First Pick A Success?

[pin_pusher]

hey, i'm relatively new to this website, but i wanted to let you know that we've got this kinda mantra : never pick a lock in use! i've learned just how important this is, don't learn the hard way. thanks for joinin'.

[RoyalRow]

[quote="pin_pusher"]hey, i'm relatively new to this website, but i wanted to let you know that we've got this kinda mantra : never pick a lock in use! i've learned just how important this is, don't learn the hard way. thanks for joinin'.[/quote]

Thanks for the heads up, but I already learned the hard way heh...

but what can you do, learning is learning...

[unlisted]

The Schlage 5 pin on my front door took me about 30 seconds the first few times around, now it takes me longer for some reason... I've opened it many, many times, but it's extremely hard now. Must have messed it up... oh well, I'll be putting up some better locks soon.

And this is exactly why we preach do not pick locks in use on this forum..

You can and will mess locks up when you pick them- more so when you are just starting out.

[neptix]

About 30 seconds, but it was a cheap wafer desk lock. A paper clip and a small electronics screwdriver for tools. I was actually quite surprised it worked :)

neptix

[geekyguy83]

I got a nice set of Southord picks a few days ago and raked open my basic mountain security padlock in about 30 seconds... Not doing SPP felt a little like cheating.

[acesmith]

I picked my first lock yesterday. It was a cheapy I bought from Walmart for $16. I read a tutorial on an exercise where you remove each pin and practice picking 1-pin, then 2...etc. After some practice I was able to pick the lock in under 30 sec no problem.

[amcutem]

Well, count me in at 5-10min

[OnlyExile]

First lock was a cheap desk wafer lock at work about 30-40 seconds, supe lost the key and needed in for paperwork. ive moved on to a master #3, owned that so i got a brinks padlock, i wasnt into reading the package.....rookie mistake, ive come to find out that there are two spool pins in it, now i can crack it in about 1-2 min eery time, on to an american 5200 military my wife had laying around. Im in love with this "game" !

[smhatter]

First lock was a Kwikset 5 pin KIK. I removed all but one pin-stack to begin with (Following the digital_blue method), so that doesn't count. First time fully pinned though, was about 30 seconds. Sadly, I realized that the pinning on this particular lock (hopefully not all Kwiksets) is so linear that you can open it with the flat back of a pick, by lifting it at just a slight angle. Using that method... 2 seconds.

[kevinmccallister]

it took me about a minute after watching a video on youtube... who woulda thought?

[LexDevil]

The first lock I picked was an old, 5 pin yale lock with 2 spoon pins that was actually mounted on my back door (you live and learn). The first time I picked this lock it took around 12 minutes to SPP with a medium hook, the second time around 5 minutes and the 3rd time the pick snapped and the diamond was stuck in the lock.

This was the last time I ever picked a lock which was in use.

[LexDevil]

*The tip of the hook was stuck in the lock*

I seem to have half diamonds on the brain!

[sbellios]

It was an old used Greek DOMUS 4 pin lock. Low quality and dirty. Took me more than 30 minutes. If you try to rake it, it opens immediately.

[fencecop]

The first one I picked was in our National Guard Armory. A buddy of mine had shown me his Quick Pick and gave me a brief course on how to use it. He showed me a bulletin board with small waffer locks. It took me about 3 minutes. I know thats not fast by any means but when I got it I was like a kid on Christmas. After that I purchased a Quick Pick and started to play around. I just attended my first class a week ago and have now moved into other locks.

[hurley_000]

I was about 5 minutes to get my first lock open. It was a cheap Chinese 4 pin padlock.
Spent most of that time trying to get the tension right, I was using way to much I couldn't even lift the pins.
After I had opened it a few times I checked the bitting on the key and it was cut 5,4,3,2. Once I understood how to read and apply the bitting from the key I laughed as I could open this lock with anything that I jammed in the keyway on a slight angle.

I spend more time bypassing this lock now than I do picking it, its actually more of a challenge to hook into the lever to open the shackle then it is to pick this things now!