Klinx104 wrote:hey all,
sorry for making this my first post,
i got a pick-set for xmas yesterday,
No need to apologize. Everyone has to start somewhere.
Welcome to the forum, and you have a nice set to begin with. Now the key will be to get yourself some old locks (not in use), or a practice lock and practice, practice, practice
Klinx104 wrote:i would really appreciate it if someone could tell me all the picks... their seems to be an awful
lot of hooks...
Thanks in advance,
Klinx
PS. yes i did read
viewtopic.php?t=7568but it didn't really help
That's a nice explanation given by Romstar, and he gives you good explanations of their function. So let's put that together with the pic of your set. You're right that there are a lot of hooks, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. To begin with you won't be using them all, but they may come in handy if you want to make hobby picking a long-term thing. In fact, just one of the hooks is a good place to start.
At 12 o'clock in your pick is a pick for raking dimple locks.I won't get into method as there's no shortage of that for you to read over.
At 1 o'clock is another rake for pin cylinder locks. Pin cylinders are the type you will meet most often.
At 2, 4 and 11 o'clock are pretty much standard hook that would be a good starting point. Simply, there are very similar in reach and function.
At 5, 8 and 10 o'clock are hooks that will be useful to get around pins into locks with narrow keyways.
At 7 o'clock is a sort of half-diamond that doesn't look that well defined. It would be nicer to have a more distinct diamond on that.
I'd highly recommend studying 'Practical Lock Picking: A Physical Penetration Tester's Training Guide' by Deviant Ollam as a great starting point. It's a great book to get familiar with the glories of hobby picking, tools, methods and great exercises to help you out. I think it was updated late this year, so go for that one rather than the one published a few years back.
And of course, visit the forum often, there's a huge wealth of information here for you, and once you've done a search for a point (as you did), there's a huge wealth of experience here in some real pros to help you.
Happy picking, Klinx and Merry Christmas.
