HOW OFTEN DO YOU PRACTICE PICKING

[prag]

I have two Abus Discus padlocks, a yale padlock, Cisa and a cheap europrofile and 3 cheap padlocks. My collection increases weekly as I do more work and get more practice locks.

[pvtpicker]

Hmmm... A good question, to tell you the truth i too find myself working like an hour or two in a day(or even three) practicing on my lockpicking skills, i'm not really sure if that's what you call "addicted", I'd say that's normal for lockpickers.....

[stimky666]

Well, I have to say I started making my stuff for practice for at least a week, and I try to practice like 1-2 hours a day. Not Constantly though, I keep track on my lockboard.

[ady1989]

Umm... this REALLY depends on my mood and how bored I am. I can sit at my computer and pick while listening to music or watching a movie for 3-4+ hours or I can spend a week without picking a lock. Average I'd say about 3 hours a week or so. I need new locks, I can easily defeat everything I have so far (I can remember the time when my simple deadbolt locks gave me problems, that time is long gone now ).

[khelben]

+1 ady / ive moved on to the disk type storage locks that the other guys in this area grind off. (brinks, chateau, etc.) so far ive pick 3 faster than they can be cut off lol . the ones that used to give me a problem were the schlage everest untill i made a tension wrench out of a key blank.

[wolfy_9005]

Been about 9 months since my last time. I lost my improvised picks

Gonna make some more then try and pick a few locks i ahve lying around.

[samfishers]

it'S been a while since my last opened lock.. I just pick now a lock or two sometimes

[Urbex]

I've got my little collection of locks that I'll pick once or twice a day, depends how busy I am. For me that means five hours a week give or take.

[poor paperclip picker]

I used to practice a lot, now I have been busy with work and stuff, but I still like to pick up my picks and a lock and practice while watching tv. I should really try to pick more.

[Dak]

I practice whenever I have free time. I keep a padlock on me at all times (american 5100 right now ) just so I have something to do when things slow down. So all in all I probably end up with about an hour and a half a day maybe.

[cppdungeon]

I pick all day long. all my picks are near my computer, near my bed, near my locks. add boredom to that and you get massive amounts of callous and fun. an hour avarage would be about 5 hours on-off every night, and all day thinking about it.

[op-sec]

I usually pick locks at least an hour a day - sometimes more depending on my mood. I try to cycle through all of my locks at least once a month so i don't lose the muscle memory I've obtained for each different style.

[savs2k]

until i have no more locks!

[ratyoke]

When I was at my pervious job I had a lot of time to sit around, so I would usually pick for 1-3 hours while at work. Now I just pick occasionally. I don't have much time when my hands are unoccupied, I am either working, or at the computer. Now I probably average 15 minutes, every other day.

[femurat]

Funny question: it's like asking on an hard website how many times a day visitors ...!

I love going home from work cause when I get there I can pick my locks! Half an hour a day at least! I'm quite new and I'm improving quite quickly.
Cheers