What is the next lock?

[PolarisTR]

After starting lock picking for 2 months, I've picked an Abus 65/40mm with Closed Shackle. I used a Bogota Rake (Got jammed on a pin bound really low so gave up), Bogota Pick (used this to zip and got many false sets to begin attacking those tricky security pins) and Half Diamond (used to finish off the remaining pins), Tensioned with hand made tool from a wiper blade insert that I got inspiration to make from watching Bosnian Bill on Youtube.

Once I begin picking this lock with relative ease, can you recommend me a lock of slightly higher difficulty. I'm not experienced but I felt A LOT of spools so it would be nice to go up against something with different pins for variety.

Many thanks - pic below (Also this is my first post so apologies if I've put it in the wrong thread!)

p.s I live in the UK so it will be difficult for me to obtain US padlocks without the expense of extra shipping

[Comrade627]

If you're knocking out spools like a champion, you could get one with serrated pins, or make your own serrated pins and put them into a rekeyable lock. I know it sounds crazy, but it's actually really easy. Tutorials are all over the place.

Not knowing what's nearby I can't recommend an actual lock for you, but great job on that one, keep it up.

Half of what you need to do to be successful is practice, the other half is study. Book, article, youtube, doesn't matter, so long as you use them!

[Divinorum]

You could always try single pin picking that ABUS lock if you haven't already done so. It should be harder to single pin pick without using the bogotas to gain a false set. This will benefit you in the long run because some locks you wont be able to rake to a false set and you will be forced to SPP it from start to finish. I'm not too failure with Euro padlocks. I would normally recommend an American Lock padlock because they are usually full of serrated pins.