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You know when your a good lockpicker when.....

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You know when your a good lockpicker when.....

Postby dougfarre » 3 Mar 2008 21:59

You know when your a good lockpicker when [insert your comment here].

If you put something that is considered bad lockpicking practices, Ill have your post count erased and your reputation ruined forever :)

Also, it has to be something that you have done, or seen someone do.

Ill start.

You know when your a good lockpicker when 'you can spp a 6 pin ABUS 83/45 without breaking a sweat.'
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Postby Trip Doctor » 3 Mar 2008 22:41

Pick a lock while holding it with your butt cheeks.


Also, it has to be something that you have done, or seen someone do.


Oh... I'll post back soon... :P
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Postby eurolock fan » 3 Mar 2008 23:05

You know when your a good lockpicker when "you can pick a 5 pin ABUS discus blindfolded."
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Postby ShanePicklefish » 4 Mar 2008 2:04

eurolock fan wrote:You know when your a good lockpicker when "you can pick a 5 pin ABUS discus blindfolded."

I picked one of the clubs ABUS diskus locks, it is easier than my 930, which i haven't had time to pick!

You know you're a good lockpicker when... you get an e-rock-tion from videos of new key technology. (IE: Multlock-MT5 http://youtube.com/watch?v=gi61JBC_aVU )
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Postby jgor » 4 Mar 2008 16:01

You know you're a good lockpicker when:

You can pick your way out of a pair of police-grade *hinged* handcuffs with the keyway facing towards you (away from your hands), using nothing but a bobby pin and the zipper on your pants.

...lol I can't take credit for this, but at one of our meetings a fellow officer managed to do it. Blake, you are officially the god of handcuffs :)
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Postby ShanePicklefish » 4 Mar 2008 20:25

jgor wrote:You know you're a good lockpicker when:

You can pick your way out of a pair of police-grade *hinged* handcuffs with the keyway facing towards you (away from your hands), using nothing but a bobby pin and the zipper on your pants.

...lol I can't take credit for this, but at one of our meetings a fellow officer managed to do it. Blake, you are officially the god of handcuffs :)


you watched me do the first hand, i still have a cut on my arm :( but i gave up on the second cuff! I am a failure! hail blake.
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Postby FFVison » 4 Mar 2008 22:45

You know when your a good lockpicker when "You can rake open a Master No. 5 in less than a minute and post the video on YouTube."

Oops, sorry. Haven't posted the videos. We can just pretend that one of the million videos out there of people doing this is me though :P.
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Postby ShanePicklefish » 4 Mar 2008 23:05

ShanePicklefish wrote:
jgor wrote:You know you're a good lockpicker when:

You can pick your way out of a pair of police-grade *hinged* handcuffs with the keyway facing towards you (away from your hands), using nothing but a bobby pin and the zipper on your pants.

...lol I can't take credit for this, but at one of our meetings a fellow officer managed to do it. Blake, you are officially the god of handcuffs :)


you watched me do the first hand, i still have a cut on my arm :( but i gave up on the second cuff! I am a failure! hail blake.


my appologies, i used my hands/knee, blake used his crotch.
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Postby dougfarre » 5 Mar 2008 0:11

FFVison wrote:You know when your a good lockpicker when "You can rake open a Master No. 5 in less than a minute and post the video on YouTube."

Oops, sorry. Haven't posted the videos. We can just pretend that one of the million videos out there of people doing this is me though :P.


Raking? Master lock number 5? No sir!
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Postby FFVison » 5 Mar 2008 0:41

dougfarre wrote:
FFVison wrote:You know when your a good lockpicker when "You can rake open a Master No. 5 in less than a minute and post the video on YouTube."

Oops, sorry. Haven't posted the videos. We can just pretend that one of the million videos out there of people doing this is me though :P.


Raking? Master lock number 5? No sir!


Umm, I guess you missed it. I made a funny. It seems like everyone on Youtube likes to rake locks. I SPP mine when I need a confidence boost. Do you think I should have said Kwikset Deadbolt? I don't think that they typically pick deadbolts on YouTube. And I know I'm not a good lockpicker, though I can easily pick both of these as well as many of my other locks.
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Postby HeadHunterCEO » 5 Mar 2008 7:16

you can do it consistently in any weather with people standing behind you looking over your shoulder freezing their ***** off
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Postby SnowyBoy » 5 Mar 2008 8:56

HeadHunterCEO wrote:you can do it consistently in any weather with people standing behind you looking over your shoulder freezing their ***** off


lol I like this one......so true!

I remember when a mate asked me to get the lock off his field gate since his mum forgot to leave the key.

It was pitch black, drizzling & freezing cold. The lock was a right piece of cr*p as well.....totally rusted inside & out....I bet even with the key it would be on the verge of snapping it was that bad.

I felt like such a prat when I had to give up lol
What a load of old BiLocks!!!!

I'm probably 0 for 400 in looking for safes behind wall paintings
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Postby vrocco » 5 Mar 2008 11:03

dougfarre wrote:
FFVison wrote:You know when your a good lockpicker when "You can rake open a Master No. 5 in less than a minute and post the video on YouTube."

Oops, sorry. Haven't posted the videos. We can just pretend that one of the million videos out there of people doing this is me though :P.


Raking? Master lock number 5? No sir!


You know you're a good lockpicker when.....you have lost all sense of humor and take yourself too seriously.
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Postby Grifter » 5 Mar 2008 18:03

You know you're a good lockpicker when.....someone asks for bolt cutters and everyone points to you instead.
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Postby hydruh » 5 Mar 2008 21:21

You know you are a good lockpicker when ... the office manager upgrades all of the locks in the office to something that says 'lockpick resistant'
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