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

[lockcat]

Hi I'm a new user on the froum, not new to picking... and I used to reed this fourm regularly a few years ago.

lockcat

[Gracelopez2]

I'm a new user and I enjoying reading all the tips about lockpicking. Great site

[memilind1992]

hi my name is milind.........
i'm new.....
i wanna learn how to pick a lock....

[dustin.brace]

Hello,
My name is Dustin. I have picked a bit in the past but am starting to pick it back up. I work for the government and am hoping to move into physical security, which is not that far off from what I do now. I hope to learn much and contribute as much as I can.

Thanks,
Dustin

[DickAngstrom]

Hi, Everyone

My name is Brenden and I've been a member here for a while, but I've never made any posts. I've been picking locks as a hobbyist for a couple of years, and now that I've graduated college I have a bit more time for my hobbies. I've used tutorials on LP101 to make my own hacksaw blade picks, my own coat-hanger snap pick, and my own tension wrenches. I'm looking forward to being a member of the LP101 community.

Thanks

[RoadRunner]

Hi, I signed up here awhile ago but I am just now making the plunge to be a participating member.

[alexdrahos]

Hi im a new member! Im Alexandr Drahoslav, from Czech Republic and im enjoyng this forum very much.
I started lockpicking 2 weeks ago and i want to learn more with you!

Tanks

[thecracksman]

Howdy from Wigan Lancashire .
Im james a locksmith and joiner from wigan.
always happy to help.

Cheers,
James

[soksavik]

I've been fascinated with locks since I was a kid, and particularly enjoy high-security locks and locks with unusual security features. I'm only an amateur picker (can't pick anything more sophisticated than a residential Kwikset), but recently ordered myself a set of picks (cheap, but hopefully a bit better than using a paper clip for a pick and a small screwdriver as a tension wrench...) -- after all, practice makes perfect.

Outside of the locksport field, I'm a network engineer, and network security is a large part of my job in that arena. Nice overlap, methinks.

I'm excited to have found the site, and hope I can learn a thing or two here!

[phrygianradar]

Hello, great site! I started picking about a year ago when I took a lock apart, put it back together wrong and then realized that I would have to be able to pick it to get things straitened out! I have been at it ever since and can now get into some pretty tough (for me, at least) locks. Today I picked an Abus discus lock and a few American Locks I have. This past Christmas my mother-in-law bought me a Brinks puck lock and it took me quite a while to get the feel for it, but I amazed her, and myself, by opening it over and over and over again! It only took about two weeks and who knows how many hours to get it open the first time. Like everyone keeps saying; practice, practice, practice! Picking locks is so much more fun than that old Rubiks cube, too...

[Elfomarcio]

Hi everyone i'm andrea and i've become fascinated by lockpicking thsi summer.. Till this point i've never done anything practical, just read lots and lots of stuff, and now i've decided to make my own set and start working out some skills. Sadly here in italy if you talk about lockpicking you are up to be called thief and a jerk but hey, one can't have everything in life right? Anyways i'll start working on my set as soon as i'll have a little less college related pressure on my head (i got three exams to give this month O.O) and i'll surely post here the results, in the meantime keep up the great job, bye!!!!

[telliott]

Hello Everyone!

New here, worked through my first 3 master locks and feel that I should say hello at some point as I was only able to succeed thanks to the help I got here!

[Flanigan]

Hi - Flanigan here. Was in the business for a couple of years about 25 years ago. Have tried to keep up my knowledge and skills over time by helping friends, relatives and ladies in distress. Am being drawn back to the field as I near retirement. I work at a company that has about a hundred buildings, and have recently been asked to provide some opinions about developing an "in house" locksmithing capability. I will be leaning on the lockpicking101 community to help fill in the gaps of stuff I have missed since being out of the trade or have forgotten. I'll appologise now for any stupid questions I may ask!

[Shyaporn]

Hi all,

I'm sure mine is a common story - my mother passed away unexpectedly at the end of December, and I have had to come to Thailand from New York, U.S.A. to put her affairs in order. Spent $300 U.S. to have the safe opened, only to find that it was empty.

I've located most of her important documents, but am still casting about for others, and one of the last places to look is an old, locked steamer chest she's had since I was born (nearly 40 years ago).

So my various bits of googling brought me to this site multiple times. I've tried a number of the simpler tricks mentioned in various threads here, as well as some YouTube ones, but to no avail. I am a COMPLETE beginner to the art and science of lock-picking, other than using a flashlight trick to get into her luggage. My only tools are paperclips, bobby pins, fruit knives and whatever else might be found laying about the house. I'll look around and find where is appropriate to post actual pictures of the lock, etc... but in the meantime just wanted to follow protocol and introduce myself.

Thank you all in advance for any help or advice you might provide.

Shy

[IndigoChild]

Hello,

I am a Locksmith from Midland Texas so heres a shout out to all of West Texas. Ain't nothing better than driving to work listening to Kotter in the morning. Anyways I would like to thank you all for allowing me on your forum. I hope to learn a lot from you guys and I hope to get into the Locksport community. I have a link of a picture of my pick set. If anyone would have a suggestion of one I may be missing let me know but I am certainly proud of this set. I learned on it when I became a locksmith and now I can beat my boss comparability whilst he use a pick gun.

http://i.imgur.com/oWNwWCM.jpg

Cheers Everyone.