yeah, I'm a senior in highschool, and no, that doesn't make me a delinquent or a bad person. I hate when I get a negative feedback when I say I like lock picking because "I'm so young." But yeah, this site is pretty much my favorite place to go to after school And I look forward to learning:D

[jacknife]

wasup...thx fur the welcome...

[size12]

Hey all just saying Hi, recently trained with pinky to be a locksmith in the UK, yes I know i would make more money pimping out quasimodo's sister but i hope to make a good go of it.
Look forward to learning plenty of the site, and maybe one day helping others out.


Cheers jon

[hereIam]

Hello to everyone here at lockpicking101 have just joined a few days ago and just hovering around the forum seeing whats what love the site and the wealth of information available here

A bit about myself I am a Brit who now resides in the USA in CA as a resident and considering a new career in locksmithing I am a complete Noob to all things Locks so hopefully this forum can be a start in the right direction

Oh and a happy new year to all

[7y50n]

so i just found this site and I'm already finding it helpful i don't have a pick set yet but i really want one i have been picking a lock with a paperclip and a bobby pin the last few days and I'm getting pretty good at it and I can't stop doing it I even took it to school and picked it during my free time there (I'm a senior) one of the teachers called me a deviant though

but anyways great site hope to be getting/making some picks of my own soon and really starting this as a hobby and maybe even a career someday

[josh0094]

so i just found this site and I'm already finding it helpful i don't have a pick set yet but i really want one i have been picking a lock with a paperclip and a bobby pin the last few days and I'm getting pretty good at it and I can't stop doing it I even took it to school and picked it during my free time there (I'm a senior) one of the teachers called me a deviant though

but anyways great site hope to be getting/making some picks of my own soon and really starting this as a hobby and maybe even a career someday

welcome! i lock pick at school.. find the niceist person that works in the office and be like "my names ____ im a locksmith in training and i would like permission to take my picks and practice picking my own locks in school grounds"

him/her yeah its fine.


you: YES

have fun. btw paperclips and bobbypins are bad.. try using grinded down hacksaw blades.. read up on stuff.. welcome! J

[Artemis007]

Hello all. Decided to 'google' lockpicking during a boring day at work, and I found this site. I've found some excellent info and I am looking forward to gettting into this hobby soon. I'm hoping to start making a beginner pick set next week as I can't find any place that will legally ship a pickset to me. Thanks for the warm welcome!

[wotthetwo]

Hello all.

Just a little about me. I have many hobbies, but one of my favorite is escapology (the art of escape). Well, one thing I have always wanted to learn was lockpicking. I am getting into some more advanced stunts and I would really like to have lockpicking as a last resort incase things don't go as planned.

[Violent_Vegetable]

Hiho everyone...

I'm a firefighter for the Montreal Fire Dept and have recently started playing around with lockpicking... mostly for fun, but I can also see it being useful for my job in "less urgent" situations.

I made myself a few tools from nice new street sweeper bristles and hacksaw blades.

Right now I only use my tension wrench and a simple rake and only open locks one pin at a time. I figure it's better to learn feel and technique than just using a snake (which I tried and is almost too easy).

I can open about a dozen different master type padlocks and a few cheap deadbolts at this point.

[zikmik]

Hi LP101,
I been here for almost 2 month and after some questions and very friendly and useful answers I decide to
stay here and lockpicking will become my hobby.
My job is telecommunications and computers and this will be a great opportunity to stretch myself!

[Simon571]

Hi all just to introduce myself I’m a 19-year-old tea glugging Englishman who ran round like an incontinent cocker spaniel the first time I picked a lock (yesterday)
I got tired of crossword puzzles and figured the best puzzle must be the one that was designed not to be solved. Looking forward to learning the techniques and actually being able to open a lock without the poke and pray approach

[picky1955]

Hi there!
I work for a UK national roadside breakdown service, which requires me to effect entry on almost all vehicle types...eww! Since starting this career I've been bitten by the lockpicking bug and spend a lot of my time on these cold winter nights either in bed or sitting by the fire practising picking various padlocks and wafer locks...well, the nearest pub is a long way away! I'm keen to get any advice on wafer locks and auto entry, UK models in the main. I appreciate that a lot of this info is carefully guarded to prevent it falling into the wrong hands and don't want to do a bona fide locksmith out of work, but sometimes a specialist auto locksmith isnt available at one in the morning in darkest E. Midlands...or is there? Anyhow, love the site and I'm learning loads from it.....Picky.

[micpyo]

Hello, i just started lock picking. it's a very interesting hobby for me, i'm hooked, i'm pretty terrible at it. i can maybe get my padlock once every blue moon, it's a good time. hopefullly i'll get better in time.

[Duo 9]

Hi all I am interested in lockpicking as an art and hope to learn much from this site. Unfortunately, I have one homemade pick and a wrench until I find a set online I like...

[Damius]

My name is Cory, I just started lock picking, figured it'd be a good hobby, something to keep my mind busy. Just bought my first lock pick set from here, should be here any day now