Makeshift Lockpicks

[milo001]

If you don't know already, I'm new to not only this forum but to lockpicking too. I don't have a set of locks picks, and after looking around I've decided to either make a set out of hacksaw blades, or I saw these and was wondering if they would make good picks if they were modified a bit. Which do you think would be better to start with, homemade picks or these dentist tool looking picks?

[mcm757207]

Are you sure those aren't dentist tools? Making picks out of dentist tools is nice, but they can be pricy. As a begginer, you should either buy a set or make some out of hacksaw blades.

[Grudge]

Actually you can pick up dentist tools for a song. The problem is that they don't have enough strength after you grind them down to be picks. I would go the hacksaw blade route or pick up some individual picks from online.

[SoBeIcedT]

I've recently seen the "dentist" tools listed on ebay with the keyword locksmith in the description. I am not sure how well they work but they look joust like the ones in your pic. they weren't too expensive either