What did you pick today?

[femurat]

Nice and big MBTA padlock, it still smells railroad. Very easy to pick. You only need a bent wire... it has one lever and one ward plate. I'll eventually make a key for it.



Since it was lever padlock night I gave a go at this old abus. Two levers and two bolts to throw, not bad for such a simple padlock.

Cheers

[torugl]

I did some locks today, but the one I got the most joy out of is an old adversary.
This is the first lock I can remember trying to pick. One I never got open, no mather how much I tried.
The object containing the lock is now passed on to my son. He wanted to buy a smal thing in the toystore. And the bank who has the key is closed.

So what do a father do? Pick the piggybank



My son got his toy

[femurat]

Picked this winkhaus I got at a flea market. The bittings is very nice, dunno if I would have been able to pick it with the three long pins in the front and the two short on the back
The lock works fine but it's a bit gummed up, so I may decide to disassemble, clean thoroughly and randomly repin it...

Cheers

[brinard]

three deadbolts tonight, a dexter (by schlage) and two different kwiksets.
all in under a minute each : )

[GWiens2001]

Found a Master Pro Series 6627 with an Everest core in a parking lot yesterday. No keys, but free lock!





Gordon

[PherricOxide]

American 1105. This lock was driving me crazy because of tension issues. My tension wrench was too small and would slip around in the keyway. I tried the paperclip at the bottom of the keyway trick, but then the paperclip kept getting jammed between the plug and the cylinder, and I couldn't let off tension enough to get out of the false set. Then I got a Peterson Prybar, and it kept falling out when I was trying to let off tension...

Finally I got a windshield wiper insert, bent it to the perfect length for a TOK tool, made it serrated with some dikes, and viola! Now I can open the lock in a couple of minutes consistently.

[PherricOxide]

^ Oops, picture didn't work.

[mhole]

Last night I picked the two ASSA 5 pins, nice demanding locks, and they inspired me to have another try at the 6 pin Ruko. This lock has a *huge* false set when it's down to one stack, so much so that I reset it thinking I had both pins in the plug, and was about to shred a spring. Very happy with getting this one picked, especially given the nasty (albeit entriely typical for ASSA/Ruko) bitting.



PS: Gordon - nice find! I have a nice armoured Kryptonite padlock my friend found dumped (locked) in his front garden, I love abandoned treasure...

[Pickmequick]

Finally and within 5 minutes, this Yale British standards 6 pin euro cylinder.

I have only managed the 1 side and it is about my 10th attempt but 1st tonight with a GOSO pick as my slimlines from the sponsors shop are "in the post"

The tension wrench i made from a wiper insert and it works very well!

[phrygianradar]

I have been working on a Schlage mortice cylinder that is a bastard! I believe it is a six pin "C123", that has a divot cut out of the key. Well, I know it has a divot cut out of the key because I have the key also. I just haven't been able to pop it yet. I made a little insert out of a street bristle to lift the "7th" pin in the key way and have been working at it to no avail... I think I must be doing something wrong, or it is just out of my league. I can open other cylinders with security pins etc. but am still kind of new to picking, so any advice would be much appreciated. From what I can tell, when I put my insert in, it lifts the "7th" pin into the inner cylinder and then I can pick it like normal. Am I wrong in thinking this? I took the lock apart, and it seems simple enough, plus it is master keyed which means there are multiple "solutions". Maybe I'm just tired and need to take a break from it for a while. I will take a little break, come back fresh and see what happens.

[phrygianradar]

It looks like I have a Schlage Everest. I guess I just need some more practice, cause from what I have read it looks like my approach is correct. Practice, practice, practice...

[phrygianradar]

Ok, so I bought a 7 pin Arrow SFIC from my local locksmith shop on this Monday past, no keys, nothing. He sells me cylinders for like 5 bucks a pop cause he knows I like to pick them and love a good challenge. I didn't think I would be able to do it, but I just popped it! Fortunately it released it from the cylinder and didn't just spin the cam. Phew. I'm busting right now! I can't believe it.... This is by far the hardest lock I have ever been able to pick. I am going to try to make a key for it now and then pick it again to make it official! You know it might have been a fluke!

[phrygianradar]

Happy day,

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Got my Schlage Everest open a few times tonight! Not really impressive, but it's a good milestone for me. All I had to do was switch back to a Southord slimline pick and boom. I am pleased:

"That'll do pick...That'll do..."

[Teddy Picker]

Some simple schlages, nothing too impressive, but trying to get better at doing it faster. My main problem right now is over-set pins.

[IndigoChild]

I cant even begin to share the frustration that is carrying a box of locks out to your van and forgetting to ask for their key. I just pick them to hone my skills and then makke a key from those pins. But today I did a nice job opening those new double sided weather guard boxes.