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Having read the FAQ's you are still unfulfilled and seek more enlightenment, so post your general lock picking questions here.
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Do not post safe related questions in this sub forum! Post them in This Old Safe

The sub forum you are currently in is for asking Beginner Hobby Lock Picking questions only.

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Postby Kodack » 21 Jun 2005 16:43

I went to A1 Safe in Plano to get some keys made and mentioned to the guy that I was looking for something harder to pick than the 130's and 140's I'd grown bored of. He was surprised that I intended to practice picking the lock and ended up giving me a huge masterlock No17 for free. He then told me he was in the process of making a key for it since the original had been lost and we started talking about how it's done. Well I got interested and asked him if I could buy a few blanks to try it myself and he ended up giving me 2 blanks for free as well.

What a nice guy huh? Now if I can just figure out how to impression it. I'll search around the forums for a bit and see what I can dig up.
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Postby toomush2drink » 21 Jun 2005 16:47

There is a sticky on this in the faq section, goodluck
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Postby SFGOON » 21 Jun 2005 17:42

Lucky. When I was a young un and asked 'smiths about buying picks or old locks, they'd get really guarded and pissy about it.
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Postby Chrispy » 21 Jun 2005 18:33

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Some things may be pick proof, but everything can be bypassed....
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