ARCHIVE 2003-2013 Introduce yourself HERE if you are new. :)

[grndslm]

Hello...

I am here to enhance my inner Pick-Fu.

Lovely site y'all have here!

[SurvivalDC]

Hello everyone,

Picked up lock picking on deoyment. Now I am here to learn more and improve my SSP. This place is sweet.

[SurvivalDC]

[quote="captainjohn1"]Hi all- Just joined today... I'm a building supervisor for a apt. housing complex, new to the job I was kind of thrown in blind and figuring certain things out. My most challenging right now- figuring out to work, repair, repin Schlage Primus lock cylinders :) As anyone knows who has worked with these type of locks, they are fairly complicated and "considered" fairly high security. VERY complicated for a newbie :( I have over 500 of these locks throughout the building and I'm starting from scratch !! Wish me luck[/quote]


Luck.... :)

[mjaws]

Hi everyone,
joined today after lurking for a while. I've always had an interest in locks, finaly got some picks and trying to get some pick-fu going on. Great forum, looking foward to the journey

[PherricOxide]

Hey all, I'm new to the hobby. Been interested in computer security for a long time, and as a lot of you probably know from conferences like DEFCON, the two hobbies seem to meet up a lot. I've been lurking around the forum reading posts for about a week, thought I'd make an account and get around to saying hi.

[GammerAdam]

Hi guys, nice to be here

[Hawki]

Hi all,
I joined today been meening to join for some time just never got around to it :-)

Anyway I'm from the UK and been learning to pick for the last year. Got a basic GOSO set but will be making my own in the next few months (after a few other projects are finished).

[cyrano138]

Just wanted to say 'hello'. Thanks for a great site!

Jack

[RayHolt]

Hello all! Just joined the forums today. Found the Locksport International Guide to Lock Picking PDF and was very intrigued. Been interested in lock picking for a while now, I'm glad to have found a community that can help me learn!

No experience yet, aside from opening a Master lock I had lost the combination to with the soda can shim trick.

Take it easy,

Ray

[jtitus07]

New here. Studying locksmithing, hoping to make a business out of it once I get more experience. Hope this forum helps me learn some good info and tricks.

[Littlebus]

Hi everyone. I'm new here and new to the hobby. I would like to learn as much as possible about locksmithing with the hopes that I can start a side business working for myself. Auto lockout and residential lockout are my main interests. I figure if I can put the word out to all of my family and friends that I can get some business. If I make enough to just cover the cost of my tools I will be happy. But first I need to learn to be able to have the knowledge to use the tools without damage to anyone's property and without looking like a fool lol! So I will do my best to be a sponge and soak up any knowledge you guys can send my way. Thanks for having me here!

[Bendragon]

Ahoy everyone,
Ben here from Brisbane Australia.
Surfing around youtube as you do I ran into a video by Schuyler, at a Defcon conference, I was amazed what could be done, so I watched more and more.
I jumped into the shed and saw that I had a few padlocks lying around, a bobby pin and a pen clip wasn't going to do it, so today I jumped back into the shed and took to a hacksaw blade.
Went to Bunnings to get a deadlock set and another padlock (mine appear to have security pins in them) and I'm keen as.

One day after watching those tutorial videos and the same day that I made my own pick, I've opened my first lock, it's amazing...even at 34, I'm stoked that I can do this.
Deadlock first followed by the padlock, both appear to be simple pins with no security that I can "feel"
Over the next few days, I'll open one of the deadlocks and re pin that to start learning more, and I have a cheap cheap set of picks on the way

Keen to learn

Ben

[Conch]

Hello, I just joined about 15 minutes ago. I started my journey to lock picking today. I bought some picks a few years ago, and a lock with four pins, it's a "Blackspur" lock, and today I thought, what the heck, I'm going to start learning today, I used the rake pick, and tried to pick it, never done it before.
It took me 4 hours lol, but I did it in the end, then I did it again 2 more times and did it faster each time, my last one was around 5 - 10 minutes. I'm purchasing some more locks on Tuesday to practice on.

This is an amazing forum, and I'm really happy to be a member here, there are some really nice tutorials here from what I've seen too.

I will try to learn everything I can :)

Regards,
Jason.

[chabelote]

Hi, I'm new here, hope you all give me the opportunity to serve on any occasion. Thank you very much.

[oneliferollthedice]

Hell everyone. Been a visitor to these forums for years now, but just decided to make an account so I'm no stranger. A longtime hobby that I now want to pursue as a profession. Thanks. Looking forward to meeting some of you.