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by **lilblackbackpack80** » 22 Feb 2008 17:48

Hi, I'm Bre. I just joined today... as a matter of fact I just found this site today. I'm glad to see that there are such great resources around. I currently work in a lock shop and my boss is kinda family. He's not exactly the best teacher so I'm hoping to get a head start on learning to pick locks, among other things. I can identify about any key, thus far... can shim, service, rekey, master key, and ck most locks. So pretty new to it all... about 3 months into it. Anyway, thanks for the resources!! Just looking to learn.

by **bluetyr** » 23 Feb 2008 1:03

Hi, found this sight while looking for information on how to masterkey. I've been rekeying for a few years now as an occasional landlord and cheap bastard that can't stand to pay someone to do something I should be able to handle with the right tools and information.

Funny, I've always thought about locksmithing as a second trade.... seems like I've some lurking and learning to do now

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by **Safety0ff** » 23 Feb 2008 1:16

Hello everyone!
I've been lurking around this site since mid November 2006, but have only started contributing as of late.
I'm a student studying the field of engineering.

Cheers!

by **windoww** » 23 Feb 2008 3:52

hi!!

My Name 'S Raju Just 24 Male on This 2008. Live in Bahrain. it s present in gulf .very small country but nice placeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s .I Found This Site through My Friend & This Site Is Veery NeedfllFor Me Bcoz I'm Locksmith.

So thankx To my Friend

Anyways, I Do Business In Bahrain (Locksmith & S, Hardware & Materials & Fishing.

I Like To Listen Various Music But Mostly Ashley Tisdale Bcoz She Is Looks Like Lollypop Lolz ,Fun, Internet,Computer, Friendship ,Editing & Graphics & My WORk

I've Been Interested in Business since When I Was 15 So Finally Its Done!

I Do Admire The Style And The People Involved In It. Thanks For them.

Thank You.

by **SpiritScout** » 23 Feb 2008 13:08

Hey. I am 18 years old, but have never owned a lock pick, which is why I am here. I like to play guitar, and I love to do magic. I live in California.

by **ax0n** » 24 Feb 2008 12:08

I'm ax0n, from the Greater Kansas City in the heartland of the US.

I lurked for a long time, joined back in 2006 but finally started posting recently, so I figured I'd finally introduce myself.

I love puzzles. From the age of four, I have been taking things apart. It took me a while before I had the mechanical wherewithal to put things back together in working order, but I've been tinkering with locks and picking since the age of 12.

Other mechanical things I enjoy are fixing everything from circuits and clockwork to cars and bicycles.

By day, I'm in the profession of Information Security. Things like encryption, firewalls and vulnerability exploits have fascinated me since I was in my early teens. I landed a job analyzing client networks for vulnerabilities and doing other compliance audits (HIPAA, etc) at 19. I currently do info-sec work for a company in the financial services industry.

The whole while, physical security has retained my affection. Beyond lockpicking, I also like surveillance, alarms (think laser and seismic), biometrics, RFID, electronic vault locks (of which I have many) and even less complex things like security devices used in stores. Why? Because they're puzzles that require critical thinking skills and extrapolation and deduction, sometimes through black-box testing.

Some people like Sudoku. I like security.

by **Akio** » 24 Feb 2008 20:44

Hi, I'm Akio, from Washington U.S.A

I just join all of 5 minutes ago, I figured I should intoroduce myself

I am tech and I love Cracking puzzles, and after four years of learning the basics of Cracking, Fixing, and Coding in computers (along with taking them apart and putting them back together.) I began to Dabble in the Art of Lockpicking. I've never used a Formal Lockpick kit and have always Manufactured my own.

I am Currently 15, and I work part time as a Computer technician for a family run company, and planning to get a few Microsoft Certifications this summer.

I really am looking forward to becoming part of this community and I'm hoping you will all be as Inviting to let me do so. <(^_^<)

by **TaylorB** » 24 Feb 2008 20:59

Just joined
Hello
Think i'm gonna love lockpicking

by **nik282000** » 24 Feb 2008 22:55

Hi, I'm an electrician from Canada who is really a jack of all trades. I started picking combination bike locks (with the numbers on a ring) in grade school and since then I always wanted more. Last year I saw the youtube video on lock bumping and picked it up pretty quick but it felt like cheating. This past week I saw pyro1234321's "How to make picks" video and started work almost before the video was over. I had read over and over the basics on how to pick a lock but I never had any idea how to make picks until now. I've been reading the archives and they have been more then helpful, I look forward to years of picking.

My first 3 locks, bumped and picked, were a Garrison 40mm, Abuss N55/40 and a 5pin deadbolt whose manufacture I do not know (it takes a Curtis KW1 key).

by **Otti** » 25 Feb 2008 15:07

love the site 10/10

by **Barak911** » 27 Feb 2008 10:25

hey everybody, I find lock picking very intresting, so I thought of making it a hobbie, hope Im welcomed

by **CatStyle** » 27 Feb 2008 18:18

Hi everyone,

I discovered that lock picking was an actual hobby about 5 minutes ago... As a kid, I was always intrigued when I saw a TV character pick a lock on TV, particularly when they'd show a girl pull a couple bobby pins out and open a lock 5 seconds later... But it just never occurred to me that it was an actual hobby.

In an apartment I used to rent, there was a locked cabinet. The landlord told me that the key had probably been lost years ago, but that he could have it opened for me. I told him I was in no hurry to have the lock removed, having plenty of other cupboards for storage. One night, a girlfriend of mine & I decided we were going to pick that darn lock and see what the cupboard contained. We bent a couple of paper clips and laid them in as we had seen done on TV, and began to fiddle. I understood the basic idea that there were some tiny cylinders in there that I wanted to line up just so, but nothing more complicated than that. She gave up long before I did, and about half an hour later, I opened the lock. It was the coolest feeling ever, and I was so excited that I didn't care about the fact that there was nothing whatever in the cupboard.

A few weeks later, I used the same method on the same friend's front door, as she was locked out of her apartment. Again the feeling of opening that door without a key was exhilirating.

But I never thought of it as being a hobby!

Now that I realize that lock picking, or locksport, is a legit hobby I'm really interested in learning how to do it!

The first thing that comes to mind is I'd like a set of pics, but I don't really know what a good starter set would be...

by **slothman** » 28 Feb 2008 8:43

Hi my names nate. I am not only new to this site but new to pick locking. So I look forward to grow and learn with on these forums thanks! =)

by **nightpicker** » 2 Mar 2008 16:58

whats up... first day on the sight, great rescource.

word.

by **mousse** » 4 Mar 2008 9:24

i'm french and i'm so happy to be whit you ,there is no interesting discussion on the french web ,my american is not very good but i try to be better ....the european lock look hard's to pick than us lock?

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