FarmerFreak wrote:I've tried it just for the challenge. I've managed to pick a couple of locks with one hand, but it's difficult for me.
I remember seeing a video of ToolyMcgee picking a Sargent with one hand. I thought that was pretty impressive.
I wouldn't mind seeing you picking a lock with spools in it with one hand though.
SEVERAL months ago, back when I was posting regularly here, I conducted a one hand picking experiment.
I took a known tension wrench and hung an American 5200 key blank on the far end and commenced to picking the lock with one hand only manipulating the pick itself.
The results, I had a free had to continuously turn the Knob and on the American 5200s, the engaging of the spoorated pins was much more noticable and pronounced which allowed me to defeat them that much faster.
While it's a novel idea, keep in mind that there are times that it just isn't practical and that two handed picking is a must. I encourage everyone to try it as it frees up a hand and clears up the whole picture so you can really see counter rotation when setting a spool pin. Seeing IS believing when it comes to understanding counter rotation and spool pins.
If you want a real challenge and have one available, I suggest an American 5200 all spooled out. I've done it and I can tell you that after the first few times of picking on set up this way with a weighted tension wrench as described above, hitting each spool and bypassing them took no time at all.
