tjweaver84 wrote:It's easy to tell...you can never have enough hooks!
A man after my own heart!
My personal belief is if you can handle a hook or feeler pick with confidence and skill, the factor of "Luck" is greatly reduced to "simple skill". You find yourself relying less on the probability of a lock opening, and more or inebitability. Don't get me wrong raking does take skill to, but I've learned as my skill increased and also the difficulty of the locks I was undertaking, my skill and knowledge of pin by pin maniplulation was invaluable, as compared to that of simply raking a lock and hoping for the best.
This is why I take so much pride, and seriousness with each feeler design.
Just some word's of wisdom from an old-head young grasshopper's
Ln21
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